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Full time14 October 1978
Argentina
13–13
England
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1978Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta2–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta5–0
  3. –TArgentina try · Marcelo Campo9–0
  4. –TArgentina try · Ricardo Passaglia13–0
  5. –CEngland conversion · John Horton13–2
  6. –TEngland try · Peter Squires13–6
  7. –TEngland try · CJ Gifford13–10
  8. –DEngland drop goal · John Horton13–13

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Alejandro CerioniProp
  2. 2Alejandro CubelliHooker
  3. 3Hugo NicolaProp
  4. 4Alejandro IachettiSecond row
  5. 5Ricardo PassagliaSecond row
  6. 6Tomas PetersenFlanker
  7. 7Hector SilvaFlanker
  8. 8Gabriel TravagliniNumber 8
  9. 9Ricardo LandajoScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Adolfo CapellettiWing
  12. 12Rafael MaderoCentre
  13. 13Marcelo LoffredaCentre
  14. 14Marcelo CampoWing
  15. 15Martin SansotFull-back
  16. Ronaldo SeatonBench
  17. Javier TruccoBench
  18. Alejandro PuccioBench
  19. Carlos SerranoBench
  20. Javier EscalanteBench
  21. Enrique RodriguezBench

England

  1. 1Barry NelmesProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9CJ GiffordScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Peter WarfieldCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Keith BushellFull-back
  16. Rob MordellBench
  17. Nellie BennettBench
  18. Andy CutterBench
  19. Steve MillsBench
  20. Tony BondBench
  21. Malcolm YoungBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 5–25 England, 2 drawn in 32 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
England 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.