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Full time27 October 1979
Argentina
24–13
Australia
Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 1979Head-to-head

Argentina won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta2–0
  2. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta4–0
  3. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta7–0
  4. –TArgentina try · Rafael Madero11–0
  5. –TArgentina try · Rafael Madero15–0
  6. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta18–0
  7. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta21–0
  8. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta24–0
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean24–3
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean24–6
  11. –TAustralia try · Phillip Crowe24–10
  12. –DAustralia drop goal · Tony Melrose24–13

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Fernando MorelProp
  2. 2Alejandro CubelliHooker
  3. 3Enrique RodriguezProp
  4. 4Marcos IachettiSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro IachettiSecond row
  6. 6Tomas PetersenFlanker
  7. 7Hector SilvaFlanker
  8. 8Gabriel TravagliniNumber 8
  9. 9Ricardo LandajoScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Adolfo CapellettiWing
  12. 12Marcelo LoffredaCentre
  13. 13Rafael MaderoCentre
  14. 14Marcelo CampoWing
  15. 15Martin SansotFull-back
  16. Eduardo SanguinettiBench

Australia

  1. 1Stan PileckiProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Chris HandyProp
  4. 4Peter McLeanSecond row
  5. 5Tony ShawSecond row
  6. 6Andrew StewartFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9Phil CoxScrum-half
  10. 10Tony MelroseFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Andy SlackCentre
  13. 13Michael O'ConnorCentre
  14. 14Phillip CroweWing
  15. 15Paul McLeanFull-back

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Context

All-time, Argentina 10–31 Australia, 4 drawn in 45 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Australia 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.