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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 16 October 1999Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 21 points.Half-time 17–9 · Tries 2–0

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2884
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Tacklesmademissed
ARG8618
JPN5816
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG1/17/70
JPN0/04/40
← Japan attack · Argentina attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
28′ArgentinaTry, Agustin Pichot11–3
84′ArgentinaTry, Diego Albanese, converted31–12
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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28′Agustin Pichot84′Diego Albanese
ARG

Team stats

JPN
100%Possession0%
63Carries98
272Metres gained302
9Clean breaks8
16Defenders beaten18
72Passes157
4Offloads12
86Tackles made58
18Tackles missed16
27/36Rucks won54/56
13/13Lineouts won15/19
12/13Scrums won9/10
11/11Mauls won6/8
18Penalties conceded20
47Kicks from hand28
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 7/7 · JPN conversions 0/0, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Mauricio ReggiardoProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Omar Hasan JalilProp
  4. 4Pedro SporlederSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro AllubSecond row
  6. 6Santiago PhelanFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Gonzalo QuesadaFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  13. 13Eduardo SimoneCentre
  14. 14Gonzalo CamardonWing
  15. 15Ignacio CorletoFull-back
  16. 16Jose OrengoBench
  17. 17Felipe ContepomiBench
  18. 18Nicolás FernandezBench
  19. 19Miguel RuizBench
  20. 20Lucas OstigliaBench
  21. 21Agustin CanaldaBench
  22. 22Martín ScelzoBench

Japan

  1. 1Toshikazu NakamichiProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kohei OguchiProp
  4. 4Rob GordonSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Naoya OkuboFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jamie JosephNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Terunori MasuhoBench
  17. 17Takeomi ItoBench
  18. 18Wataru MurataBench
  19. 19Yoshihiko SakurabaBench
  20. 20Naoto NakamuraBench
  21. 21Shin HasegawaBench
  22. 22Masaaki SakataBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Argentina 6–1 Japan in 7 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Japan 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.