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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · ABSA Stadium, Durban · 27 May 1995Head-to-head
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England won by 6 points.Half-time 0–12 · Tries 2–0

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5479
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Tacklesmademissed
ARG618
ENG6210
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG1/22/70
ENG0/06/62
← England 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
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  • 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
54′ArgentinaTry, Patricio Noriega, converted8–18
79′ArgentinaTry, Lisandro Arbizu, conversion missed18–24
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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54′Patricio Noriega79′Lisandro Arbizu
ARG

Team stats

ENG
100%Possession0%
71Carries68
273Metres gained175
2Clean breaks5
10Defenders beaten8
96Passes88
7Offloads7
61Tackles made62
8Tackles missed10
30/34Rucks won41/47
13/23Lineouts won16/19
9/10Scrums won10/11
16/16Mauls won8/8
11Penalties conceded10
45Kicks from hand61
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 1/2, penalties 2/7 · ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 6/6. 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. 1Matias CorralProp
  2. 2Federico MéndezHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4German LlanesSecond row
  5. 5Pedro SporlederSecond row
  6. 6Rolando MartinFlanker
  7. 7Cristian Viel TemperleyFlanker
  8. 8Jose SantamarinaNumber 8
  9. 9Rodrigo CrexellScrum-half
  10. 10Lisandro ArbizuFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Sebastian SalvatCentre
  13. 13Diego Cuesta SilvaCentre
  14. 14Martin TeranWing
  15. 15Ezequiel JuradoFull-back
  16. 16Sebastian IrazoquiBench
  17. 17Ricardo Le FortBench
  18. 18Marcelo UrbanoBench
  19. 19Agustin PichotBench
  20. 21Guillermo del CastilloBench
  21. 22Fernando del CastilloBench

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Victor UboguProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Martin BayfieldSecond row
  6. 6Tim RodberFlanker
  7. 7Ben ClarkeFlanker
  8. 8Steve OjomohNumber 8
  9. 9Dewi MorrisScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Tony UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Mike CattFull-back
  16. 16Kyran BrackenBench
  17. 17Phil De GlanvilleBench
  18. 18Jon CallardBench
  19. 19Neil BackBench
  20. 20Graham RowntreeBench
  21. 21Graham DaweBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 5–25 England, 2 drawn in 32 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
England 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.