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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Rugby Park, Invercargill · 17 September 2011Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 35 points.Half-time 26–8 · Tries 6–1 · ROU 1 yellow card

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5921303264724233Attacks1114Ball won1028123211825051131313549956%Own 2256%Own half78%Opp half79%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ARG565
ROU16432
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG5/61/30
ROU0/11/20
← Romania attack · Argentina attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
5′ArgentinaTry, Santiago Fernandez, converted5–0
9′ArgentinaTry, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, converted12–0
21′ArgentinaTry, Juan Figallo, conversion missed19–3
30′ArgentinaTry, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, converted24–3
32′RomaniaTry, Ionel Cazan, conversion missed26–8
64′ArgentinaTry, Juan Imhoff, converted34–8
72′ArgentinaTry, Genaro Fessia, converted41–8
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ROU card
5′Santiago Fernandez9′Juan Manuel Leguizamon21′Juan Figallo30′Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino32′Ionel Cazan64′Juan Imhoff72′Genaro Fessia
ARG

Team stats

ROU
70%Possession30%
74%Territory26%
155Carries67
786Metres gained224
31Defenders beaten5
168Passes66
56Tackles made164
5Tackles missed32
107/111Rucks won42/43
12/12Lineouts won6/8
8/8Mauls won3/3
9Penalties conceded17
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 5/6, penalties 1/3 · ROU conversions 0/1, penalties 1/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Juan FigalloProp
  4. 4Manuel CarizzaSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Alejandro CamposFlanker
  7. 7Juan Manuel LeguizamonFlanker
  8. 8Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás VergalloScrum-half
  10. 10Santiago FernandezFly-half
  11. 11Horacio AgullaWing
  12. 12Martín RodríguezCentre
  13. 13Marcelo BoschCentre
  14. 14Gonzalo CamachoWing
  15. 15Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoFull-back
  16. 16Agustín CreevyBench
  17. 17Martín ScelzoBench
  18. 18Mariano GalarzaBench
  19. 19Genaro FessiaBench
  20. 20Alfredo LalanneBench
  21. 21Nicolas SanchezBench
  22. 22Juan ImhoffBench

Romania

  1. 1Mihaita LazarProp
  2. 2Marius TincuHooker
  3. 3Paulica IonProp
  4. 4Valentin UrsacheSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Mihai MacoveiFlanker
  7. 7Ovidiu TonitaFlanker
  8. 8Daniel CarpoNumber 8
  9. 9Florin SurugiuScrum-half
  10. 10Tiberius Ionut DimofteFly-half
  11. 11Ionel CazanWing
  12. 12Constantin GhearaCentre
  13. 13Csaba GalCentre
  14. 14Madalin LemnaruWing
  15. 15Iulian DumitrasFull-back
  16. 16Bogdan ZebegaBench
  17. 17Silviu FloreaBench
  18. 18Valentin PoparlanBench
  19. 19Daniel IanusBench
  20. 20Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  21. 21Danut DumbravaBench
  22. 22Florin VlaicuBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Argentina 9–0 Romania in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Romania going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.