Rugby World Cup - Lens, 20 October 1999, 18:30 local, 16:30 GMT
Argentina (9) 28 - 24 (15) Ireland (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Argentina  Score  Ireland
3 0 - 3 Humphreys - penalty goal
6 0 - 6 Humphreys - penalty goal
9 Quesada - penalty goal 3 - 6
15 3 - 9 Humphreys - penalty goal
19 Quesada - penalty goal 6 - 9
24 Quesada - penalty goal 9 - 9
26 9 - 12 Humphreys - penalty goal
30 9 - 15 Humphreys - penalty goal
42 9 - 18 Humphreys - penalty goal
44 9 - 21 Humphreys - drop goal
46 Quesada - penalty goal 12 - 21
53 Scelzo - sub on
Hasan Jalil - sub off
55 Quesada - penalty goal 15 - 21
60 15 - 24 Davidson - sub off
Casey - sub on
Humphreys - penalty goal
64 Quesada - penalty goal 18 - 24 Wallace - sub off
Fitzpatrick - sub on
67 F Contepomi - sub on
Corleto - sub off
72 Quesada - conversion
Albanese - try		 25 - 24 Wallace - sub on
Corrigan - sub off
Fitzpatrick - sub off
Fitzpatrick - sub on
76 Miller - sub on
Ward - sub off
79 Quesada - penalty goal 28 - 24

Notes

 
Result Argentina won by a margin of 4 points
 
Ground name Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens (neutral venue)
Attendance 22000
 
Referee SJ Dickinson (Australia)
 
Argentina Test debuts none
Ireland Test debuts none

Teams

Argentina Ireland
Tries Albanese (72) Tries none
Cons Quesada (72) Cons none
Pens Quesada (9, 19, 24, 46, 55, 64, 79) Pens Humphreys (3, 6, 15, 26, 30, 42, 60)
Drops none Drops Humphreys (44)
    Team
15 FB
Ignacio Corleto
14 W
Gonzalo Camardon
13 C
Eduardo Simone
12 C
Lisandro Arbizu (c)
11 W
Diego Albanese
10 FH
Gonzalo Quesada
9 SH
Agustin Pichot
1 P
Mauricio Reggiardo
2 H
Mario Ledesma Arocena
3 P
Omar Hasan Jalil
4 L
Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe
5 L
Alejandro Allub
6 F
Santiago Phelan
7 F
Rolando Martin
8 N8
Gonzalo Longo Elia
    Replacements
16 C
Felipe Contepomi
17 P
Martin Scelzo
18
Manuel Contepomi
19
Nicolas Fernandez Miranda
20
Miguel Ruiz
21
Lucas Ostiglia
22
Agustin Canalda
    Team
15 FB
Conor O'Shea
14 W
Justin Bishop
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll
12 C
Kevin Maggs
11 W
Matt Mostyn
10 FH
David Humphreys
9 SH
Tom Tierney
1 P
Reggie Corrigan
2 H
Keith Wood
3 P
Paul Wallace
4 L
Jeremy Davidson
5 L
Malcolm O'Kelly
6 F
Andy Ward
7 F
Kieron Dawson
8 N8
Dion O'Cuinneagain (c)
    Replacements
16 BR
Eric Miller
17 L
Bob Casey
18 P
Justin Fitzpatrick
19
Jonathan Bell
20
Eric Elwood
21
Brian O'Meara
22
Ross Nesdale

Match stats

Argentina   Ireland
1 Tries 0
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
7 from 7 Penalty goals 7 from 7
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 26
101 Passes 123
91 Runs 104
343 Metres run with ball 388
Attacking
100% Possession 0%
8 Clean breaks 8
20 Defenders beaten 14
14 Offloads 13
52 from 54 (96.3%) Rucks won 70 from 74 (94.6%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
12 Turnovers conceded 11
Defensive
113/14 Tackles made/missed 80/20
89.0% Tackling success rate 80.0%
Set pieces
9 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
9 won, 3 lost (75.0%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 1 lost (93.3%)
Discipline
16 Penalties conceded 17
2/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Arg stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Corleto 0/0 0 4/4/7 61 1 2 2 2 7/0 0/0 1 1/0
W Camardon 0/1 0 1/3/1 7 0 1 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Simone 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 1 0 1 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Arbizu 0/0 0 1/5/10 22 0 1 1 3 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Albanese 1/0 5 2/1/9 47 2 9 0 2 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Quesada 0/0 23 10/10/3 8 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Pichot 0/0 0 4/55/4 20 2 0 2 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Reggiardo 0/0 0 0/2/3 5 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 2 1/0
H Ledesma Arocena 0/0 0 0/4/8 46 1 2 1 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Hasan Jalil 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Fernandez Lobbe 0/0 0 0/2/8 18 0 0 1 1 9/0 1/0 2 0/0
L Allub 0/0 0 0/2/3 2 0 0 1 0 5/2 6/0 1 0/0
F Phelan 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 12/1 0/0 2 0/0
F Martin 0/0 0 0/4/16 37 1 1 3 1 22/1 1/0 2 0/0
N8 Longo Elia 0/0 0 0/4/9 13 0 0 2 0 9/2 0/0 1 0/0
(C) F Contepomi 0/0 0 4/4/4 41 1 2 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Scelzo 0/0 0 0/0/3 16 0 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB O'Shea 0/0 0 5/2/6 80 1 4 1 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Bishop 0/0 0 0/1/4 40 1 4 1 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
C O'Driscoll 0/0 0 2/6/9 31 1 1 3 0 4/3 0/0 1 0/0
C Maggs 0/0 0 0/7/9 18 0 0 2 1 9/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Mostyn 0/0 0 0/1/4 45 2 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Humphreys 0/0 24 9/21/3 18 1 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Tierney 0/0 0 6/59/4 3 0 0 0 0 3/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Corrigan 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
H Wood 0/0 0 3/2/19 61 0 0 1 1 3/2 0/0 3 0/0
P Wallace 0/0 0 0/0/10 8 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Davidson 0/0 0 0/3/1 2 0 0 0 1 3/1 2/1 3 0/0
L O'Kelly 0/0 0 0/4/5 8 0 1 0 0 7/1 10/0 4 0/0
F Ward 0/0 0 0/1/4 46 1 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Dawson 0/0 0 0/9/3 0 0 0 2 1 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 O'Cuinneagain 0/0 0 1/7/14 22 1 0 3 1 7/0 2/0 1 0/0
(BR) Miller 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Casey 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/1 0 0/0
(P) Fitzpatrick 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Other scores

Rugby World Cup
England 45 - 24 Fiji Twickenham
Scotland 35 - 20 Samoa Murrayfield