Argentina 6-44 New Zealand
RWC Semi-Final
Date:
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Attendance: 77,653
Argentina v New Zealand Match Reports
New Zealand booked an unprecedented fifth World Cup final appearance after blowing away Argentina 44-6 at the Stade de France. Wing Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick to lift him above France’s Damian Penaud as the World Cup’s leading try scorer on eight, placing him level with Jonah Lomu’s record of tries scored in a single tournament. Jordie Barrett, Aaron Smith and Shannon Frizell were among the other scorers as the All Blacks plundered seven tries in total. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: New Zealand ease past Argentina to book yet another World Cup final appearance
- BBC: All Blacks cruise into record fifth final
- Guardian: All Blacks into World Cup final as Will Jordan leads demolition of Argentina
- Daily Mail: All Blacks dominate in Paris to qualify for the Rugby World Cup final as they wait for either England or South Africa to join them
- Sky Sports: All Blacks ease past Pumas into 2023 Rugby World Cup final
- ESPN: All Blacks thrash Argentina to book historic fifth RWC final berth
- New Zealand Herald: All Blacks march into final and sit on cusp of history
Argentina v New Zealand - Match Highlights
Argentina v New Zealand - Match Stats
Argentina (6) 6
Penalty: Boffelli (5', 35')
New Zealand (20) 44
Try: Jordan (11', 62', 73'), J Barrett (16'), Smith (42'), Frizell (42', 49')
Conversion: Mo'unga (12', 43', 50')
Penalty: Mo'unga (38')
Man of the match: Jordie Barrett (New Zealand)
New Zealand v Argentina - Team Line-ups
New Zealand Team
Forwards
- 1 Ethan de Groot
- 2 Codie Taylor
- 3 Tyrel Lomax
- 4 Samuel Whitelock
- 5 Scott Barrett
- 6 Shannon Frizell
- 7 Sam Cane (Captain)
- 8 Ardie Savea
Backs
- 9 Aaron Smith
- 10 Richie Mo'unga
- 11 Mark Tele’a
- 12 Jordie Barrett
- 13 Rieko Ioane
- 14 Will Jordan
- 15 Beauden Barrett
Replacements
- 16 Samisoni Taukei'aho
- 17 Tamaiti Williams
- 18 Fletcher Newell
- 19 Brodie Retallick
- 20 Dalton Papali'i
- 21 Finlay Christie
- 22 Damian McKenzie
- 23 Anton Lienert-Brown
Argentina Team
Forwards
- 1 Thomas Gallo
- 2 Julián Montoya (Captain)
- 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela
- 4 Guido Petti Pagadizabal
- 5 Tomas Lavanini
- 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez
- 7 Marcos Kremer
- 8 Facundo Isa
Backs
- 9 Gonzalo Bertranou
- 10 Santiago Carreras
- 11 Mateo Carreras
- 12 Santiago Chocobares
- 13 Lucio Cinti
- 14 Emiliano Boffelli
- 15 Juan Cruz Mallia
Replacements
- 16 Agustín Creevy
- 17 Joel Sclavi
- 18 Eduardo Bello
- 19 Matias Alemanno
- 20 Rodrigo Bruni
- 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez
- 22 Nicolas Sanchez
- 23 Matías Moroni