TheBreakdown
Full time2 November 1985
Argentina
21–21
New Zealand
Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 1985Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta3–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta6–0
  3. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta9–0
  4. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta12–0
  5. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta15–0
  6. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta18–0
  7. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta21–0
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Kieran Crowley21–2
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley21–5
  10. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan21–9
  11. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan21–13
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Craig Green21–17
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Murray Mexted21–21

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. Luis LonardiBench
  17. Fabio GomezBench
  18. Sergio CarossioBench
  19. Rafael MaderoBench
  20. Marcelo CampoBench
  21. Daniel SanesBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Hika ReidHooker
  3. 3Brian McGrattanProp
  4. 4Gary WhettonSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Wayne SmithFly-half
  11. 11Craig GreenWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Victor SimpsonCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Kieran CrowleyFull-back
  16. Robbie DeansBench
  17. Bryce RobbinsBench
  18. Alan WhettonBench
  19. Gary KnightBench
  20. Bruce HemaraBench
  21. David KirkBench

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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.