TheBreakdown
Full time26 October 1985
Argentina
20–33
New Zealand
Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 1985Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta3–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta6–0
  3. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta9–0
  4. –TArgentina try · Diego Cuesta Silva13–0
  5. –TArgentina try · Juan Lanza17–0
  6. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta20–0
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Kieran Crowley20–2
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley20–5
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley20–8
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley20–11
  11. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley20–14
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Kieran Crowley20–18
  13. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan20–22
  14. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan20–26
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Jock Hobbs20–30
  16. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Grant Fox20–33

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Diego CashProp
  2. 2Alejandro CubelliHooker
  3. 3Fernando MorelProp
  4. 4Eliseo BrancaSecond row
  5. 5Gustavo MilanoSecond row
  6. 6Jorge AllenFlanker
  7. 7Tomas PetersenFlanker
  8. 8Ernesto UreNumber 8
  9. 9Guillermo HolmgrenScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Pedro LanzaWing
  12. 12Fabian TurnesCentre
  13. 13Diego Cuesta SilvaCentre
  14. 14Juan LanzaWing
  15. 15Bernardo MiguensFull-back
  16. 16Marcelo CampoBench
  17. 17Rafael MaderoBench
  18. 18Fabio GomezBench
  19. 19Sergio CarossioBench
  20. 20Daniel SanesBench
  21. 21Luis LonardiBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Hika ReidHooker
  3. 3Brian McGrattanProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9David KirkScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Craig GreenWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Victor SimpsonCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Kieran CrowleyFull-back
  16. Robbie DeansBench
  17. Alan WhettonBench
  18. John DrakeBench
  19. Dave LoveridgeBench
  20. Steve PokereBench
  21. Bruce HemaraBench

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Context

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

Argentina going in
New Zealand 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.