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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal · 10 October 2003Head-to-head
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Australia won by 16 points.Half-time 14–3 · Tries 2–1 · ARG 1 yellow card

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217375
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Tacklesmademissed
AUS11318
ARG8632
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS1/14/40
ARG0/01/10
← Argentina attack · Australia 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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  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
21′AustraliaTry, Wendell Sailor11–0
73′ArgentinaTry, Ignacio Corleto17–8
75′AustraliaTry, Joe Roff, converted22–8
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ARG card
21′Wendell Sailor73′Ignacio Corleto75′Joe Roff
AUS

Team stats

ARG
67%Possession33%
94Carries99
511Metres gained384
11Clean breaks4
32Defenders beaten18
121Passes89
11Offloads7
113Tackles made86
18Tackles missed32
53/56Rucks won67/68
5/5Lineouts won7/16
12/13Scrums won8/9
1/2Mauls won7/8
1Turnovers won7
9Penalties conceded6
18Kicks from hand19
585Kick metres585
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 1/1, 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

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Matt BurkeCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Mat RogersFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Dan VickermanBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Lote TuqiriBench

Argentina

  1. 1Roberto GrauProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Omar Hasan JalilProp
  4. 4Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Santiago PhelanFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Gonzalo Longo ElíaNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Felipe ContepomiFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Jose OrengoCentre
  13. 13Manuel ContepomiCentre
  14. 14Jose Maria Nunez PiossekWing
  15. 15Ignacio CorletoFull-back
  16. 16Federico MéndezBench
  17. 17Mauricio ReggiardoBench
  18. 18Rimas Álvarez KairelisBench
  19. 19Martín DurandBench
  20. 20Nicolás FernandezBench
  21. 21Gonzalo QuesadaBench
  22. 22Juan Martín HernándezBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 31–10 Argentina, 4 drawn in 45 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.