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Full time4 October 1979
Argentina
19–16
Uruguay
Stade Français, Santiago, Chile · South American Championship A 1979Head-to-head

Argentina won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Beccar Varela3–0
  2. 18’TUruguay try · Michael Smith3–4
  3. 22’CArgentina conversion · Guillermo Sanguinetti5–4
  4. 22’TArgentina try · Rodolfo Ventura9–4
  5. 30’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Beccar Varela12–4
  6. 33’PUruguay penalty · Jorge Zerbino12–7
  7. 37’PUruguay penalty · Jorge Zerbino12–10
  8. 55’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Beccar Varela15–10
  9. 56’TArgentina try · Fernando Argerich19–10
  10. 76’PUruguay penalty · Jorge Zerbino19–13
  11. 81’PUruguay penalty · Jorge Zerbino19–16

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Carlos Sainz TrapagaProp
  2. 2Andres CourregesHooker
  3. 3Rodolfo VenturaProp
  4. 4Carlos BottariniSecond row
  5. 5Armando MemoliSecond row
  6. 6Guillermo PazFlanker
  7. 7Miguel GlastraFlanker
  8. 8Buenaventura MinguezNumber 8
  9. 9Andres NicholsonScrum-half
  10. 10Guillermo SanguinettiFly-half
  11. 11Guillermo MorganWing
  12. 12Gonzalo Beccar VarelaCentre
  13. 13Javier EscalanteCentre
  14. 14Carlos RamalloWing
  15. 15Fernando ArgerichFull-back

Uruguay

  1. 1John BirdProp
  2. 2Raul FajardoHooker
  3. 3Mario BalinasProp
  4. 4Rafael ZerbinoSecond row
  5. 5Carlos VaccaroSecond row
  6. 6Jorge ZerbinoFlanker
  7. 7Francisco ObesFlanker
  8. 8Andreas NicolichNumber 8
  9. 9Daniel MuttioScrum-half
  10. 10Alvaro MastroianiFly-half
  11. 11Eduardo VieraWing
  12. 12Eduardo CeruttiCentre
  13. 13Michael SmithCentre
  14. 14Enrique ArechavaletaWing
  15. 15Martin PatinoFull-back

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Context

All-time, Argentina 49–0 Uruguay in 49 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Uruguay going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.