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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Wembley Stadium, London · 20 September 2015Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 10 points.Half-time 9–13 · Tries 2–1 · NZL 2 yellow cards · ARG 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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5′11′20′30′38′41′43′2157672725Attacks68Ball won761101334215141533420292622252%Own 2241%Own half60%Opp half69%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL10018
ARG13336
← Argentina attack · New Zealand 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
21′ArgentinaTry, Guido Petti Pagadizabal, converted9–5
57′New ZealandTry, Aaron Smith, converted17–16
67′New ZealandTry, Sam Cane, converted24–16
5′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
11′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
20′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
30′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
38′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
41′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
43′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′2 NZL cards · 1 ARG card
21′Guido Petti Pagadizabal57′Aaron Smith67′Sam Cane
NZL

Team stats

ARG
58%Possession42%
69%Territory31%
161Carries116
543Metres gained366
12Clean breaks4
36Defenders beaten18
233Passes141
20Offloads6
100Tackles made133
18Tackles missed36
105/108Rucks won77/81
18/19Lineouts won10/11
5/5Scrums won7/7
6/6Mauls won2/3
8Turnovers won3
10Penalties conceded12
33Kicks from hand39
373Kick metres687
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4 · ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. 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.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Dane ColesHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Nehe Milner-SkudderWing
  15. 15Ben SmithFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Wyatt CrockettBench
  18. 18Charlie FaumuinaBench
  19. 19Victor VitoBench
  20. 20Sam CaneBench
  21. 21TJ PerenaraBench
  22. 22Beauden BarrettBench
  23. 23Sonny Bill WilliamsBench

Argentina

  1. 1Marcos AyerzaProp
  2. 2Agustín CreevyHooker
  3. 3Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroProp
  4. 4Guido Petti PagadizabalSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Leonardo SenatoreNumber 8
  9. 9Tomas CubelliScrum-half
  10. 10Nicolas SanchezFly-half
  11. 11Juan ImhoffWing
  12. 12Juan Martín HernándezCentre
  13. 13Marcelo BoschCentre
  14. 14Santiago CorderoWing
  15. 15Joaquin TuculetFull-back
  16. 16Julian MontoyaBench
  17. 17Lucas NogueraBench
  18. 18Ramiro HerreraBench
  19. 19Mariano GalarzaBench
  20. 20Juan Manuel LeguizamonBench
  21. 21Martín LandajoBench
  22. 22Jeronimo de la FuenteBench
  23. 23Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoBench

Match officials

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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.