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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 28 May 1987Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 9 points.Half-time 10–3 · Tries 2–2

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Tacklesmademissed
ARG3315
ITA3623
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG1/15/50
ITA1/12/20
← Italy 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.
  • 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
39′ArgentinaTry, Juan Lanza10–3
50′ItalyTry, Marzio Innocenti, converted10–7
62′ItalyTry, Marcello Cuttitta16–16
81′ArgentinaTry, Fabio Gomez, converted23–16
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′
39′Juan Lanza50′Marzio Innocenti62′Marcello Cuttitta81′Fabio Gomez
ARG

Team stats

ITA
50%Possession50%
78Carries58
374Metres gained267
12Clean breaks9
23Defenders beaten15
124Passes85
19Offloads5
33Tackles made36
15Tackles missed23
24/29Rucks won12/17
10/21Lineouts won10/18
10/13Scrums won12/14
12/14Mauls won6/9
16Penalties conceded10
41Kicks from hand54
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 5/5 · ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. 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. 1Serafin DengraProp
  2. 2Diego CashHooker
  3. 3Luis MolinaProp
  4. 4Eliseo BrancaSecond row
  5. 5Sergio CarossioSecond row
  6. 6Jorge AllenFlanker
  7. 7Alejandro SchiavioFlanker
  8. 8Gabriel TravagliniNumber 8
  9. 9Martin YanguelaScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Pedro LanzaWing
  12. 12Rafael MaderoCentre
  13. 13Diego Cuesta SilvaCentre
  14. 14Juan LanzaWing
  15. 15Sebastian SalvatFull-back
  16. 16Guillermo AngautBench
  17. 17Marcelo CampoBench
  18. 18Fabio GomezBench
  19. 19Jose MostanyBench
  20. 20Fernando MorelBench
  21. 21Julio ClementBench

Italy

  1. 1Guido RossiProp
  2. 2Antonio GaleazzoHooker
  3. 3Tito LupiniProp
  4. 4Mauro GardinSecond row
  5. 5Antonio ColellaSecond row
  6. 6Mario PavinFlanker
  7. 7Marzio InnocentiFlanker
  8. 8Gianni ZanonNumber 8
  9. 9Fulvio LorigiolaScrum-half
  10. 10Oscar CollodoFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Stefano BarbaCentre
  13. 13Fabio GaetanielloCentre
  14. 14Massimo MasciolettiWing
  15. 15Daniele TebaldiFull-back
  16. 16Stefano RomagnoliBench
  17. 17Franco BerniBench
  18. 18Raffaele DolfatoBench
  19. 19Alessandro GhiniBench
  20. 20Rodolfo AmbrosioBench
  21. 21Sergio ZorziBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 18–5 Italy, 1 drawn in 24 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Italy going in

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