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Full time23 May 2005
British & Irish Lions
25–25
Argentina
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, WalesHead-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. 6’PArgentina penalty · Federico Todeschini0–3
  2. 10’TArgentina try · Jose Maria Nunez Piossek0–8
  3. 11’CArgentina conversion · Federico Todeschini0–10
  4. 17’PArgentina penalty · Federico Todeschini0–13
  5. 20’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Ollie Smith5–13
  6. 21’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Jonny Wilkinson7–13
  7. 24’PArgentina penalty · Federico Todeschini7–16
  8. 34’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson10–16
  9. 37’PArgentina penalty · Federico Todeschini10–19
  10. 41’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson13–19
  11. 48’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson16–19
  12. 50’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson19–19
  13. 55’PArgentina penalty · Federico Todeschini19–22
  14. 58’PArgentina penalty · Federico Todeschini19–25
  15. 67’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson22–25
  16. 89’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson25–25

Line-ups

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Danny GrewcockSecond row
  6. 6Martin CorryFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Michael OwenNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Ollie SmithCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Steve ThompsonBench
  17. 17Julian WhiteBench
  18. 18Ben KayBench
  19. 19Lawrence DallaglioBench
  20. 20Chris CusiterBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Shane HorganBench

Argentina

  1. 1Federico MéndezProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Mauricio ReggiardoProp
  4. 4Pablo BouzaSecond row
  5. 5Mariano SambucettiSecond row
  6. 6Martín SchustermanFlanker
  7. 7Federico GenoudFlanker
  8. 8Juan Manuel LeguizamonNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás FernandezScrum-half
  10. 10Federico TodeschiniFly-half
  11. 11Francisco Javier Leonelli MoreyWing
  12. 12Felipe ContepomiCentre
  13. 13Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  14. 14Jose Maria Nunez PiossekWing
  15. 15Bernardo StortoniFull-back
  16. 16Eusebio GuinazuBench
  17. 17Leopoldo de ChazalBench
  18. 18Manuel CarizzaBench
  19. 19Santiago SanzBench
  20. 20Lucio Lopez FlemingBench
  21. 21Francisco BoschBench
  22. 22Federico Serra MirasBench

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Context

All-time, British & Irish Lions 2–1 Argentina, 1 drawn in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

British & Irish Lions going in
Argentina going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.