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England
v Argentina⁠

20–18

Full time

England v Argentina finished 20–18.

Argentina
None
Date
Saturday 14 December 1996 · England in 1996
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jon Callard (not used)
  • No. 17, Alex King (not used)
  • No. 18, Kyran Bracken (not used)
  • No. 19, Ben Clarke On in the 56'
  • No. 20, Rob Hardwick (not used)
  • No. 21, Phil Greening (not used)

Argentina

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Roberto Grau Prop
  • No. 2, Carlos Promanzio Hooker
  • No. 3, Mauricio Reggiardo Prop
  • No. 4, Pedro Sporleder Lock
  • No. 5, German Llanes Lock
  • 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, Diego Albanese Wing
  • No. 12, Lisandro Arbizu (c) Centre
  • No. 13, Eduardo Simone Centre
  • No. 14, Gonzalo Camardon Wing
  • No. 15, Ezequiel Jurado Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Facundo Soler (not used)
  • No. 17, Francisco Garcia (not used)
  • No. 18, Christian Barrea (not used)
  • No. 19, Martín Scelzo (not used)
  • No. 20, Omar Hasan Jalil (not used)
  • No. 21, Raul Perez (not used)

Referee: Tappe Henning. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1981 – 1995

02 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

03 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

04 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

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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