| ARGENTINA 17 | V | FRANCE 12 | |||||
| COMPETITION: World Cup, Pool D Updated 12.09.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade de France, Paris | DATE: 7 September, 2007 | SPECTATORS: 80,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Anthony Spreadbury (England) | HALFTIME: 17-9 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Corleto | TRIES: | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: F.Contepomi (4) | PENALTY GOALS: Skrela (4) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Ignacio Corleto | Stade Français, France | 15 | Cédric Heymans | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 14 | Lucas Borges | Stade Français, France | 14 | Aurelien Rougerie | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 13 | Manuel Contepomi (22) | Newman | 13 | Damien Traille | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 12 | Felipe Contepomi | Leinster, Ireland | 12 | Yannick Jauzion | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 11 | Horacio Agulla | Hindu Club | 11 | Christophe Dominici | Stade Francais | ||
| 10 | Juan Martín Hernández | Stade Français, France | 10 | David Skrela (22) | Stade Français | ||
| 9 | Agustin Pichot (Capt.) | Stade Français, France | 9 | Pierre Mignoni (21) | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 8 | Juan Manuel Leguizamón | London Irish, England | 8 | Remy Martin (19) | Stade Français | ||
| 7 | Lucas Ostiglia | Agen, France | 7 | Imañol Harinordoquy | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 6 | Juan Fernández Lobbe (18) | Sale Sharks, England | 6 | Serge Betsen | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 5 | Patricio Albacete | Stade Toulousain | 5 | Jérôme Thion | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 4 | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | Sale Sharks, England | 4 | Fabien Pelous (18) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 3 | Martin Scelzo (17) | Clermont Auvergne | 3 | Pieter de Villiers | Stade Français | ||
| 2 | Mario Ledesma | Clermont Auvergne | 2 | Raphaël Ibañez (Capt.) (16) | London Wasps, England | ||
| 1 | Rodrigo Roncero | Stade Français, France | 1 | Olivier Milloud | Bourgoin | ||
| 16 | Alberto Vernet Basualdo | Asociación Alumni | 16 | Dimitri Szarzewski (2) | Stade Français | ||
| 17 | Santiago Bonorino (3) | Capitolina, Italy | 17 | Jean-Baptiste Poux | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 18 | Rimas Álvarez Kairelis (6) | Perpignan, France | 18 | Sébastien Chabal (4) | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 19 | Martín Durand | Montpellier, France | 19 | Julien Bonnaire (8) | Bourgoin | ||
| 20 | Nicolas Vergallo | Jockey Club Rosario | 20 | Thierry Dusautoir | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 21 | Nicolás Fernández Miranda | Bayonne, France | 21 | Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (9) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 22 | Hernán Senillosa (13) | Hindu Club | 22 | Frédéric Michalak (10) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| COACH: Marcelo Loffreda | COACH: Bernard Laporte | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES The opening match of the 2007 Rugby World Cup saw Argentina win one of the most famous victories in its rugby history. Sources http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/world_cup_news/article2941932.ece |
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