Argentina - Rugby World Cup Team Stats

Argentina have lost their opening match in all five previous World Cups.

In their first three world cups, Argentina only managed one win, against Italy in 1987.

The only Argentinian to have scored 3 tries in a world cup match is Martin Gaitan against Namibia in 2003.

Gonzalo Queseda has kicked the most penalties in one world cup tournament with 31 in 1999.

Champions Australia only conceded three tries in the whole of the 1991 world cup tournament and two of them were scored by Argentinian winger Martin Teran.

Queseda is the only man in the history of the world cup to have kicked 6, 7 (twice) and 8 penalties in one match (all in 1999).

Queseda holds the Argentinian world cup points in a match record with 27 against Western Samoa in 1999.

Queseda was the top points scorer in the 1999 world cup with 102 and has scored 135 in total, making him the sixth highest points scorer in world cup history.

Hugo Porta is the second highest Argentinian world cup points scorer with 33!

Lisandro Arbizu is the only Argentinian to drop two goals in a world cup match, against Australia in 1991.

Pedro Sporleder is one of only 12 men to have been sent off in a world cup match, against Western Samoa in 1991.

On a happier note, Sporleder is one of only 7 men to date to have played in 4 world cup tournaments.

Manuel Contepomi is the only Argentinian to have received a yellow card, against Australia in 2003.

Argentina’s highest world cup victory is the 67-14 win against Namibia in 2003.

Their record defeat is the 47-26 loss to France in 1999.

Although Argentina have only won 6 of 18 world cup matches played, their points scored and against is almost the same, 433 against 439.

Twins Felipe and Manuel Contepomi have both played in the last two world cups for Argentina.

Also, in the same two tournaments, brothers Juan and Nicolas Fernandez-Miranda also played for Argentina.

The Fernandez-Miranda brothers both scored tries for Argentina in the same match, against Namibia in 2003.

Nicolas Fernandez-Miranda scored the fastest try after the start of a second half of a world cup match with his 21 second touchdown against Romania in 2003.