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 thirty-four times, with Australia winning twenty-five, Argentina six and three matches drawn. Three of the matches have taken place in the Rugby World Cup; two pool matches, in 1991 and 2003, and a semi-final in 2015. Australia have won all three Rugby World Cup matches.

The Puma Trophy was established in 2000 as a perpetual trophy between the two nations.

The Wallabies are the national side which the Pumas have tied the most, with three ties in their history.

Summary[]

Overall[]

Records[]

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

Results[]

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	27 October 1979	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	24–13	Argentina	1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina
2	3 November 1979	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	12–17	Australia
3	31 July 1983	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	3–18	Argentina	1983 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia
4	7 August 1983	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	29–13	Australia
5	6 July 1986	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	39–19	Australia	1986 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia
6	12 July 1986	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	26–0	Australia
7	31 October 1987	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	19–19	draw	1987 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina
8	7 November 1987	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	27–19	Argentina
9	4 October 1991	Stradey Park, Llanelli, Wales	32–19	Australia	1991 Rugby World Cup
10	30 April 1995	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	53–7	Australia	1995 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia
11	6 May 1995	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	30–13	Australia
12	1 November 1997	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	15–23	Australia	1997 Australia rugby union tour
13	8 November 1997	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	18–16	Argentina
14	17 June 2000	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	53–6	Australia	2000 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia and England
15	24 June 2000	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	32–25	Australia
16	2 November 2002	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires	6–17	Australia	2002 Australia rugby union tour
17	10 October 2003	Stadium Australia, Sydney	24–8	Australia	2003 Rugby World Cup
18	15 September 2012	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast	23–19	Australia	2012 Rugby Championship
19	6 October 2012	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario	19–25	Australia
20	14 September 2013	Subiaco Oval, Perth	14–13	Australia	2013 Rugby Championship
21	5 October 2013	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario	17–54	Australia
22	13 September 2014	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast	32–25	Australia	2014 Rugby Championship
23	4 October 2014	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	21–17	Argentina
24	25 July 2015	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	9–34	Australia	2015 Rugby Championship
25	25 October 2015	Twickenham, London, England	15–29	Australia	2015 Rugby World Cup
26	17 September 2016	Perth Oval, Perth	36–20	Australia	2016 Rugby Championship
27	8 October 2016	Twickenham, London, England	21–33	Australia
28	16 September 2017	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	45–20	Australia	2017 Rugby Championship
29	7 October 2017	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	20–37	Australia
30	15 September 2018	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast	19–23	Argentina	2018 Rugby Championship
31	6 October 2018	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	34–45	Australia
32	27 July 2019	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	16–10	Australia	2019 Rugby Championship
33	21 November 2020	McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle	15–15	draw	2020 Tri Nations Series
34	5 December 2020	Bankwest Stadium, Sydney	16–16	draw
35	25 September 2021	North Queensland Stadium, Townsville	27–8	Australia	2021 Rugby Championship
36	2 October 2021	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast	32–17	Australia

List of series[]

Year	Argentina	Australia	Series winner	Puma Trophy
1979	1	1	draw	N/A
1983	1	1	draw
1986	0	2	Australia
1987	1½	½	Argentina
1995	0	2	Australia
1997	1	1	draw
2000	0	2	Australia

References[]

External links[]

• Pick and Go Rugby test match database