In July 2025, the England national rugby union team toured Argentina as part of the 2025 mid-year rugby union tests. The tour consisted of a two-test series against Argentina, followed by a third test against the United States. It was the seventh test series contested between England and Argentina, and the first since 2017, when England won the series 2–0. England prepared for the test series with a warm-up match against a France XV side on 21 June 2025.
Fixtures DateVenueHomeScoreAway5 July 2025Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata12–3512 July 2025Estadio Bicentenario, San Juan17–2219 July 2025Audi Field, Washington, D.C.5–40
Matches Argentina vs England (first test)
FB 15Benjamín Elizalde RW 14Rodrigo IsgróOC 13Lucio CintiIC 12Justo PiccardoLW 11Santiago Cordero FH 10Santiago CarrerasSH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou N8 8 Facundo Isa OF 7 Juan Martín GonzálezBF 6 Pablo MateraRL 5 Pedro RubioloLL 4 Lucas Paulos TP 3 Pedro Delgado HK 2 Julián Montoya (c) LP 1 Mayco Vivas Substitutions:HK 16Bautista Bernasconi PR 17Thomas Gallo PR 18Francisco Coria Marchetti FL 19Santiago Grondona FL 20Joaquín Moro SH 21Simón Benítez Cruz FH 22Nicolas Roger CE 23Matías Moroni Coach: Felipe Contepomi FB 15Freddie StewardRW 14Tom Roebuck OC 13Henry SladeIC 12Seb Atkinson LW 11Will MuirFH 10George Ford (cc)SH 9 Ben Spencer N8 8 Tom Willis OF 7 Sam Underhill BF 6 Ben CurryRL 5 Alex Coles LL 4 Charlie Ewels TP 3 Joe Heyes HK 2 Jamie George (cc) LP 1 Fin Baxter Substitutions:HK 16Theo Dan PR 17Bevan Rodd PR 18Asher Opoku-Fordjour FL 19Chandler Cunningham-South FL 20Guy Pepper N8 21Alex Dombrandt SH 22Jack van Poortvliet WG 23Cadan Murley Coach: Steve Borthwick Player of the Match: Tom Roebuck (England)
Assistant referees: Luc Ramos (France) Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) Television match official: Olly Hodges (Ireland) Foul play review officer: Mike Adamson (Scotland) Notes: Bautista Bernasconi, Simón Benítez Cruz, Benjamín Elizalde, Nicolas Roger (all Argentina), Seb Atkinson, Will Muir and Guy Pepper (all England) made their international debuts. George Ford became the eighth Englishman to earn 100 test caps. Pablo Matera matched Agustín Creevy's record as Argentina's most capped player (110 caps).
Argentina vs England (second test)
FB 15Benjamín ElizaldeRW 14Matías MoroniOC 13Lucio CintiIC 12Justo PiccardoLW 11Ignacio MendyFH 10Santiago Carreras SH 9 Simón Benítez Cruz N8 8 Pablo Matera OF 7 Juan Martín GonzálezBF 6 Santiago Grondona RL 5 Pedro Rubiolo LL 4 Guido PettiTP 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela HK 2 Julián Montoya (c) LP 1 Thomas Gallo Substitutions:HK 16Bautista Bernasconi PR 17Mayco Vivas PR 18Pedro Delgado LK 19Lucas Paulos N8 20Facundo Isa FL 21Benjamín Grondona SH 22Agustín Moyano FH 23Nicolas Roger Coach: Felipe Contepomi FB 15Freddie StewardRW 14Tom RoebuckOC 13Luke Northmore IC 12Seb AtkinsonLW 11Will Muir FH 10George Ford (c)SH 9 Ben Spencer N8 8 Tom Willis OF 7 Sam Underhill BF 6 Ben Curry RL 5 Alex Coles LL 4 Charlie EwelsTP 3 Joe Heyes HK 2 Theo Dan LP 1 Fin Baxter Substitutions:HK 16Curtis Langdon PR 17Bevan Rodd PR 18Asher Opoku-Fordjour FL 19Chandler Cunningham-South FL 20Guy Pepper N8 21Alex Dombrandt SH 22Jack van Poortvliet WG 23Cadan Murley Coach: Steve Borthwick Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia) Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) Television match official: Mike Adamson (Scotland) Foul play review officer: Olly Hodges (Ireland) Notes: Benjamín Grondona, Agustín Moyano (both Argentina) and Luke Northmore (England) made their international debuts. Pablo Matera earned his 111th test cap to surpass Agustín Creevy's record as Argentina's most capped player.
United States vs England
FB 15Erich StortiRW 14Rufus McLean OC 13Dominic BesagIC 12Tom PittmanLW 11Toby FrickerFH 10Christopher Hilsenbeck SH 9 Ruben de Haas N8 8 Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz OF 7 Cory Daniel BF 6 Benjamín Bonasso (c)RL 5 Tevita NaqaliLL 4 Marno Redelinghuys TP 3 Pono Davis HK 2 Kaleb Geiger LP 1 Ezekiel Lindenmuth Substitutions:HK 16Shilo Klein PR 17Jack Iscaro PR 18Tonga Kofe LK 19Vili Helu FL 20Christian Poidevin FL 21Makeen Alikhan SH 22Juan-Philip Smith WG 23Lauina Futi Coach: Scott Lawrence FB 15Joe CarpenterRW 14Immanuel Feyi-WabosoOC 13Luke Northmore IC 12Max OjomohLW 11Cadan MurleyFH 10George Ford (c) SH 9 Jack van Poortvliet N8 8 Alex Dombrandt OF 7 Guy PepperBF 6 Chandler Cunningham-South RL 5 Arthur ClarkLL 4 Alex ColesTP 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour HK 2 Curtis Langdon LP 1 Bevan Rodd Substitutions:HK 16Gabriel Oghre PR 17Fin Baxter PR 18Trevor Davison FL 19Ted Hill FL 20Ben Curry SH 21Harry Randall SH 22Charlie Atkinson CE 23Oscar Beard Coach: Steve Borthwick Assistant referees: Morné Ferreira (South Africa) Robin Kaluzniak (Canada) Television match official: Matteo Liperini (Italy) Notes: Ezekiel Lindenmuth, Rufus McLean (both USA), Charlie Atkinson, Oscar Beard, Joe Carpenter, Arthur Clark, Gabriel Oghre and Max Ojomoh (all England) made their international debuts.
Squads England On 23 June 2025, England named a 36-player squad for their two-test series against Argentina and another international fixture against the United States in July.England Rugby squad for tour of Argentina & USA announced
Ages and caps updated at the start of the tour.
Argentina On 23 June 2025, Argentina named a 34-player squad for their two-test series against England and another international fixture against Uruguay in July.Los Pumas para la Ventana de Julio
Ages and caps updated at the start of the tour.
See also 2025 mid-year rugby union tests 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia 2025 France rugby union tour of New Zealand 2025 Italy rugby union tour of Namibia and South Africa 2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
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