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Argentina
v England⁠

33–13

Full time

Argentina v England finished 33–13.

England
Danny Grewcock, Alex King
Argentina
Eduardo Simone, Facundo Soler, Facundo Soler, Roberto Grau
Date
Saturday 7 June 1997 · England in 1997
Venue
Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
Competition
Test matches · Second Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Kevin Yates Prop
  • No. 2, Richard Cockerill Hooker
  • No. 3, Darren Garforth Prop
  • No. 4, Martin Haag Lock
  • No. 5, Danny Grewcock Lock
  • No. 6, Martin Corry Flanker Off in the 53'
  • No. 7, Ben Clarke Flanker
  • No. 8, Tony Diprose Number 8
  • No. 9, Kyran Bracken Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Mark Mapletoft Fly Half
  • No. 11, Adedayo Adebayo Wing Off in the 72'
  • No. 12, Nick Greenstock Centre
  • No. 13, Phil de Glanville (c) Centre
  • No. 14, Jon Sleightholme Wing
  • No. 15, Jim Mallinder Full Back Off in the 57'

Argentina

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Roberto Grau Prop
  • No. 2, Carlos Promanzio Hooker
  • No. 3, Mauricio Reggiardo Prop Off in the 57'
  • No. 4, German Llanes Lock
  • No. 5, Pedro Sporleder Lock
  • No. 6, Rolando Martin Flanker Off in the 76'
  • No. 7, Carlos Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe Flanker
  • No. 8, Pablo Jose Camerlinckx 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 Off in the 68'
  • No. 15, Ezequiel Jurado Full Back

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1990 – 1997

01 31 May 1997
Test matches · First Test Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires

Argentina 20–46 England England won

England tries: Nick Greenstock, Adedayo Adebayo, Adedayo Adebayo, Mike Catt, Tony Diprose, Ben Clarke

Argentina tries: Tomas Solari, Lisandro Arbizu, Gonzalo Quesada

Match page: Argentina v England, 31 May 1997

04 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

05 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

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

Ben Earl

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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