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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens · 20 October 1999Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 4 points.Half-time 9–15 · Tries 1–0

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Tacklesmademissed
ARG11314
IRE8020
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG1/17/70
IRE0/07/71
← Ireland 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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  • 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
73′ArgentinaTry, Diego Albanese, converted23–24
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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73′Diego Albanese
ARG

Team stats

IRE
100%Possession0%
91Carries104
343Metres gained388
8Clean breaks8
20Defenders beaten14
101Passes123
13Offloads10
113Tackles made80
14Tackles missed20
52/55Rucks won70/78
9/12Lineouts won14/15
9/9Scrums won8/9
10/10Mauls won11/11
18Penalties conceded19
40Kicks from hand38
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 7/7 · IRE conversions 0/0, penalties 7/7. 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. 4Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro AllubSecond row
  6. 6Santiago PhelanFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Gonzalo Longo ElíaNumber 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. 16Manuel ContepomiBench
  17. 17Felipe ContepomiBench
  18. 18Nicolás FernandezBench
  19. 19Lucas OstigliaBench
  20. 20Miguel RuizBench
  21. 21Agustin CanaldaBench
  22. 22Martín ScelzoBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Andy WardFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Dion O'CuinneagainNumber 8
  9. 9Tom TierneyScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Matthew MostynWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Justin BishopWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan BellBench
  17. 17Eric ElwoodBench
  18. 18Brian O'MearaBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Bob CaseyBench
  21. 21Justin FitzpatrickBench
  22. 22Ross NesdaleBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 8–16 Ireland, 1 drawn in 25 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Ireland 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.