History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Wales

Wales v Argentina second match on September 28, 1968 in Buenos Aires

In rugby union, the first meeting between Argentina and Wales took place in 1968, when they played two matches as part of a Welsh tour of Argentina; however, only Argentina awarded full caps for the two matches. Argentina won the first match 9–5 and the second was drawn 9–9. They met again in Cardiff in 1976, when Wales won 20–19. The first match for which both teams awarded full caps was in 1991, in the pool stage of the 1991 Rugby World Cup, when Wales won 16–7. Since then, the two teams have met a total of 18 times; Wales hold the upper hand with 13 wins to Argentina's 6.

Summary[]

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overview[]

Records[]

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

Matches[]

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Match reports
1	9 October 1991	National Stadium, Cardiff	16–7	Wales	1991 Rugby World Cup Pool 3
2	21 November 1998	Stradey Park, Llanelli	43–30	Wales	1998 November International
3	5 June 1999	Ferrocaril Oeste, Buenos Aires	26–36	Wales	1999 June Tour
4	12 June 1999	Ferrocaril Oeste, Buenos Aires	16–23	Wales
5	1 October 1999	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	23–18	Wales	1999 Rugby World Cup Pool D	WRU[permanent dead link]
6	10 November 2001	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–30	Argentina	2001 November International	WRU[permanent dead link], BBC
7	12 June 2004	Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán	50–44	Argentina	2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa	WRU[permanent dead link], BBC
8	19 June 2004	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires	20–35	Wales		WRU BBC
9	11 June 2006	Estadio Raúl Conti, Puerto Madryn	27–25	Argentina	2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina	WRU, BBC
10	17 June 2006	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	45–27	Argentina		WRU, BBC
11	18 August 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	27–20	Wales	2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches	BBC, WRU
12	21 November 2009	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	33–16	Wales	2009 end-of-year rugby union internationals	BBC
13	20 August 2011	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	28–13	Wales	2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches	BBC
14	10 November 2012	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–26	Argentina	2012 end-of-year rugby union internationals	BBC
15	16 November 2013	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	40–6	Wales	2013 end-of-year rugby union internationals	BBC
16	12 November 2016	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	24–20	Wales	2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals
17	9 June 2018	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan	10–23	Wales	2018 Wales rugby union tour to Argentina and the United States
18	16 June 2018	Estadio Centenario, Resistencia	12–30	Wales
19	10 July 2021	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	20–20	draw	2021 mid-year rugby union internationals
20	17 July 2021	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	33−11	Argentina

XV results[]

Below is a list of matches that Argentina has awarded test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but Wales did not award caps.

Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Match reports
14 September 1968	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	9–5	Argentina	1968 tour to Argentina
28 September 1968	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	9–9	draw	1968 tour to Argentina
16 October 1976	National Stadium, Cardiff	20–19	Wales	1976 Argentina tour

List of series[]

Year	Argentina	Wales	Series winner
1999	0	2	Wales
2004	1	1	draw
2006	2	0	Argentina
2018	0	2	Wales
	1	0	Argentina

External links[]

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