TheBreakdown
Full time15 September 1979
New Zealand
15–6
Argentina
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1979Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Richard Wilson2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Richard Wilson4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Richard Wilson7–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Gary Cunningham11–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Dave Loveridge15–0
  6. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta15–3
  7. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta15–6

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1BA ThompsonProp
  2. 2Peter SloaneHooker
  3. 3John AshworthProp
  4. 4Vance StewartSecond row
  5. 5John FlemingSecond row
  6. 6Ken StewartFlanker
  7. 7Mike BurgoyneFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Eddie DunnFly-half
  11. 11Brian FordWing
  12. 12Kieran KeaneCentre
  13. 13Gary CunninghamCentre
  14. 14Bernie FraserWing
  15. 15Richard WilsonFull-back

Argentina

  1. 1Enrique RodriguezProp
  2. 2Javier Perez CoboHooker
  3. 3Hugo NicolaProp
  4. 4Marcos IachettiSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro IachettiSecond row
  6. 6Tomas PetersenFlanker
  7. 7Hector SilvaFlanker
  8. 8Gabriel TravagliniNumber 8
  9. 9Alfredo Soares-GacheScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Adolfo CapellettiWing
  12. 12Rafael MaderoCentre
  13. 13Marcelo LoffredaCentre
  14. 14Marcelo CampoWing
  15. 15Martin SansotFull-back

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Context

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

New Zealand 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.