TheBreakdown
Full time14 September 1996
Argentina
29–26
USA
Twin Elms Rugby Park, Ottawa, Canada · Pan American Championship 1996Head-to-head

Argentina won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Santiago Meson2–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Santiago Meson5–0
  3. –PArgentina penalty · Santiago Meson8–0
  4. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada11–0
  5. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada14–0
  6. –TArgentina try · Octavio Bartolucci19–0
  7. –TArgentina try · Eduardo Simone24–0
  8. –TArgentina try · Roberto Travaglini29–0
  9. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander29–2
  10. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander29–4
  11. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander29–7
  12. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander29–10
  13. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander29–13
  14. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander29–16
  15. –TUSA try · Andre Bachelet29–21
  16. –TUSA try · Rob Lumkong29–26

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Federico WernerProp
  2. 2Roberto GrauHooker
  3. 3Martín ScelzoProp
  4. 4Martin PalouSecond row
  5. 5Raul PerezSecond row
  6. 6Roberto TravagliniFlanker
  7. 7Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Pablo Jose CamerlinckxNumber 8
  9. 9Leandro LobraucoScrum-half
  10. 10Gonzalo QuesadaFly-half
  11. 11Gonzalo CamardonWing
  12. 12Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  13. 13Eduardo SimoneCentre
  14. 14Octavio BartolucciWing
  15. 15Santiago MesonFull-back
  16. 16Tomas SolariBench
  17. 17Julian LegoraBench
  18. 18Christian BarreaBench
  19. 19Jose SimesBench
  20. 20Gustavo RiveroBench
  21. 21Mario LedesmaBench

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Ray LehnerProp
  4. 4Bill LeverseeSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Rob RandellFlanker
  7. 7Richard TarditsFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Ed SchramWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Juan GroblerCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Maika SikaFull-back
  16. 16Kevin DalzellBench
  17. 17Rich SchurfeldBench
  18. 18Jason WalkerBench
  19. 19Joe RissoneBench
  20. 20Tim KluempersBench
  21. 21Sean AllenBench

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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.