2025 England rugby union tour of Argentina and the United States

2025 England rugby union tour of Argentina and the United States
Date5–19 July 2025
CoachSteve Borthwick
Tour captainGeorge Ford
Top point scorerGeorge Ford
Top try scorerFour players tied
Top test point scorer30
Top test try scorer2
Summary
P W D L
Total
3 3 0 0
Test match
3 3 0 0
Opponent
P W D L
 Argentina
2 2 0 0
 United States
1 1 0 0
Tour chronology

In July 2025, the England national rugby union team toured Argentina as part of the 2025 mid-year rugby union tests.[1] The tour consisted of a two-test series against Argentina, followed by a third test against the United States.[2] It was the seventh test series contested between England and Argentina, and the first since 2017, when England won the series 2–0.[3] England prepared for the test series with a warm-up match against a France XV side on 21 June 2025.[4]

Fixtures

Date Venue Home Score Away
21 June 2025 Twickenham Stadium, London England XV  24–26  France XV
5 July 2025 Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, Buenos Aires Argentina  12–35  England
12 July 2025 Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Argentina  17–22  England
19 July 2025 Audi Field, Washington, D.C. United States  5–40  England

Matches

Warm-up match: England XV vs France XV

21 June 2025
15:15 BST (UTC+1)
England XV 24–26 France XV
Try: Willis 23' c
Coles 27' m
Carpenter 39' c
Dombrandt 59' m
Con: Ford (2/4) 23', 40'		ReportTry: Barlot 6' m
Auradou 9' c
Malez 74' c
Taofifénua 80+1' c
Con: Le Garrec (1/2) 10'
Hastoy (2/2) 75', 80+2'
Twickenham Stadium, London[5]
Attendance: 34,129
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
FB 15 Joe Carpenter  60'
RW 14 Tom Roebuck
OC 13 Henry Slade
IC 12 Seb Atkinson
LW 11 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso  33'
FH 10 George Ford (cc)
SH 9 Ben Spencer
N8 8 Tom Willis  55'
OF 7 Guy Pepper  60'
BF 6 Ted Hill
RL 5 Nick Isiekwe  69'
LL 4 Alex Coles
TP 3 Joe Heyes  60'
HK 2 Jamie George (cc)  67'
LP 1 Fin Baxter  54'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Theo Dan  67'
PR 17 Bevan Rodd  54'
PR 18 Trevor Davison  60'
LK 19 Chandler Cunningham-South  69'
FL 20 Jack Kenningham  60'
N8 21 Alex Dombrandt  55'
SH 22 Raffi Quirke  60'
CE 23 Oscar Beard  53'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick
FB 15 Théo Attissogbe  40'
RW 14 Maël Moustin  46'
OC 13 Émilien Gailleton
IC 12 Gaël Fickou (c)
LW 11 Alivereti Duguivalu
FH 10 Antoine Hastoy
SH 9 Nolann Le Garrec  60'
N8 8 Mickaël Guillard
OF 7 Killian Tixeront
BF 6 Alexandre Fischer
RL 5 Tyler Duguid  46'  77'
LL 4 Hugo Auradou  46'
TP 3 Rabah Slimani  46'
HK 2 Gaëtan Barlot  60'
LP 1 Baptiste Erdocio  46'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Guillaume Marchand  60'
PR 17 Paul Malez  46'
PR 18 Demba Bamba  46'
LK 19 Romain Taofifénua  46'
FL 20 Cameron Woki  55'  46'
FL 21 Jacobus van Tonder  46'
SH 22 Baptiste Jauneau  60'
FH 23 Léo Berdeu  40'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Nolann Le Garrec (France XV)

Assistant referees:
Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Ben Breakspear (Wales)
Television match official:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Test series

Argentina vs England (first test)

5 July 2025
16:40 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina 12–35 England
Try: Matera 52' m
Rubiolo 61' c
Con: Carreras (1/2) 62'		ReportTry: Roebuck (2) 42' m, 49' c
Steward 46' c
Murley 75' c
Con: Ford (3/4) 47', 50', 76'
Pen: Ford (2/2) 65', 69'
Drop: Ford (1/1) 20'
Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata[6]
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
FB 15 Benjamín Elizalde  62'
RW 14 Rodrigo Isgró
OC 13 Lucio Cinti
IC 12 Justo Piccardo
LW 11 Santiago Cordero  63'
FH 10 Santiago Carreras
SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou  50'
N8 8 Facundo Isa  50'
OF 7 Juan Martín González
BF 6 Pablo Matera
RL 5 Pedro Rubiolo
LL 4 Lucas Paulos  54'
TP 3 Pedro Delgado  46'
HK 2 Julián Montoya (c)  72'
LP 1 Mayco Vivas  46'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Bautista Bernasconi  72'
PR 17 Thomas Gallo  46'
PR 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti  46'
FL 19 Santiago Grondona  54'
FL 20 Joaquín Moro  50'
SH 21 Simón Benítez Cruz  50'
FH 22 Nicolas Roger  62'
CE 23 Matías Moroni  63'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB 15 Freddie Steward
RW 14 Tom Roebuck  62'
OC 13 Henry Slade
IC 12 Seb Atkinson  22'  62'
LW 11 Will Muir
FH 10 George Ford (cc)
SH 9 Ben Spencer  57'
N8 8 Tom Willis  62'
OF 7 Sam Underhill  62'
BF 6 Ben Curry
RL 5 Alex Coles  15'
LL 4 Charlie Ewels  50'  64'
TP 3 Joe Heyes  57'
HK 2 Jamie George (cc)  76'
LP 1 Fin Baxter  57'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Theo Dan  76'
PR 17 Bevan Rodd  57'
PR 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour  57'
FL 19 Chandler Cunningham-South  50'  64'
FL 20 Guy Pepper  62'
N8 21 Alex Dombrandt  61'
SH 22 Jack van Poortvliet  57'
WG 23 Cadan Murley  62'
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:

Argentina vs England (second test)

12 July 2025
16:40 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina 17–22 England
Try: Cinti 26' c
Mendy 39' c
Con: Carreras (2/2) 27', 40'
Pen: Carreras (1/1) 8'		ReportTry: Atkinson 3' c
Steward 33' c
van Poortvliet 79' m
Con: Ford (2/3) 4', 34'
Pen: Ford (1/1) 53'
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan[6]
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
FB 15 Benjamín Elizalde
RW 14 Matías Moroni
OC 13 Lucio Cinti
IC 12 Justo Piccardo
LW 11 Ignacio Mendy
FH 10 Santiago Carreras  66'
SH 9 Simón Benítez Cruz  71'
N8 8 Pablo Matera  58'  71'
OF 7 Juan Martín González
BF 6 Santiago Grondona  60'
RL 5 Pedro Rubiolo  77'
LL 4 Guido Petti
TP 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela  42'
HK 2 Julián Montoya (c)  77'
LP 1 Thomas Gallo  46'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Bautista Bernasconi  77'
PR 17 Mayco Vivas  46'
PR 18 Pedro Delgado  42'
LK 19 Lucas Paulos  77'
N8 20 Facundo Isa  60'
FL 21 Benjamín Grondona  71'
SH 22 Agustín Moyano  71'
FH 23 Nicolas Roger  66'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB 15 Freddie Steward
RW 14 Tom Roebuck
OC 13 Luke Northmore  71'
IC 12 Seb Atkinson
LW 11 Will Muir  60'
FH 10 George Ford (c)
SH 9 Ben Spencer  60'
N8 8 Tom Willis  65'
OF 7 Sam Underhill  57'  71'
BF 6 Ben Curry  20'
RL 5 Alex Coles  77'
LL 4 Charlie Ewels
TP 3 Joe Heyes  57'
HK 2 Theo Dan  48'
LP 1 Fin Baxter  57'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Curtis Langdon  48'
PR 17 Bevan Rodd  57'
PR 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour  57'
FL 19 Chandler Cunningham-South  77'
FL 20 Guy Pepper  57'
N8 21 Alex Dombrandt  65'
SH 22 Jack van Poortvliet  60'
WG 23 Cadan Murley  60'
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:

United States vs England

19 July 2025
19:05 EDT (UTC-04) [a]
United States 5–40 England
Try: Klein 80+3' mReportTry: Langdon 12' c
Northmore 19' c
Murley 40+2' m
van Poortvliet 41' c
Randall 62' c
Oghre 74' c
Con: Ford (4/5) 13', 19', 42', 63'
Atkinson (1/1) 75'
Audi Field, Washington, D.C.[11]
Attendance: 19,079
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
FB 15 Erich Storti
RW 14 Rufus McLean  65'
OC 13 Dominic Besag
IC 12 Tom Pittman
LW 11 Toby Fricker
FH 10 Christopher Hilsenbeck  10'
SH 9 Ruben de Haas  52'
N8 8 Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz  64'
OF 7 Cory Daniel  52'
BF 6 Benjamín Bonasso (c)
RL 5 Tevita Naqali
LL 4 Marno Redelinghuys  19'
TP 3 Pono Davis  42'
HK 2 Kaleb Geiger  64'
LP 1 Ezekiel Lindenmuth  47'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Shilo Klein  64'
PR 17 Jack Iscaro  47'
PR 18 Tonga Kofe  42'
LK 19 Vili Helu  19'
FL 20 Christian Poidevin  64'
FL 21 Makeen Alikhan  52'
SH 22 Juan-Philip Smith  52'
WG 23 Lauina Futi  65'
Coach:
Scott Lawrence
FB 15 Joe Carpenter
RW 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
OC 13 Luke Northmore  61'
IC 12 Max Ojomoh
LW 11 Cadan Murley
FH 10 George Ford (c)  62'
SH 9 Jack van Poortvliet  53'
N8 8 Alex Dombrandt  51'
OF 7 Guy Pepper
BF 6 Chandler Cunningham-South  65'
RL 5 Arthur Clark
LL 4 Alex Coles
TP 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour  64'
HK 2 Curtis Langdon  65'
LP 1 Bevan Rodd  50'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Gabriel Oghre  65'
PR 17 Fin Baxter  50'
PR 18 Trevor Davison  64'
FL 19 Ted Hill  65'
FL 20 Ben Curry  51'
SH 21 Harry Randall  53'
SH 22 Charlie Atkinson  62'
CE 23 Oscar Beard  61'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick

Assistant referees:
Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

Notes:

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.[12]

  • Ages and caps updated at the start of the tour.
Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Theo Dan Hooker (2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 24) 17 Saracens
Jamie George Hooker (1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 34) 101 Saracens
Curtis Langdon Hooker (1997-08-03)3 August 1997 (aged 27) 2 Northampton Saints
Fin Baxter Prop (2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (aged 23) 11 Harlequins
Trevor Davison Prop (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 32) 2 Northampton Saints
Joe Heyes Prop (1999-04-13)13 April 1999 (aged 26) 12 Leicester Tigers
Emmanuel Iyogun Prop (2000-11-24)24 November 2000 (aged 24) 0 Northampton Saints
Asher Opoku-Fordjour Prop (2004-07-16)16 July 2004 (aged 20) 1 Sale Sharks
Bevan Rodd Prop (2000-08-26)26 August 2000 (aged 24) 7 Sale Sharks
Arthur Clark Lock (2001-12-19)19 December 2001 (aged 23) 0 Gloucester
Alex Coles Lock (1999-09-21)21 September 1999 (aged 25) 7 Northampton Saints
Charlie Ewels Lock (1995-06-25)25 June 1995 (aged 30) 31 Bath
Nick Isiekwe Lock (1998-08-20)20 August 1998 (aged 26) 15 Saracens
Chandler Cunningham-South Back row (2003-03-18)18 March 2003 (aged 22) 15 Harlequins
Ben Curry Back row (1998-06-15)15 June 1998 (aged 27) 11 Sale Sharks
Alex Dombrandt Back row (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 28) 20 Harlequins
Ted Hill Back row (1999-03-26)26 March 1999 (aged 26) 4 Bath
Guy Pepper Back row (2003-04-21)21 April 2003 (aged 22) 0 Bath
Sam Underhill Back row (1996-11-22)22 November 1996 (aged 28) 40 Bath
Tom Willis Back row (1999-01-18)18 January 1999 (aged 26) 6 Saracens
Harry Randall Scrum-half (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 27) 13 Bristol Bears
Ben Spencer Scrum-half (1992-07-31)31 July 1992 (aged 32) 8 Bath
Jack van Poortvliet Scrum-half (2001-05-15)15 May 2001 (aged 24) 18 Leicester Tigers
Charlie Atkinson Fly-half (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 (aged 23) 0 Gloucester
George Ford Fly-half (1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 32) 99 Sale Sharks
Seb Atkinson Centre (2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 23) 0 Gloucester
Oscar Beard Centre (2001-11-20)20 November 2001 (aged 23) 0 Harlequins
Luke Northmore Centre (1997-03-16)16 March 1997 (aged 28) 0 Harlequins
Max Ojomoh Centre (2000-09-14)14 September 2000 (aged 24) 0 Bath
Henry Slade Centre (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 32) 72 Exeter Chiefs
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso Wing (2002-12-20)20 December 2002 (aged 22) 8 Exeter Chiefs
Will Muir Wing (1995-10-30)30 October 1995 (aged 29) 0 Bath
Cadan Murley Wing (1999-01-31)31 January 1999 (aged 26) 1 Harlequins
Tom Roebuck Wing (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 24) 4 Sale Sharks
Joe Carpenter Fullback (2001-08-19)19 August 2001 (aged 23) 0 Sale Sharks
Freddie Steward Fullback (2000-12-05)5 December 2000 (aged 24) 36 Leicester Tigers

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.[13]

  • Ages and caps updated at the start of the tour.
Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Bautista Bernasconi Hooker (2001-09-14)14 September 2001 (aged 23) 0 Benetton
Julián Montoya (c) Hooker (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 31) 105 Pau
Leonel Oviedo Hooker (1998-02-16)16 February 1998 (aged 27) 0 Dogos
Francisco Coria Marchetti Prop (2000-10-07)7 October 2000 (aged 24) 1 Brive
Pedro Delgado Prop (1997-09-01)1 September 1997 (aged 27) 2 Dogos
Thomas Gallo Prop (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 (aged 26) 35 Benetton
Francisco Gómez Kodela Prop (1985-07-07)7 July 1985 (aged 39) 41 Stade Français
Mayco Vivas Prop (1998-06-02)2 June 1998 (aged 27) 28 Oyonnax
Boris Wenger Prop (2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 23) 0 Dogos
Luciano Asevedo Lock (2004-05-28)28 May 2004 (aged 21) 0 Tarucas
Lucas Paulos Lock (1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 27) 14 Bayonne
Pedro Rubiolo Lock (2002-12-21)21 December 2002 (aged 22) 20 Bristol Bears
Lautaro Simes Lock (2004-04-03)3 April 2004 (aged 21) 0 Dogos
Juan Martín González Back row (2000-11-14)14 November 2000 (aged 24) 40 Saracens
Benjamín Grondona Back row (2003-10-19)19 October 2003 (aged 21) 0 Bristol Bears
Santiago Grondona Back row (1998-07-25)25 July 1998 (aged 26) 20 Bristol Bears
Facundo Isa Back row (1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 31) 51 Toulon
Pablo Matera Back row (1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 31) 109 Mie Honda Heat
Joaquin Moro Back row (2001-01-24)24 January 2001 (aged 24) 1 Leicester Tigers
Simon Benitez Cruz Scrum-half (1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 25) 0 Tarucas
Gonzalo Bertranou Scrum-half (1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 31) 67 Los Angeles
Agustín Moyano Scrum-half (2001-06-12)12 June 2001 (aged 24) 0 Dogos
Santiago Carreras Fly-half (1998-03-30)30 March 1998 (aged 27) 53 Bath
Nicolas Roger Fly-half (2000-01-11)11 January 2000 (aged 25) 0 Tarucas
Lucio Cinti Centre (2000-02-23)23 February 2000 (aged 25) 32 Saracens
Matías Moroni Centre (1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 34) 89 Brive
Justo Piccardo Centre (2002-03-25)25 March 2002 (aged 23) 1 Pampas
Faustino Sanchez Valarolo Centre (2004-07-08)8 July 2004 (aged 20) 0 Dogos
Santiago Cordero Wing (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 31) 54 Connacht
Rodrigo Isgró Wing (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 26) 7 Harlequins
Alfonso Latorre Wing (1999-12-20)20 December 1999 (aged 25) 0 Pampas
Ignacio Mendy Wing (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 25) 2 Benetton
Santiago Pernas Wing (2003-08-11)11 August 2003 (aged 21) 0 Pampas
Benjamín Elizalde Fullback (2004-06-14)14 June 2004 (aged 21) 0 Bristol Bears

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The match was originally scheduled to kick off at 18:00 EDT, but was delayed due to weather and was rescheduled for 19:05. The game was also paused during the 29th minute due to lightening in the area.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "England rugby: Steve Borthwick's side to tour Argentina for two Tests in July in first trip to South America since 2017". Sky Sports. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  2. ^ "England add USA Test to summer tour". BBC Sport. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. ^ "England beat Argentina 35-25 to win second Test and series". The Guardian. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  4. ^ "England XV to face France XV at Twickenham in 2025". ESPN. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  5. ^ "England XV to face France XV at Allianz Stadium". 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Los Pumas recibirán a Inglaterra y Uruguay en Julio" [Los Pumas will host England and Uruguay in July]. uar.com.ar (in Spanish). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  7. ^ "England's George Ford and his journey to 100 caps". England Rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Matera to become most capped Argentina player against England". Reuters. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Delayed England kick-off time against USA confirmed". 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  10. ^ "USA v ENG match delay". 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Canada and USA home tests in July take shape". Americas Rugby News. 24 January 2025. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  12. ^ England Rugby squad for tour of Argentina & USA announced
  13. ^ Los Pumas para la Ventana de Julio
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