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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Aussie Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal · 22 October 2003Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 47 points.Half-time 24–0 · Tries 7–0

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Tacklesmademissed
ARG467
ROU7533
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG6/61/10
ROU0/01/10
← Romania 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
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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
12′ArgentinaTry, Martin Gaitan, converted5–0
30′ArgentinaTry, Juan Martín Hernández, converted12–0
40′ArgentinaTry, Manuel Contepomi, converted22–0
42′ArgentinaTry, Nicolás Fernandez, converted29–0
49′ArgentinaTry, Pablo Bouza36–0
63′ArgentinaTry, Pablo Bouza, converted41–3
67′ArgentinaTry, Juan Martín Hernández, converted48–3
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′
12′Martin Gaitan30′Juan Martín Hernández40′Manuel Contepomi42′Nicolás Fernandez49′Pablo Bouza63′Pablo Bouza67′Juan Martín Hernández
ARG

Team stats

ROU
100%Possession0%
113Carries72
584Metres gained271
18Clean breaks3
33Defenders beaten7
136Passes64
13Offloads6
46Tackles made75
7Tackles missed33
54/58Rucks won34/41
17/24Lineouts won10/15
11/12Scrums won10/11
13/16Mauls won7/7
9Turnovers won8
8Penalties conceded20
33Kicks from hand26
944Kick metres747
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 6/6, penalties 1/1 · ROU 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

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Martín ScelzoProp
  4. 4Pedro SporlederSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Santiago PhelanFlanker
  7. 7Martín DurandFlanker
  8. 8Pablo BouzaNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás FernandezScrum-half
  10. 10Juan Fernández MirandaFly-half
  11. 11Hernán SenillosaWing
  12. 12Manuel ContepomiCentre
  13. 13Martin GaitanCentre
  14. 14Jose Maria Nunez PiossekWing
  15. 15Juan Martín HernándezFull-back
  16. 16Federico MéndezBench
  17. 17Omar Hasan JalilBench
  18. 18Rimas Álvarez KairelisBench
  19. 19Rolando MartinBench
  20. 20Agustin PichotBench
  21. 21Gonzalo QuesadaBench
  22. 22Jose OrengoBench

Romania

  1. 1Petrisor ToderascProp
  2. 2Razvan MavrodinHooker
  3. 3Silviu FloreaProp
  4. 4Sorin SocolSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Alexandru TudoriFlanker
  7. 7Ovidiu TonitaFlanker
  8. 8George ChiriacNumber 8
  9. 9Lucian Mihai SirbuScrum-half
  10. 10Ionut TofanFly-half
  11. 11Ioan TeodorescuWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Valentin MafteiCentre
  14. 14Mihai VioreanuWing
  15. 15Gabriel BrezoianuFull-back
  16. 16Paulica IonBench
  17. 17Cezar PopescuBench
  18. 18Augustin PetricheiBench
  19. 19Vasile GhiocBench
  20. 20Cornel TatuBench
  21. 21Iulian AndreiBench
  22. 22Cristian SauanBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 9–0 Romania in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Romania 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.