TheBreakdown
Full time14 December 1996
England
20–18
Argentina
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1996Head-to-head

England won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt12–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt15–0
  6. –TEngland try · Jason Leonard20–0
  7. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada20–3
  8. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada20–6
  9. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada20–9
  10. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada20–12
  11. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada20–15
  12. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada20–18

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Simon ShawSecond row
  6. 6Tim RodberFlanker
  7. 7Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  8. 8Chris SheasbyNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Tony UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Jon SleightholmeWing
  15. 15Nick BealFull-back
  16. 16Jon CallardBench
  17. 17Alex KingBench
  18. 18Kyran BrackenBench
  19. 19Ben ClarkeBench
  20. 20Rob HardwickBench
  21. 21Phil GreeningBench

Argentina

  1. 1Roberto GrauProp
  2. 2Carlos PromanzioHooker
  3. 3Mauricio ReggiardoProp
  4. 4Pedro SporlederSecond row
  5. 5German LlanesSecond row
  6. 6Rolando MartinFlanker
  7. 7Pablo Jose CamerlinckxFlanker
  8. 8Pablo BouzaNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás FernandezScrum-half
  10. 10Gonzalo QuesadaFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  13. 13Eduardo SimoneCentre
  14. 14Gonzalo CamardonWing
  15. 15Ezequiel JuradoFull-back
  16. 16Facundo SolerBench
  17. 17Francisco GarciaBench
  18. 18Christian BarreaBench
  19. 19Martín ScelzoBench
  20. 20Omar Hasan JalilBench
  21. 21Raul PerezBench

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Context

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

England going in
Argentina 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.