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England
v Argentina⁠

51–0

Full time

England v Argentina finished 51–0.

Argentina
None
Date
Saturday 3 November 1990 · England in 1990
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Argentina

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Federico Méndez Prop Red card 0'
  • No. 2, Ricardo Le Fort Hooker
  • No. 3, Diego Cash Prop
  • No. 4, German Llanes Lock
  • No. 5, Pedro Sporleder Lock
  • No. 6, Pablo Garreton Flanker
  • No. 7, Miguel Bertranou Flanker
  • No. 8, Agustin Macome Number 8
  • No. 9, Gonzalo Camardon Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Hugo Porta (c) Fly Half
  • No. 11, Gustavo Jorge Wing
  • No. 12, Mathias Allen Centre
  • No. 13, Diego Cuesta Silva Centre
  • No. 14, Emilio Ezcurra Wing
  • No. 15, Alejandro Scolni Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Manuel Aguirre (not used)
  • No. 17, Alejandro Cubelli (not used)
  • No. 18, Osvaldo Fascioli (not used)
  • No. 19, Rodolfo Villalonga (not used)
  • No. 20, Rodrigo Crexell (not used)
  • No. 21, Lisandro Arbizu (not used)

Referee: Colin Hawke. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 4 meetings before this one

1981 – 1990

01 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

02 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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