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England
v Argentina⁠

18–25

Full time

England v Argentina finished 18–25.

Argentina
Federico Todeschini 54'
Date
Saturday 11 November 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lee Mears On in the 69'
  • No. 17, Stuart Turner (not used)
  • No. 18, Tom Palmer On in the 50'
  • No. 19, Magnus Lund On in the 8' Off in the 12'
  • No. 20, Peter Richards On in the 47'
  • No. 21, Toby Flood On in the 51'
  • No. 22, Josh Lewsey On in the 53'

Argentina

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Marcos Ayerza Prop
  • No. 2, Mario Ledesma Hooker
  • No. 3, Omar Hasan Jalil Prop Off in the 65'
  • No. 4, Carlos Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe Lock Off in the 56'
  • No. 5, Patricio Albacete Lock
  • No. 6, Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe Flanker
  • No. 7, Juan Manuel Leguizamon Flanker Off in the 66'
  • No. 8, Gonzalo Longo Elía Number 8
  • No. 9, Agustin Pichot (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Felipe Contepomi Fly Half
  • No. 11, Pablo Gomez Cora Wing
  • No. 12, Miguel Avramovic Centre Off in the 56'
  • No. 13, Gonzalo Tiesi Centre Off in the 23'
  • No. 14, Jose Maria Nunez Piossek Wing
  • No. 15, Juan Martín Hernández Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Alberto Vernet Basualdo (not used)
  • No. 17, Martín Scelzo On in the 65'
  • No. 18, Esteban Lozada On in the 56' Off in the 60'
  • No. 19, Martín Schusterman On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Nicolás Fernandez (not used)
  • No. 21, Federico Todeschini On in the 23'
  • No. 22, Horacio Agulla On in the 56'

Referee: Kelvin Deaker. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1996 – 2002

01 22 Jun 2002
Test matches · Test Match José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Argentina 18–26 England England won

England tries: Phil Christophers, Ben Kay

Argentina tries: None

Match page: Argentina v England, 22 June 2002

03 7 Jun 1997
Test matches · Second Test Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires

Argentina 33–13 England England lost

England tries: Danny Grewcock, Alex King

Argentina tries: Eduardo Simone, Facundo Soler, Facundo Soler, Roberto Grau

Match page: Argentina v England, 7 June 1997

04 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

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

Penalty try

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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