History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Australia

The Australian Wallabies first played against Argentina (Los Pumas) on 27 October 1979, resulting in a win to Argentina. The teams have met twenty-four times, with Australia winning eighteen, Argentina five and one match drawn. Two of the encounters have been Rugby World Cup pool matches, in 1991 and 2003.

The teams' next Tests will be in the 2016 Rugby Championship where Australia will be trying to defend the Puma Trophy.

Puma Trophy

Main article: Puma Trophy

2015 Puma Trophy
Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competitions	Winner
25 July 2015	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	Argentina	9 – 34	Australia	2015 Rugby Championship

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by Argentina	Won by Australia	Drawn	Argentina points	Australia points
In Argentina	11	4	6	1	187	254
In Australia	12	1	11	0	166	358
Neutral venue	2	0	2	0	34	61
Overall	25	5	19	1	387	673

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	Argentina	Australia
Longest winning streak	1 (4 Oct 2014–25 July 2015)	9 (17 Jun 2000–4 Oct 2014)
Largest points for
Home	27 (7 November 1987)	53 (17 June 2000)
Away	25 (13 September 2014)	54 (5 October 2013)
Largest winning margin
Home	8 (7 November 1987)	47 (17 June 2000)
Away	15 (31 July 1983)	37 (5 October 2013)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
27	8 October 2016	Twickenham, London, England			2016 Rugby Championship
26	17 September 2016	nib Stadium, Perth
25	25 October 2015	Twickenham, London, England	15 – 29	Australia	2015 Rugby World Cup Semi-final
24	25 July 2015	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	9 – 34	Australia	2015 Rugby Championship
23	4 October 2014	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	21 – 17	Argentina	2014 Rugby Championship
22	13 September 2014	Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast	32 – 25	Australia
21	5 October 2013	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario	17 – 54	Australia	2013 Rugby Championship
20	14 September 2013	Subiaco Oval, Perth	14 – 13	Australia
19	6 October 2012	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario	19 – 25	Australia	2012 Rugby Championship
18	15 September 2012	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	23 – 19	Australia
17	10 October 2003	Stadium Australia, Sydney	24 – 8	Australia	2003 Rugby World Cup
16	2 November 2002	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires	6 – 17	Australia
15	24 June 2000	Bruce Stadium, Canberra	32 – 25	Australia
14	17 June 2000	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	53 – 6	Australia
13	8 November 1997	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	18 – 16	Argentina
12	1 November 1997	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	15 – 23	Australia
11	6 May 1995	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	30 – 13	Australia
10	30 April 1995	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	53 – 7	Australia
9	4 October 1991	Stradey Park, Llanelli, Wales	32 – 19	Australia	1991 Rugby World Cup
8	7 November 1987	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	27 – 19	Argentina
7	31 October 1987	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	19 – 19	draw
6	12 July 1986	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	26 – 0	Australia
5	6 July 1986	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	39 – 19	Australia
4	7 August 1983	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	29 – 13	Australia
3	31 July 1983	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	3 – 18	Argentina
2	3 November 1979	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	12 – 17	Australia
1	27 October 1979	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	24 – 13	Argentina

See also

• Puma Trophy

External links

• Pick and Go Rugby test match database