TheBreakdown
Full time17 August 1987
Argentina
40–12
Spain
Estadio Ciudad, Mar del Plata, ArgentinaHead-to-head

Argentina won by 28 points.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta2–0
  2. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta4–0
  3. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta6–0
  4. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta8–0
  5. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta10–0
  6. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta13–0
  7. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta16–0
  8. –TArgentina try20–0
  9. –TArgentina try · Bernardo Miguens24–0
  10. –TArgentina try · Diego Cuesta Silva28–0
  11. –TArgentina try · Diego Cuesta Silva32–0
  12. –TArgentina try · Rafael Madero36–0
  13. –TArgentina try · Alejandro Scolni40–0
  14. –CSpain conversion · Francisco Puertas Soto40–2
  15. –PSpain penalty · Francisco Puertas Soto40–5
  16. –PSpain penalty · Francisco Puertas Soto40–8
  17. –TSpain try · Jon Azkargorta Aretxabala40–12

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Serafin DengraProp
  2. 2Andres CourregesHooker
  3. 3Diego CashProp
  4. 4Eliseo BrancaSecond row
  5. 5Gustavo MilanoSecond row
  6. 6Jorge AllenFlanker
  7. 7Pablo GarretonFlanker
  8. 8Marcelo RicciNumber 8
  9. 9Alfredo Soares-GacheScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Alejandro ScolniWing
  12. 12Fabian TurnesCentre
  13. 13Rafael MaderoCentre
  14. 14Diego Cuesta SilvaWing
  15. 15Bernardo MiguensFull-back
  16. Guillermo HolmgrenBench
  17. Luis MolinaBench
  18. Pablo FranchiBench
  19. Guillermo AngautBench
  20. Javier CaminottiBench
  21. Roberto CobeloBench

Spain

  1. 1Jose Julio Alvarez Ruiz de TeminoProp
  2. 2Arturo Trenzano GuillenHooker
  3. 3Jose Luis Moral IglesiasProp
  4. 4Marco Antonio Justiniano MarquezSecond row
  5. 5Jose Roig PerezSecond row
  6. 6Hector Massoni TerreFlanker
  7. 7Alberto Malo NavioFlanker
  8. 8Jose Antonio Egido SanchoNumber 8
  9. 9Javier Diaz PaternainScrum-half
  10. 10Jorge Moreno de AlboranFly-half
  11. 11Miguel Escoda MartiWing
  12. 12Jon Azkargorta AretxabalaCentre
  13. 13Javier Torres MoroteCentre
  14. 14Luis Fernando Martin FernandezWing
  15. 15Francisco Puertas SotoFull-back
  16. Pablo Amunarriz ArangurenBench
  17. Francisco Javier Aguiar CayetanoBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 5–0 Spain in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Spain 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.