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Full time8 September 2012
New Zealand
21–5
Argentina
Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand · The Rugby Championship 2012Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PNew Zealand penalty · Aaron Cruden3–0
  2. 14’TArgentina try · Rodrigo Roncero3–5
  3. 26’PNew Zealand penalty · Aaron Cruden6–5
  4. 53’PNew Zealand penalty · Aaron Cruden9–5
  5. 67’TNew Zealand try · Julian Savea14–5
  6. 73’TNew Zealand try · Cory Jane19–5
  7. 74’CNew Zealand conversion · Aaron Cruden21–5

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Luke RomanoSecond row
  5. 5Brodie RetallickSecond row
  6. 6Victor VitoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Aaron CrudenFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Cory JaneWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17Charlie FaumuinaBench
  18. 18Samuel WhitelockBench
  19. 19Liam MessamBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Beauden BarrettBench
  22. 22Ben SmithBench

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Eusebio GuinazuHooker
  3. 3Juan FigalloProp
  4. 4Manuel CarizzaSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Julio Farias CabelloFlanker
  7. 7Juan Manuel LeguizamonFlanker
  8. 8Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás VergalloScrum-half
  10. 10Juan Martín HernándezFly-half
  11. 11Horacio AgullaWing
  12. 12Santiago FernandezCentre
  13. 13Marcelo BoschCentre
  14. 14Gonzalo CamachoWing
  15. 15Martín RodríguezFull-back
  16. 16Agustín CreevyBench
  17. 17Marcos AyerzaBench
  18. 18Juan Pablo OrlandiBench
  19. 19Leonardo SenatoreBench
  20. 20Tomás LeonardiBench
  21. 21Martín LandajoBench
  22. 22Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 40–4 Argentina, 1 drawn in 45 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand 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.