| AUSTRALIA 24 | V | ARGENTINA 8 | |||
| COMPETITION: Rugby World Cup, Pool A | |||||
| VENUE: Olympic Stadium, Sydney | DATE: 10 October, 2003 | SPECTATORS: 81,350 | |||
| REFEREE: Paul Honiss (New Zealand) | HALFTIME: 14-3 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Sailor, Roff | TRIES: Corleto | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Flatley | CONVERSIONS: | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Flatley (4) | PENALTY GOALS: Contepomi | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Mat Rogers | New South Wales | 15 | Ignacio Corleto (22t) | Stade Francais RFC, France |
| 14 | Wendell Sailor | Queensland | 14 | Jose Nunez Piossek | Huirapuca RFC |
| 13 | Matt Burke | New South Wales | 13 | Manuel Contepomi | Newman RFC |
| 12 | Elton Flatley | Queensland | 12 | Jose Orengo | Grenoble RFC, France |
| 11 | Joe Roff (22) | Australian Capital Territory | 11 | Diego Albanese | Leeds RFC, England |
| 10 | Stephen Larkham (21) | Australian Capital Territory | 10 | Felipe Contepomi | Leicester RFC, England |
| 9 | George Gregan (Cap) (20) | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Agustin Pichot (Cap) | Stade Francais RFC, France |
| 8 | David Lyons | New South Wales | 8 | Gonzalo Longo | Narbonne RFC, France |
| 7 | Phil Waugh | New South Wales | 7 | Rolando Martin | San Isidro RFC |
| 6 | George Smith (19) | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | Santiago Phelan (19) | San Isidro RFC |
| 5 | Nathan Sharpe | Queensland | 5 | Patricio Albacete | Colomiers RFC, France |
| 4 | David Giffin (18) | Australian Capital Territory | 4 | Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe | Castres RFC, France |
| 3 | Al Baxter (17) | New South Wales | 3 | Oma Hasan (17) | Agen RFC, France |
| 2 | Brendan Cannon (16) | New South Wales | 2 | Mario Ledesma | Castres RFC, France |
| 1 | Bill Young | Australian Capital Territory | 1 | Roberto Grau | Liceo de Mendoza RFC |
| 16 | Jeremy Paul (2) | Australian Capital Territory | 16 | Federico Mendez | Mendoza RFC |
| 17 | Ben Darwin (3) | Australian Capital Territory | 17 | Mauricio Reggiardo (3) | Castres RFC, France |
| 18 | Daniel Vickerman (4) | Australian Capital Territory | 18 | Rimas Alvarez | Perpignan RFC, France |
| 19 | Matt Cockbain (6) | Queensland | 19 | Martin Durand (6) | Champagnat RFC, France |
| 20 | Chris Whitaker (9) | New South Wales | 20 | Nicolas Fernandez Miranda | Hindu RFC |
| 21 | Matt Giteau (10) | New South Wales | 21 | Gonzalo Quesada | Beziers RFC, France |
| 22 | Lote Tuqiri (11) | New South Wales | 22 | Juan Martin Hernandez (15t) | Deportiva Francesca RFC |
| COACH: Eddie Jones | COACH: Marcelo Loffredo | ||||
| MATCH NOTES The opening game of the 2003 Rugby World Cup followed immediately after the opening ceremony. |
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