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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Rugby Park, Hamilton · 24 May 1987Head-to-head
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Fiji won by 19 points.Half-time 0–13 · Tries 1–4

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ARG3719
FIJ5223
← Fiji 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle 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
19′FijiTry, Peceli Gale, converted0–4
38′FijiTry, Salacieli Naivilawasa, conversion missed0–13
45′FijiTry, Kavekini Nalaga, converted0–17
64′FijiTry, Ilaitia Savai, converted3–26
75′ArgentinaTry7–28
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
19′Peceli Gale38′Salacieli Naivilawasa45′Kavekini Nalaga64′Ilaitia Savai75′ARG
ARG

Team stats

FIJ
20%Possession80%
107Carries90
466Metres gained415
8Clean breaks8
23Defenders beaten19
117Passes112
12Offloads14
37Tackles made52
19Tackles missed23
20/26Rucks won18/21
15/23Lineouts won12/23
14/14Scrums won9/17
21/24Mauls won2/4
13Penalties conceded16
52Kicks from hand53
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 1/4 · FIJ conversions 3/4, penalties 2/4. 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. 1Fernando MorelProp
  2. 2Diego CashHooker
  3. 3Luis MolinaProp
  4. 4Eliseo BrancaSecond row
  5. 5Gustavo MilanoSecond row
  6. 6Jorge AllenFlanker
  7. 7Jose MostanyFlanker
  8. 8Gabriel TravagliniNumber 8
  9. 9Fabio GomezScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Juan LanzaWing
  12. 12Fabian TurnesCentre
  13. 13Diego Cuesta SilvaCentre
  14. 14Marcelo CampoWing
  15. 15Sebastian SalvatFull-back
  16. 16Pedro LanzaBench
  17. 17Rafael MaderoBench
  18. 18Martin YanguelaBench
  19. 19Alejandro SchiavioBench
  20. 20Serafin DengraBench
  21. 21Julio ClementBench

Fiji

  1. 1Rusiate NamoroProp
  2. 2Salacieli NaivilawasaHooker
  3. 3Sairusi NaitukuProp
  4. 4Koli RakoroiSecond row
  5. 5Ilaitia SavaiSecond row
  6. 6Peceli GaleFlanker
  7. 7Manasa QoroFlanker
  8. 8John SandayNumber 8
  9. 9Pauliasi TabulutuScrum-half
  10. 10Elia RokowailoaFly-half
  11. 11Serupepeli TuvulaWing
  12. 12Epineri NaitukuCentre
  13. 13Tomasi CamaCentre
  14. 14Kavekini NalagaWing
  15. 15Severo KoroduaduaFull-back
  16. 16Paula NawaluBench
  17. 17Sirilo LovokuruBench
  18. 18Jone KubuBench
  19. 19Epeli RakaiBench
  20. 20Livai KididromoBench
  21. 21Samu VunivaluBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 3–1 Fiji in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Fiji 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.