TheBreakdown
Full time15 June 2002
Argentina
28–27
France
Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 2002Head-to-head

Argentina won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Felipe Contepomi2–0
  2. –CArgentina conversion · Felipe Contepomi4–0
  3. –PArgentina penalty · Felipe Contepomi7–0
  4. –PArgentina penalty · Felipe Contepomi10–0
  5. –TArgentina try · Diego Albanese15–0
  6. –TArgentina try · Felipe Contepomi20–0
  7. –TArgentina try · Federico Méndez25–0
  8. –DArgentina drop goal · Gonzalo Quesada28–0
  9. –CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron28–2
  10. –CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron28–4
  11. –CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron28–6
  12. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron28–9
  13. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron28–12
  14. –TFrance try · Nicolas Brusque28–17
  15. –TFrance try · Tony Marsh28–22
  16. –TFrance try · Nicolas Jeanjean28–27

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Mauricio ReggiardoProp
  2. 2Federico MéndezHooker
  3. 3Omar Hasan JalilProp
  4. 4Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeSecond row
  5. 5Rimas Álvarez KairelisSecond row
  6. 6Santiago PhelanFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Gonzalo Longo ElíaNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Felipe ContepomiFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  13. 13Jose OrengoCentre
  14. 14Gonzalo CamardonWing
  15. 15Ignacio CorletoFull-back
  16. Jose Maria Nunez PiossekBench
  17. Nicolás FernandezBench
  18. Mario LedesmaBench
  19. Roberto GrauBench
  20. Lucas OstigliaBench
  21. Martín DurandBench
  22. Gonzalo QuesadaBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Christian LabitNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre MignoniScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Nicolas JeanjeanWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. Sébastien ChabalBench
  17. Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. Christophe PorcuBench
  19. Olivier AzamBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 15–40 France, 1 drawn in 56 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
France 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.