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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 18 October 2015Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 23 points.Half-time 10–20 · Tries 2–4 · ARG 1 yellow card

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13′20′22′26′33′51′53′60′64′77′310264469732257Attacks519Ball won14718538561531454634872528328%Own 2244%Own half51%Opp half78%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE11827
ARG11421
← Argentina attack · Ireland 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
3′ArgentinaTry, Matias Moroni, converted0–5
10′ArgentinaTry, Juan Imhoff, converted0–12
26′IrelandTry, Luke Fitzgerald, converted8–20
44′IrelandTry, Jordi Murphy, converted15–20
69′ArgentinaTry, Joaquin Tuculet, converted20–31
73′ArgentinaTry, Juan Imhoff, converted20–38
13′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
20′IrelandPenalty goal scored
22′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
26′ArgentinaPenalty goal missed
33′IrelandPenalty goal missed
51′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
53′IrelandPenalty goal scored
60′IrelandPenalty goal missed
64′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
77′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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ARG card
3′Matias Moroni10′Juan Imhoff26′Luke Fitzgerald44′Jordi Murphy69′Joaquin Tuculet73′Juan Imhoff
IRE

Team stats

ARG
51%Possession49%
53%Territory47%
108Carries122
308Metres gained590
3Clean breaks7
21Defenders beaten27
158Passes168
4Offloads5
118Tackles made114
27Tackles missed21
92/97Rucks won91/97
10/10Lineouts won7/8
7/8Scrums won5/5
3/4Mauls won3/3
8Turnovers won8
12Penalties conceded15
30Kicks from hand22
564Kick metres266
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 2/2, penalties 2/4 · ARG conversions 4/4, penalties 5/6. 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.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Iain HendersonSecond row
  5. 5Devin TonerSecond row
  6. 6Jordi MurphyFlanker
  7. 7Chris HenryFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Ian MadiganFly-half
  11. 11Dave KearneyWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Keith EarlsCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Richardt StraussBench
  17. 17Jack McGrathBench
  18. 18Nathan WhiteBench
  19. 19Donnacha RyanBench
  20. 20Rhys RuddockBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Paddy JacksonBench
  23. 23Luke FitzgeraldBench

Argentina

  1. 1Marcos AyerzaProp
  2. 2Agustín CreevyHooker
  3. 3Ramiro HerreraProp
  4. 4Guido Petti PagadizabalSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Leonardo SenatoreNumber 8
  9. 9Martín LandajoScrum-half
  10. 10Nicolas SanchezFly-half
  11. 11Juan ImhoffWing
  12. 12Juan Martín HernándezCentre
  13. 13Matias MoroniCentre
  14. 14Santiago CorderoWing
  15. 15Joaquin TuculetFull-back
  16. 16Julian MontoyaBench
  17. 17Lucas NogueraBench
  18. 18Juan Pablo OrlandiBench
  19. 19Matias AlemannoBench
  20. 20Facundo IsaBench
  21. 21Tomas CubelliBench
  22. 22Jeronimo de la FuenteBench
  23. 23Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Ireland 16–8 Argentina, 1 drawn in 25 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.