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The Rugby Championship 2025 · Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Cordoba · 16 August 2025Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 17 points.Half-time 10–24 · Tries 3–6 · ARG 1 yellow card · NZL 2 yellow cards

Pitch map

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4′7′30′9162437435164697416%Own 2242%Own half66%Opp half63%Opp 22
← New Zealand attack · Argentina attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′New ZealandTry, Sevu Reece, converted0–8
16′ArgentinaTry, Rodrigo Isgro, converted5–10
24′New ZealandTry, Cortez Ratima, converted7–15
37′New ZealandTry, Ardie Savea, converted10–22
43′New ZealandTry, Sevu Reece, converted10–29
51′ArgentinaTry, Tomas Albornoz, converted15–31
64′ArgentinaTry, Joaquin Oviedo, converted22–31
69′New ZealandTry, Samisoni Taukei'aho, conversion missed24–36
74′New ZealandTry, Samisoni Taukei'aho, conversion missed24–41
4′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
7′ArgentinaPenalty goal missed
30′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ARG card · 2 NZL cards
9′Sevu Reece16′Rodrigo Isgro24′Cortez Ratima37′Ardie Savea43′Sevu Reece51′Tomas Albornoz64′Joaquin Oviedo69′Samisoni Taukei'aho74′Samisoni Taukei'aho
ARG

Team stats

NZL
49%Possession51%
60%Territory40%
127Carries99
340Metres gained309
4Clean breaks2
25Defenders beaten17
135Passes142
6Offloads4
135Tackles made155
17Tackles missed25
90/93Rucks won80/82
14/17Lineouts won15/15
6/7Scrums won4/5
2/3Mauls won10/10
2Turnovers won7
12Penalties conceded12
22Kicks from hand28
519Kick metres819
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 3/3, penalties 1/2 · NZL conversions 4/6, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Mayco VivasProp
  2. 2Julian MontoyaHooker
  3. 3Pedro DelgadoProp
  4. 4Franco MolinaSecond row
  5. 5Pedro RubioloSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Marcos KremerFlanker
  8. 8Joaquin OviedoNumber 8
  9. 9Gonzalo GarciaScrum-half
  10. 10Tomas AlbornozFly-half
  11. 11Bautista DelguyWing
  12. 12Santiago ChocobaresCentre
  13. 13Lucio CintiCentre
  14. 14Rodrigo IsgroWing
  15. 15Juan Cruz MalliaFull-back
  16. 16Ignacio RuizBench
  17. 17Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroBench
  18. 18Joel SclaviBench
  19. 19Guido Petti PagadizabalBench
  20. 20Juan Martin GonzalezBench
  21. 21Simon Benitez CruzBench
  22. 22Santiago CarrerasBench
  23. 23Justo PiccardoBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Fletcher NewellProp
  4. 4Scott BarrettSecond row
  5. 5Fabian HollandSecond row
  6. 6Tupou Vaa'iFlanker
  7. 7Du'Plessis KirifiFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Cortez RatimaScrum-half
  10. 10Beauden BarrettFly-half
  11. 11Rieko IoaneWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Billy ProctorCentre
  14. 14Sevu ReeceWing
  15. 15Will JordanFull-back
  16. 16Samisoni Taukei'ahoBench
  17. 17Oliver NorrisBench
  18. 18Pasilio TosiBench
  19. 19Patrick TuipulotuBench
  20. 20Samipeni FinauBench
  21. 21Finlay ChristieBench
  22. 22Anton Lienert-BrownBench
  23. 23Damian McKenzieBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Argentina 4–40 New Zealand, 1 drawn in 45 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
New Zealand 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.