TheBreakdown
Full time8 November 1989
Argentina
23–6
USA
Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1991Head-to-head

Argentina won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Santiago Meson2–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Santiago Meson5–0
  3. –PArgentina penalty · Santiago Meson8–0
  4. –PArgentina penalty · Santiago Meson11–0
  5. –TArgentina try · Marcelo Loffreda15–0
  6. –TArgentina try · Santiago Meson19–0
  7. –TArgentina try · Sergio Bunader23–0
  8. –PUSA penalty · Chris O'Brien23–3
  9. –PUSA penalty · Chris O'Brien23–6

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Adrian RoccaProp
  2. 2Juan AngelilloHooker
  3. 3Diego CashProp
  4. 4Marcelo ValesaniSecond row
  5. 5Pablo BuabseSecond row
  6. 6Pablo GarretonFlanker
  7. 7Jorge AllenFlanker
  8. 8Sergio BunaderNumber 8
  9. 9Federico SilvestreScrum-half
  10. 10Diego HalleFly-half
  11. 11Christian MendyWing
  12. 12Santiago MesonCentre
  13. 13Marcelo LoffredaCentre
  14. 14Federico SchachtWing
  15. 15Alejandro ScolniFull-back
  16. 16Sebastian SalvatBench
  17. 17Marcelo RighentiniBench
  18. 18Fabio GomezBench
  19. 19Pablo Jose CamerlinckxBench
  20. 20Jose SimesBench
  21. 21Marcelo UrbanoBench

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tom McCormackHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Russ IsaacSecond row
  6. 6Mike SianoFlanker
  7. 7Rob FarleyFlanker
  8. 8Gary LambertNumber 8
  9. 9Barry DailyScrum-half
  10. 10Chris O'BrienFly-half
  11. 11Brian CorcoranWing
  12. 12Kevin HigginsCentre
  13. 13Mark WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Gary HeinWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back
  16. Lance MangaBench
  17. Steve LaportaBench
  18. Pat JohnsonBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 9–0 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
USA 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.