Australia tour
- Buenos Aires, 8 November 1997
Argentina
(15)
18 - 16
(13)
Australia
(FT)
Teams
Argentina
Australia
Tries
Martin, Pichot
Tries
Finegan, Tune
Cons
Giannantonio
Cons
none
Pens
Giannantonio 2
Pens
Knox 2
Team
15
FB
Ezequiel Jurado
14
W
Diego Albanese
13
C
Eduardo Simone
12
C
Fabian Turnes
11
W
Diego Giannantonio
10
FH
Lisandro Arbizu
9
SH
Agustin Pichot
1
P
Roberto Grau
2
H
Mario Ledesma Arocena
3
P
Mauricio Reggiardo
4
L
Pedro Sporleder
(c)
5
L
Alejandro Allub
6
F
Rolando Martin
7
F
Miguel Ruiz
8
N8
Pablo Camerlinckx
Replacements
16
P
Omar Hasan Jalil
17
Jose Orengo
18
Nicolas Fernandez Miranda
19
Pablo Bouza
20
Santiago Phelan
21
Martin Scelzo
Team
15
FB
Stephen Larkham
14
W
Ben Tune
13
C
Tim Horan
12
C
Pat Howard
11
W
Joe Roff
10
FH
David Knox
9
SH
George Gregan
1
P
Richard Harry
2
H
Michael Foley
3
P
Andrew Blades
4
L
Warwick Waugh
5
L
John Eales
(c)
6
F
Owen Finegan
7
F
Brett Robinson
8
N8
Troy Coker
Replacements
16
F
Willie Ofahengaue
17
W
Mitch Hardy
18
SH
Sam Payne
19
David Wilson
20
Andrew Heath
21
Marco Caputo
Notes
Result
Argentina won by a margin of 2 points
Ground name
Ferrocaril Oeste, Buenos Aires
Attendance
23174
Referee
DTM McHugh
(Ireland)
Argentina Test debuts
none
Australia Test debuts
none
Other scores
1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier
Andorra
3 - 62
Spain
Andorra la Vella
South Africa tour
Italy
31 - 62
South Africa
Bologna
FIRA Championship
Switzerland
29 - 13
Serbia & Mon
Nyon
Allied Dunbar Premiership
Northampton Saints
13 - 19
Saracens
Northampton