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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de Marseille, Marseille · 9 September 2023Head-to-head
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England won by 17 points.Half-time 12–3 · Tries 0–1 · ARG 1 yellow card

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5′7′10′30′46′54′59′62′66′75′7926%Own 2244%Own half50%Opp half39%Opp 22
← Argentina attack · England 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
79′ArgentinaTry, Rodrigo Bruni, converted27–8
5′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
7′ArgentinaPenalty goal missed
10′EnglandPenalty goal scored
27′EnglandDrop goal scored
30′EnglandPenalty goal missed
31′EnglandDrop goal scored
37′EnglandDrop goal scored
46′EnglandPenalty goal scored
54′EnglandPenalty goal scored
59′EnglandPenalty goal scored
62′EnglandPenalty goal missed
66′EnglandPenalty goal scored
75′EnglandPenalty goal scored
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′1 ENG card · 1 ARG card
79′Rodrigo Bruni
ENG

Team stats

ARG
50%Possession50%
46%Territory54%
72Carries115
234Metres gained308
1Clean breaks3
10Defenders beaten25
78Passes128
2Offloads6
142Tackles made83
25Tackles missed10
55/56Rucks won77/83
7/7Lineouts won11/15
8/11Scrums won1/2
4/4Mauls won3/3
4Turnovers won1
7Penalties conceded13
43Kicks from hand21
1,074Kick metres852
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 6/8 · ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 1/2. 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.

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Ellis GengeProp
  2. 2Jamie GeorgeHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5Ollie ChessumSecond row
  6. 6Courtney LawesFlanker
  7. 7Tom CurryFlanker
  8. 8Ben EarlNumber 8
  9. 9Alex MitchellScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Elliot DalyWing
  12. 12Manu TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Joe MarchantCentre
  14. 14Jonny MayWing
  15. 15Freddie StewardFull-back
  16. 16Theo DanBench
  17. 17Joe MarlerBench
  18. 18Will StuartBench
  19. 19George MartinBench
  20. 20Lewis LudlamBench
  21. 21Danny CareBench
  22. 22Marcus SmithBench
  23. 23Ollie LawrenceBench

Argentina

  1. 1Thomas GalloProp
  2. 2Julian MontoyaHooker
  3. 3Francisco Gomez KodelaProp
  4. 4Matias AlemannoSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Marcos KremerFlanker
  8. 8Juan Martin GonzalezNumber 8
  9. 9Gonzalo BertranouScrum-half
  10. 10Santiago CarrerasFly-half
  11. 11Mateo CarrerasWing
  12. 12Santiago ChocobaresCentre
  13. 13Lucio CintiCentre
  14. 14Emiliano BoffelliWing
  15. 15Juan Cruz MalliaFull-back
  16. 16Agustín CreevyBench
  17. 17Joel SclaviBench
  18. 18Eduardo BelloBench
  19. 19Guido Petti PagadizabalBench
  20. 20Pedro RubioloBench
  21. 21Rodrigo BruniBench
  22. 22Lautaro Bazan VelezBench
  23. 23Matias MoroniBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, England 25–5 Argentina, 2 drawn in 32 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Argentina 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.