History of rugby union matches between Argentina and New Zealand

The New Zealand All Blacks first played against Argentina (Los Pumas) on 30 October 1976, but New Zealand did not award test caps for the two internationals on that tour, nor for Argentina's first internationals in New Zealand in 1979. The first Test match recognised as such by both teams was held on 26 October 1985, on a New Zealand tour of Argentina. In full Tests the teams have met 14 times, with New Zealand winning 13 and one drawn. New Zealand also won all the four early matches where only Argentina awarded caps. They have only met twice at the Rugby World Cup, having been in the same pool at the inaugural tournament in 1987 and then again in 2011.

Starting in 2012, the teams will meet twice annually in The Rugby Championship, formerly known as the Tri Nations before Argentina's entry in that year.

Overall summary

Details	Played	Won by New Zealand	Won by Argentina	Drawn	New Zealand points	Argentina points
In Argentina	7	6	0	1	221	115
In New Zealand	9	9	0	0	472	95
Neutral venue	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall	16	15	0	1	693	210

The above table includes full Test matches only.

Results

Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Comments
28 September 2013	Estadio Único, La Plata	–		2013 Rugby Championship
7 September 2013	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	–
29 September 2012	Estadio Único, La Plata	15 – 54	New Zealand	2012 Rugby Championship
8 September 2012	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21 – 5	New Zealand
9 October 2011	Eden Park, Auckland	33 – 10	New Zealand	2011 Rugby World Cup
24 June 2006	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	19 – 25	New Zealand
26 June 2004	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	41 – 7	New Zealand
1 December 2001	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires	20 – 24	New Zealand
23 June 2001	Jade Stadium, Christchurch	67 – 19	New Zealand
28 June 1997	Rugby Park, Hamilton	62 – 10	New Zealand
21 June 1997	Athletic Park, Wellington	93 – 8	New Zealand
13 July 1991	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	6 – 36	New Zealand
6 July 1991	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	14 – 28	New Zealand
29 July 1989	Athletic Park, Wellington	49 – 12	New Zealand
15 July 1989	Carisbrook, Dunedin	60 – 9	New Zealand
1 June 1987	Athletic Park, Wellington	46 – 15	New Zealand	1987 Rugby World Cup
2 November 1985	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	21 – 21	draw
26 October 1985	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	20 – 33	New Zealand

References

• Pick and Go Rugby Test Match Statistics