Head-To-Head: Ireland v Argentina

2010 GUINNESS SERIES: Sunday, November 28

IRELAND v ARGENTINA, Aviva Stadium, 2.30pm (live RTÉ Two/BBC Two)

IRELAND: Geordan Murphy; Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll (capt), Gordon D’Arcy, Andrew Trimble; Jonathan Sexton, Peter Stringer; Cian Healy, Sean Cronin, Tony Buckley, Donncha O’Callaghan, Mick O’Driscoll, Stephen Ferris, David Wallace, Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements: Damien Varley, Tom Court, Devin Toner, Denis Leamy, Eoin Reddan, Ronan O’Gara, Keith Earls.

ARGENTINA: Martin Rodriguez; Horacio Agulla, Gonzalo Tiesi, Marcelo Bosch, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino; Felipe Contepomi (capt), Nicolas Vergallo; Rodrigo Roncero, Mario Ledesma, Martin Scelzo, Mariano Galarza, Patricio Albacete, Genaro Fessia, Julio Farias Cabello, Juan Fernandez Lobbe.

Replacements: Agustin Creevy, Marcos Ayerza, Juan Figallo, Santiago Guzman, Alvaro Galindo, Alfredo Lalanne, Lucas Borges.

Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Stuart Terheege (England)
Television Match Official: Daniel Gillet (France)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 11
Ireland Won – 6
Argentina Won – 5

Previous Meetings:

Saturday, October 27, 1990 – Tour Match – Ireland 20 Argentina 18, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, August 28, 1999 – Tour Match – Ireland 32 Argentina 24, Lansdowne Road
Wednesday, October 20, 1999 – Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final Play-Off – Argentina 28 Ireland 24, Stade Felix Bollaert
Saturday, June 3, 2000 – Summer Test – Argentina 34 Ireland 23, Ferrocaril Oeste
Saturday, November 23, 2002 – Autumn Test – Ireland 16 Argentina 7, Lansdowne Road
Sunday, October 26, 2003 – Rugby World Cup Pool A – Argentina 15 Ireland 16, Adelaide Oval
Saturday, November 27, 2004 – Autumn Test – Ireland 21 Argentina 19, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, May 26, 2007 – Summer Tour – Argentina 22 Ireland 20, Club Atletico Colon
Saturday, June 2, 2007 – Summer Tour – Argentina 16 Ireland 0, Velez Sarsfield
Sunday, September 30, 2007 – Rugby World Cup Pool D – Ireland 15 Argentina 30, Parc des Princes
Saturday, November 22, 2008 – Autumn Test – Ireland 17 Argentina 3, Croke Park

Ireland v Argentina: IRFU Stats Vault

Most Points And Biggest Margins:

Ireland: Points: 32-24, 1999 Tour Match; Margin: 17-3, 2008 Autumn Test

Argentina: Points: 34-23, 2000 Summer Test; Margin: 16-0, 2007 Second Test

Individual Records In The Series Since 2002:

Most Points In A Match: Ireland 21 (Ronan O’Gara, 2004 Autumn Test); Argentina 17 (Felipe Contepomi, 2007 First Test)

Most Tries In A Match: Ireland 1 (by 6 players); Argentina 1 (by 6 players)

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v Argentina Since 2002:

55 – Ronan O’Gara
44 – Felipe Contepomi
12 – Gonzalo Quesada
11 – Federico Todeschini

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v Argentina Since 2002:

1 – Girvan Dempsey, Rolando Martin, Alan Quinlan, Federico Martin Aramburu, Hernan Senillosa, Brian Carney, Felipe Contepomi, Horacio Agulla, Lucas Borges, Geordan Murphy, Brian O’Driscoll, Tommy Bowe

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2009 Six Nations:

Won 30-21 v France home (Six Nations)
Won 38-9 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 14-13 v England home (Six Nations)
Won 22-15 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 17-15 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 25-6 v Canada away (Summer Tour)
Won 27-10 v USA away (Summer Tour)
Drew 20-20 v Australia home (Autumn Series)
Won 41-6 v Fiji home (Autumn Series)
Won 15-10 v South Africa home (Autumn Series)
Won 29-11 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Lost 33-10 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 20-16 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 27-12 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 23-20 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Lost 66-28 v New Zealand away (Summer Tour)
Lost 22-15 v Australia away (Summer Tour)
Lost 23-21 v South Africa home (Autumn Series)
Won 20-10 v Samoa home (Autumn Series)
Lost 38-18 v New Zealand home (Autumn Series)

Argentina – Form Guide From Start Of The 2009 Test Season:

Lost 37-15 v England away (Summer Series)
Won 24-22 v England home (Summer Series)
Lost 16-8 v England away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 33-16 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Won 9-6 v Scotland away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 24-16 v Scotland home (Summer Series)
Lost 13-9 v Scotland home (Summer Series)
Won 41-13 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 22-16 v Italy away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 15-9 v France away (Autumn Tour)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

106 Brian O’Driscoll
104 John Hayes
102 Ronan O’Gara
94 Peter Stringer
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
82 Girvan Dempsey
72 David Humphreys
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Paul O’Connell
69 Mike Gibson
68 Geordan Murphy

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

980 Ronan O’Gara
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
220 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
158 Tom Kiernan
145 Denis Hickie
113 Tony Ward
112 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

41 Brian O’Driscoll
29 Denis Hickie
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
16 Tommy Bowe
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Ronan O’Gara
15 Keith Wood

Argentina – Most-Capped Players:

87 Lisandro Arbizu
86 Rolando Martin
77 Mario Ledesma
77 Pedro Sporleder
75 Federico Mendez
72 Agustin Pichot
70 Felipe Contepomi
65 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe
65 Omar Hasan Jalil

Argentina – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

590 Hugo Porta
545 Felipe Contepomi
486 Gonzalo Quesada
365 Santiago Meson
276 Federico Todeschini
188 Lisandro Arbizu
163 Juan Fernandez Miranda

Argentina – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

30 Jose Nunez Piossek
28 Diego Cuesta Silva
24 Gustavo Jorge
18 Rolando Martin
18 Facundo Soler
17 Lisandro Arbizu
17 Hernan Senillosa
14 Guillermo Alvarez
14 Ignacio Corleto
14 Federico Mendez
14 Guillermo Morgan
14 Uriel O’Farrell
14 Pedro Sporleder

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1188 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1178 Jonny Wilkinson (1111-England, 67-Lions)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1010 Diego Dominguez (983-Italy, 27-Argentina)
980 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
912 Stephen Jones (859-Wales, 53-Lions)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
752 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
733 Gavin Hastings (667-Scotland, 66-Lions)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

64 David Campese (Australia)
53 Shane Williams (51-Wales, 2-Lions)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
42 Brian O’Driscoll (41-Ireland, 1-Lions)
41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions)
40 Chris Latham (Australia)

Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition

The ‘100 Caps’ Club:

139 George Gregan (Australia)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
112 Brian O’Driscoll (106-Ireland, 6-Lions)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
110 George Smith (Australia)
106 John Hayes (103-Ireland, 2-Lions)
105 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
104 Ronan O’Gara (102-Ireland, 2-Lions)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
102 John Smit (South Africa)
102 Martyn Williams (98-Wales, 4-Lions)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Stephen Jones (95-Wales, 6-Lions)
101 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)

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