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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya · 26 October 2003Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 1 point.Half-time 9–10 · Tries 0–1

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Tacklesmademissed
ARG8922
IRE7622
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG0/03/32
IRE1/13/30
← Ireland 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
21′IrelandTry, Alan Quinlan, converted3–5
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.

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21′Alan Quinlan
ARG

Team stats

IRE
0%Possession100%
100Carries105
413Metres gained445
7Clean breaks13
22Defenders beaten22
117Passes144
5Offloads7
89Tackles made76
22Tackles missed22
65/67Rucks won74/80
27/34Lineouts won18/20
3/3Scrums won5/6
14/14Mauls won4/5
7Turnovers won5
7Penalties conceded11
36Kicks from hand38
1,153Kick metres1,312
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3 · IRE conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. 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. 1Roberto GrauProp
  2. 2Federico MéndezHooker
  3. 3Mauricio ReggiardoProp
  4. 4Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeSecond row
  5. 5Rimas Álvarez KairelisSecond row
  6. 6Lucas OstigliaFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Gonzalo Longo ElíaNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Gonzalo QuesadaFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Felipe ContepomiCentre
  13. 13Jose OrengoCentre
  14. 14Jose Maria Nunez PiossekWing
  15. 15Ignacio CorletoFull-back
  16. 16Mario LedesmaBench
  17. 17Martín ScelzoBench
  18. 18Patricio AlbaceteBench
  19. 19Santiago PhelanBench
  20. 20Nicolás FernandezBench
  21. 21Martin GaitanBench
  22. 22Juan Martín HernándezBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Alan QuinlanFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Shane ByrneBench
  17. 17Marcus HoranBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22John KellyBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 8–16 Ireland, 1 drawn in 25 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
Ireland 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.