TheBreakdown
Full time3 November 1979
Argentina
12–17
Australia
Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 1979Head-to-head

Australia won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta2–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta5–0
  3. –TArgentina try · Tomas Petersen9–0
  4. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta12–0
  5. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean12–2
  6. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean12–5
  7. –TAustralia try · Patrick Batch12–9
  8. –TAustralia try · Brendan Moon12–13
  9. –TAustralia try · Brendan Moon12–17

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

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. 14Patrick BatchWing
  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.