Head-To-Head: Ireland v Argentina

A statistical preview of Ireland’s final GUINNESS Series encounter with Argentina at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 5.30pm)

2017 GUINNESS SERIES MATCH: Saturday, November 25

IRELAND v ARGENTINA, Aviva Stadium, 5.30pm (live RTE Two/www.rte.ie/live (ROI only)/Sky Sports Main Event/RTE Radio 1/IRFU Live Blog)

IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster), Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster), Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht), Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster); Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (capt), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster), Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster), CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster).

Replacements: James Tracy (UCD/Leinster), Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster), John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster), Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster), Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster).

ARGENTINA: Joaquin Tuculet (Jaguares); Ramiro Moyano (Jaguares), Matias Moroni (Jaguares), Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias (Jaguares), Emiliano Boffelli (Jaguares); Nicolas Sanchez (Jaguares), Martin Landajo (Jaguares); Santiago Garcia Botta (Jaguares), Agustin Creevy (Jaguares) (capt), Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro (Jaguares), Matias Alemanno (Jaguares), Tomas Lavanini (Jaguares), Pablo Matera (Jaguares), Marcos Kremer (Jaguares), Tomas Lezana (Jaguares).

Replacements: Julian Montoya (Jaguares), Lucas Noguera (Jaguares), Enrique Pieretto (Jaguares), Guido Petti (Jaguares), Juan Manuel Leguizamon (Jaguares), Gonzalo Bertranou (Jaguares), Jeronimo de la Fuente (Jaguares), Sebastian Cancelliere (Hindu).

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant Referees: Marius Mitrea (Italy), Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Television Match Official: David Grashoff (England)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 16
Ireland Won – 10
Argentina Won – 6

Ireland v Argentina: IRFU Stat Zone

Ireland v Argentina – 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 Félix-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
Sunday, November 28, 2010 – Autumn Test – Ireland 29 Argentina 9, Aviva Stadium
Saturday, November 24, 2012 – Autumn Test – Ireland 46 Argentina 24, Aviva Stadium
Saturday, June 7, 2014 – Summer Tour – Argentina 17 Ireland 29, Estadio Centenario, Resistencia
Saturday, June 14, 2014 – Summer Tour – Argentina 17 Ireland 23, Estadio José Fierro, Tucumán
Sunday, October 18, 2015 – Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final – Ireland 20 Argentina 43, Millennium Stadium

Biggest Wins And Margins:

Ireland: Points & Margin: 46-24, 2012 Autumn Test

Argentina: Points & Margin: 43-20, 2015 Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final

Individual Records In The Series:

Most Points In A Match: Ireland 24 (David Humphreys, 1999 Rugby World Cup quarter-final play-off); Argentina 23 (Gonzalo Quesada, 1999 Rugby World Cup quarter-final play-off; Nicolas Sanchez, 2015 Rugby World Cup quarter-final)

Most Tries In A Match: Ireland 3 (Matt Mostyn, 1999 Test match, Lansdowne Road); Argentina 2 (Agustin Pichot, 1999 Test match, Lansdowne Road; Juan Imhoff, 2015 Rugby World Cup quarter-final)

Most Appearances – Ireland v Argentina:

9 – Malcolm O’Kelly, Felipe Contepomi
8 – Brian O’Driscoll, Ronan O’Gara
7 – Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Jamie Heaslip, Gonzalo Longo Elia, Agustin Pichot
6 – Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, Marcos Ayerza, Ignacio Corleto, Martin Durand, Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, John Hayes, Mario Ledesma, Geordan Murphy, Paul O’Connell, Eoin Reddan, Martin Scelzo

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v Argentina:

63 – Gonzalo Quesada
60 – Jonathan Sexton
59 – Ronan O’Gara
53 – Felipe Contepomi
45 – Nicolas Sanchez
44 – David Humphreys
23 – Ian Madigan
18 – Hugo Porta
16 – Michael Kiernan
15 – Tommy Bowe, Matt Mostyn

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v Argentina:

3 – Tommy Bowe, Matt Mostyn, Jonathan Sexton
2 – Justin Bishop, Juan Imhoff, Agustin Pichot, Joaquin Tuculet, Simon Zebo

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2016 Six Nations:

Drew 16-16 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 10-9 v France away (Six Nations)
Lost 21-10 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 58-15 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Won 35-25 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 26-20 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 32-26 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 19-13 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Won 40-29 v New Zealand neutral (Autumn Test)
Won 52-21 v Canada home (GUINNESS Series)
Lost 21-9 v New Zealand home (GUINNESS Series)
Won 27-24 v Australia home (GUINNESS Series)
Lost 27-22 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 63-10 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 19-9 v France home (Six Nations)
Lost 22-9 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 13-9 v England home (Six Nations)
Won 55-19 v USA away (Summer Tour)
Won 50-22 v Japan away (Summer Series)
Won 35-13 v Japan away (Summer Series)
Won 38-3 v South Africa home (GUINNESS Series)
Won 23-20 v Fiji home (GUINNESS Series)

Argentina – Form Guide From Start Of 2016 Test Season:

Won 18-8 v Uruguay away (South American Championship)
Won 87-12 v Chile away (South American Championship)
Won 30-24 v Italy home (Summer Test)
Won 30-19 v France home (Summer Series)
Lost 27-0 v France home (Summer Series)
Lost 30-23 v South Africa away (Rugby Championship)
Won 26-24 v South Africa home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 57-22 v New Zealand away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 36-20 v Australia away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 36-17 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 33-21 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Won 54-20 v Japan away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 24-20 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 19-16 v Scotland away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 27-14 v England away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 38-34 v England home (Summer Series)
Lost 35-25 v England home (Summer Series)
Won 45-29 v Georgia home (Summer Test)
Lost 37-15 v South Africa away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 41-23 v South Africa home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 39-22 v New Zealand away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 45-20 v Australia away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 36-10 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 37-20 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 21-8 v Argentina away (Autumn Tour)
Won 31-15 v Italy away (Autumn Tour)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

133 Brian O’Driscoll
128 Ronan O’Gara
108 Paul O’Connell
105 Rory Best
105 John Hayes
98 Peter Stringer
95 Jamie Heaslip
94 Donncha O’Callaghan
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
82 Gordon D’Arcy
82 Girvan Dempsey
77 Rob Kearney
72 David Humphreys
72 Cian Healy
72 David Wallace
72 Geordan Murphy
71 Eoin Reddan
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Andrew Trimble
69 Tommy Bowe
69 Mike Gibson
67 Marcus Horan
67 Jonathan Sexton

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1083 Ronan O’Gara
626 Jonathan Sexton
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
245 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
195 Paddy Jackson
158 Tom Kiernan
150 Tommy Bowe

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

46 Brian O’Driscoll
30 Tommy Bowe
29 Denis Hickie
26 Keith Earls
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
17 Andrew Trimble
16 Ronan O’Gara
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood
14 George Stephenson
13 Jamie Heaslip
13 Rob Kearney
12 Keith Crossan
12 David Wallace

Argentina – Most-Capped Players:

87 Felipe Contepomi
86 Lisandro Arbizu
86 Rolando Martin
84 Mario Ledesma
81 Juan Manuel Leguizamon
78 Pedro Sporleder
77 Martin Landajo
74 Juan Martin Hernandez
73 Federico Mendez
71 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe
71 Agustin Pichot
70 Agustin Creevy
66 Marcos Ayerza
65 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe
65 Omar Hasan

Argentina – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

651 Felipe Contepomi
599 Nicolas Sanchez
590 Hugo Porta
486 Gonzalo Quesada
365 Santiago Meson
256 Federico Todeschini
188 Lisandro Arbizu
176 Juan Martin Hernandez
158 Juan Fernandez Miranda

Argentina – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

29 Jose Nunez Piossek
28 Diego Cuesta Silva
24 Gustavo Jorge
21 Juan Imhoff
18 Rolando Martin
18 Facundo Soler
17 Lisandro Arbizu
17 Hernan Senillosa
16 Felipe Contepomi
16 Manuel Montero
15 Joaquin Tuculet

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1598 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1083 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina, 983-Italy)
970 Stephen Jones (917-Wales, 53-Lions)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
844 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
835 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

67 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
64 David Campese (Australia)
60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
47 Brian O’Driscoll (46-Ireland, 1-Lions)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
46 Julian Savea (New Zealand)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
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:

148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
141 Brian O’Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions)
139 George Gregan (Australia)
134 Gethin Jenkins (129-Wales, 5-Lions)
132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand)
130 Ronan O’Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions)
128 Stephen Moore (Australia)
128 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
127 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
124 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
120 Alun Wyn Jones (111-Wales, 9-Lions)
119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
118 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand)
116 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
115 Paul O’Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions)
112 Marco Bortolami (Italy)
112 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
111 Ross Ford (110-Scotland, 1-Lions)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
111 George Smith (Australia)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
109 Kieran Read (New Zealand)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
107 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)
106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
105 Rory Best (Ireland)
105 Sean Lamont (Scotland)
105 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
104 Davit Kacharava (Georgia)
104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions)
103 Matt Giteau (Australia)
103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy)
103 Ma’a Nonu (New Zealand)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
101 Vasco Uva (Portugal)
100 Jamie Heaslip (95-Ireland, 5-Lions)
100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)