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Full time27 October 1990
Ireland
20–18
Argentina
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1990Head-to-head

Ireland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan9–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan12–0
  5. –TIreland try · Kenny Hooks16–0
  6. –TIreland try · Michael Kiernan20–0
  7. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta20–2
  8. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta20–5
  9. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta20–8
  10. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta20–11
  11. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta20–14
  12. –TArgentina try · Agustin Macome20–18

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2John McDonaldHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Paddy JohnsSecond row
  6. 6Noel MannionFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Phil LawlorNumber 8
  9. 9Alain RollandScrum-half
  10. 10Brian SmithFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Kenny HooksWing
  15. 15Kenny MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Vince CunninghamBench
  17. 17Ralph KeyesBench
  18. 18Michael BradleyBench
  19. 19Mick GalweyBench
  20. 20John FitzgeraldBench
  21. 21Terry KingstonBench

Argentina

  1. 1Federico MéndezProp
  2. 2Ricardo Le FortHooker
  3. 3Diego CashProp
  4. 4German LlanesSecond row
  5. 5Pedro SporlederSecond row
  6. 6Pablo GarretonFlanker
  7. 7Miguel BertranouFlanker
  8. 8Agustin MacomeNumber 8
  9. 9Rodrigo CrexellScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Gustavo JorgeWing
  12. 12Hernan Garcia SimonCentre
  13. 13Diego Cuesta SilvaCentre
  14. 14Emilio EzcurraWing
  15. 15Alejandro ScolniFull-back
  16. 16Hernan BallatoreBench
  17. 17Alejandro CubelliBench
  18. 18Osvaldo FascioliBench
  19. 19Rodolfo VillalongaBench
  20. 20Gonzalo CamardonBench
  21. 21Lisandro ArbizuBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 16–8 Argentina, 1 drawn in 25 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.