TheBreakdown
Full time12 November 1988
France
28–18
Argentina
Estadio Niort, Lille, France · Tour 1988Head-to-head

France won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TFrance try · Henri Sanz4–0
  2. 13’PArgentina penalty · Fabian Turnes4–3
  3. 24’PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot7–3
  4. 27’PArgentina penalty · Fabian Turnes7–6
  5. 30’CFrance conversion · Philippe Berot9–6
  6. 30’TFrance try · Marc Cecillon13–6
  7. 39’DArgentina drop goal · Rafael Madero13–9
  8. 42’PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot16–9
  9. 51’PArgentina penalty · Fabian Turnes16–12
  10. 56’CFrance conversion · Philippe Berot18–12
  11. 56’TFrance try · Marc Andrieu22–12
  12. 65’PArgentina penalty · Fabian Turnes22–15
  13. 77’PArgentina penalty · Fabian Turnes22–18
  14. 81’CFrance conversion · Philippe Berot24–18
  15. 81’TFrance try · Philippe Sella28–18

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Louis ArmaryProp
  2. 2Philippe MaroccoHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Alain LorieuxSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Laurent RodriguezFlanker
  8. 8Marc CecillonNumber 8
  9. 9Henri SanzScrum-half
  10. 10Franck MesnelFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Marc AndrieuCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Philippe BerotWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. Pierre Harislur-ArthapignetBench

Argentina

  1. 1Serafin DengraProp
  2. 2Juan AngelilloHooker
  3. 3Diego CashProp
  4. 4Eliseo BrancaSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro IachettiSecond row
  6. 6Jorge AllenFlanker
  7. 7Gustavo MilanoFlanker
  8. 8Pablo GarretonNumber 8
  9. 9Alfredo Soares-GacheScrum-half
  10. 10Rafael MaderoFly-half
  11. 11Christian MendyWing
  12. 12Fabian TurnesCentre
  13. 13Marcelo LoffredaCentre
  14. 14Diego Cuesta SilvaWing
  15. 15Alejandro ScolniFull-back
  16. Dardo GonzalezBench
  17. Sebastian SalvatBench

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Context

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

France 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.