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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff · 9 October 1991Head-to-head
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Wales won by 9 points.Half-time 9–0 · Tries 1–1

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7476
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Tacklesmademissed
WAL6616
ARG558
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL0/04/40
ARG0/01/10
← Argentina attack · Wales 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
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
74′WalesTry, Paul Arnold13–3
76′ArgentinaTry, Hernan Garcia Simon16–7
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
74′Paul Arnold76′Hernan Garcia Simon
WAL

Team stats

ARG
50%Possession50%
68Carries78
241Metres gained293
4Clean breaks4
8Defenders beaten16
53Passes74
8Offloads10
66Tackles made55
16Tackles missed8
24/27Rucks won32/37
12/16Lineouts won20/29
6/9Scrums won9/11
13/16Mauls won11/13
23Penalties conceded14
77Kicks from hand43
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 0/0, penalties 4/4 · ARG conversions 0/0, 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3Laurence DelaneyProp
  4. 4Paul ArnoldSecond row
  5. 5Kevin MoseleySecond row
  6. 6Emyr LewisFlanker
  7. 7Richard WebsterFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Mark RingFly-half
  11. 11Arthur EmyrWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Mike HallCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Mike RayerFull-back
  16. 16David EvansBench
  17. 17Andy BoothBench
  18. 18Steve FordBench
  19. 19Ken WatersBench
  20. 20Huw Williams-JonesBench
  21. 21Martyn MorrisBench

Argentina

  1. 1Federico MéndezProp
  2. 2Ricardo Le FortHooker
  3. 3Luis MolinaProp
  4. 4Pedro SporlederSecond row
  5. 5German LlanesSecond row
  6. 6Pablo GarretonFlanker
  7. 7Jose SantamarinaFlanker
  8. 8Mario CarrerasNumber 8
  9. 9Gonzalo CamardonScrum-half
  10. 10Lisandro ArbizuFly-half
  11. 11Diego Cuesta SilvaWing
  12. 12Hernan Garcia SimonCentre
  13. 13Eduardo LabordeCentre
  14. 14Martin TeranWing
  15. 15Guillermo del CastilloFull-back
  16. 16Manuel AguirreBench
  17. 17Mariano BoschBench
  18. 18Pablo BuabseBench
  19. 19Francisco IrarrazabalBench
  20. 20Agustin ZanoniBench
  21. 21Santiago MesonBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 15–10 Argentina, 2 drawn in 27 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales 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.