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Full time28 June 1997
New Zealand
62–10
Argentina
Rugby Park, Hamilton, New Zealand · Tour 1997Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 52 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CArgentina conversion · Gonzalo Quesada0–2
  2. 1’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada0–5
  3. 1’TArgentina try · Roberto Grau0–10
  4. 14’TNew Zealand try · Taine Randell5–10
  5. 22’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer8–10
  6. 27’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer10–10
  7. 27’TNew Zealand try · Olo Brown15–10
  8. 31’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer17–10
  9. 31’TNew Zealand try · Lee Stensness22–10
  10. 36’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer24–10
  11. 36’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen29–10
  12. 52’TNew Zealand try · Josh Kronfeld34–10
  13. 56’CNew Zealand conversion · Christian Cullen36–10
  14. 56’TNew Zealand try · Robin Brooke41–10
  15. 65’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer43–10
  16. 65’TNew Zealand try · Mark Allen48–10
  17. 76’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer50–10
  18. 76’TNew Zealand try · Faalogo Tana Umaga55–10
  19. 77’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer57–10
  20. 77’TNew Zealand try · Carlos Spencer62–10

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Robin BrookeSecond row
  5. 5Ian JonesSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  12. 12Frank BunceCentre
  13. 13Lee StensnessCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Glen OsborneBench
  17. 17Scott McLeodBench
  18. 18Ofisa Tonu'uBench
  19. 19Charles RiechelmannBench
  20. 20Mark AllenBench
  21. 21Norm HewittBench

Argentina

  1. 1Mauricio ReggiardoProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Roberto GrauProp
  4. 4German LlanesSecond row
  5. 5Pedro SporlederSecond row
  6. 6Roberto TravagliniFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Pablo Jose CamerlinckxNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás FernandezScrum-half
  10. 10Gonzalo QuesadaFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Eduardo SimoneCentre
  13. 13Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  14. 14Facundo SolerWing
  15. 15Ezequiel JuradoFull-back
  16. 16Christian BarreaBench
  17. 17Tomas SolariBench
  18. 18Raul PerezBench
  19. 19Pablo BouzaBench
  20. 20Omar Hasan JalilBench
  21. 21Carlos PromanzioBench

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Context

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

New Zealand going in
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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.