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Argentina
v England⁠

20–46

Full time

Argentina v England finished 20–46.

England
Nick Greenstock, Adedayo Adebayo, Adedayo Adebayo, Mike Catt, Tony Diprose, Ben Clarke
Argentina
Tomas Solari, Lisandro Arbizu, Gonzalo Quesada
Date
Saturday 31 May 1997 · England in 1997
Venue
Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
Competition
Test matches · First Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Argentina

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Roberto Grau Prop
  • No. 2, Federico Méndez Hooker Off in the 38'
  • No. 3, Mauricio Reggiardo Prop Off in the 59'
  • No. 4, German Llanes Lock
  • No. 5, Pedro Sporleder Lock Off in the 65'
  • No. 6, Rolando Martin Flanker
  • No. 7, Pablo Jose Camerlinckx Flanker
  • No. 8, Pablo Bouza Number 8
  • No. 9, Nicolás Fernandez Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Gonzalo Quesada Fly Half
  • No. 11, Facundo Soler Wing
  • No. 12, Lisandro Arbizu (c) Centre
  • No. 13, Eduardo Simone Centre
  • No. 14, Tomas Solari Wing
  • No. 15, Ezequiel Jurado Full Back

Referee: Ian Rogers. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1990 – 1996

03 3 Nov 1990
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 51–0 Argentina England won

England tries: Jeremy Guscott, Jeremy Guscott, Rory Underwood, Rory Underwood, Rory Underwood, Richard Hill, John Hall

Argentina tries: None

Match page: England v Argentina, 3 November 1990

04 4 Aug 1990
Test matches · Second Test José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Argentina 15–13 England England lost

England tries: Simon Hodgkinson, Nigel Heslop

Argentina tries: None

Match page: Argentina v England, 4 August 1990

05 28 Jul 1990
Test matches · First Test José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Argentina 12–25 England England won

England tries: Dean Ryan 3', Chris Oti 52'

Argentina tries: None

Match page: Argentina v England, 28 July 1990

Official meetings since 1981

England v Argentina stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings31In our results database
England wins25England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Argentina wins5Argentina victories

England have scored 845 points to Argentina's 512 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Jonny May

3 tries against Argentina in matches we hold scorer data for.

Argentina · Fixture leader

3

Emiliano Boffelli

Argentina's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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