Checked Friday, November 6, 2026, at 4:11 p.m. GMT (UTC+00:00; 4:11 p.m. UTC).
Ireland and Argentina meet at Aviva Stadium in Dublin in Round Four of the 2026 Nations Championship, with kickoff scheduled for 8:10 p.m. in Dublin (Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+00:00), or 20:10 UTC. Both matchday 23s are named. At the time of this check, kickoff was still ahead, so there was no match result to report.
The game opens the November leg of the competition and carries immediate standings value for both teams. Ireland entered Round Four fourth in the Northern Hemisphere table with 10 points; Argentina were fourth in the Southern Hemisphere group with seven. Each team adds points to its own hemisphere standings, and those six-team rankings will determine the pairings for Finals Weekend in London.
The match is scheduled for Friday, November 6, at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The official fixture listings give a kickoff of 20:10 UTC and 8:10 p.m. Dublin time. Ireland is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+00:00) on this November date, so the local clock time and UTC time are the same. International readers can use 20:10 UTC as the reference point and convert from there; the date remains November 6 in Dublin and UTC.
World Rugby lists Luke Pearce as referee, with Hollie Davidson and Morne Ferreira as assistant referees and Andrew Jackson as television match official. The appointment and match details appear on the official World Rugby match page. The Nations Championship fixture listing also places Ireland against Argentina at Aviva Stadium at 20:10 UTC.
Ireland coach Andy Farrell has named Dan Sheehan as captain. Craig Casey starts at scrum-half alongside fly-half Sam Prendergast, while Robbie Henshaw and Stuart McCloskey form the center pairing. Sean Jansen starts at No. 8, and Mack Hansen returns to the starting back three. Argentina’s Julián Montoya captains a side with experienced forwards Pablo Matera and Marcos Kremer in the back row. The official match-centre listing and the Argentine Rugby Union announcement give the following teams.
Ireland replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Tom O’Toole, Sam Illo, James Ryan, Josh van der Flier, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ciaran Frawley and Bundee Aki.
Argentina replacements: Leonel Oviedo, Mayco Vivas, Joel Sclavi, Efraín Elías, Juan Martín Scelzo, Simón Benítez Cruz, Gerónimo Prisciantelli and Lucio Cinti. Argentina’s official team announcement was published November 4. The match-centre lineup is also listed by Rugby Australia.
Three July rounds were complete when the Northern Series began. The official table had Ireland fourth among the six northern teams on 10 points, behind France (12), Scotland (11) and England (10, ahead on points difference). In the southern group, Argentina was fourth on seven points, behind South Africa and New Zealand (15 each) and Australia (eight). These are separate hemisphere tables, not one combined league ranking.
| Team | Hemisphere rank before Round Four | Played | Points | Record | Points difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4th, Northern | 3 | 10 | 2 wins, 1 loss | -1 |
| Argentina | 4th, Southern | 3 | 7 | 1 win, 2 losses | -2 |
Under the published competition system, a win is worth four table points, a draw two and a loss zero. A side can earn one bonus point for scoring at least four tries and another for losing by seven points or fewer. Therefore, either team can still collect points from a defeat, depending on the margin and try total. A win would give Ireland a chance to move up from fourth in the northern group; an Argentina win would lift the Pumas from fourth in the southern group. The precise positions after the weekend also depend on other Round Four results and, later, the remaining fixtures.
After six rounds, the top-to-bottom rankings in each hemisphere set Finals Weekend matchups: sixth plays sixth, fifth plays fifth, and so on, with the two first-place teams meeting in the championship final. The official tournament site schedules Finals Weekend for November 27–29 at Allianz Stadium in London. The Ireland–Argentina result can affect each side’s route to that weekend, but it does not by itself settle the final ranking with three rounds still to play.
The team sheets point to a contest between two distinct forward groups: Ireland starts Joe McCarthy and Tadhg Beirne in the second row, with Ryan Baird, Nick Timoney and Sean Jansen behind them; Argentina selects Guido Petti and Pedro Rubiolo as locks and a back row of Juan Martín González, Marcos Kremer and Pablo Matera. At halfback, Craig Casey and Sam Prendergast face Gonzalo García and Tomás Albornoz. These pairings are useful viewing cues, not a prediction of how the match will unfold.
There is also recent World Cup history between the teams: World Rugby notes that Argentina eliminated Ireland at the 1999, 2007 and 2015 Rugby World Cups. This Nations Championship fixture is a group-stage match, however, and its immediate consequence is the separate standings race, not a knockout result. Argentina arrived with one win from three in July, while Ireland had two; the official competition preview describes the November window as a fresh phase after the four-month gap between rounds.
Ireland’s remaining Nations Championship fixtures are at home against Fiji on November 14 and South Africa on November 21. Argentina is due to play Italy in Genoa on November 14 and France in Paris on November 21. Those matches leave both sides opportunities to change their positions after this opener. Any forecast of a Finals Weekend seed remains conditional until all six rounds are complete.
For the live score and any post-match report, check the World Rugby match centre. At the 4:11 p.m. GMT check recorded above, the match had not yet kicked off, so no score, winner or post-match standings change could be confirmed.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. in Dublin on Friday, November 6, 2026 (GMT, UTC+00:00), which is 20:10 UTC.
Dan Sheehan captains Ireland, and Julián Montoya captains Argentina.
No result was available at the time of the latest check, before the scheduled kickoff.
Sources: World Rugby fixture and officials; Argentine Rugby Union team announcement; Rugby Australia match centre and lineups; Nations Championship standings and points system; Finals Weekend format; and the official Round Four preview.
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