History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Scotland

The national rugby union teams of Scotland and Argentina (Los Pumas) have played since 1969. However, the status of the countries' first three matches—two in 1969 and one in 1973—is ambiguous, as only Argentina awarded Test caps for those encounters. The first match recognised by both sides as a Test took place in 1990.

As of November 2018, they have met 21 times, but only 18 of those matches have been recognised by both sides as Tests. Scotland went 2–1 in the three pre-1990 matches, and crushed Argentina 49–3 in their first mutually recognised Test in 1990. The Pumas then went on a seven-match winning streak, but Scotland have been more successful in recent times, winning the last five encounters and winning a two-test tour in 2010.

Their most recent match took place in November 2018 and was won 14-9 by Scotland.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overall

Details	Played	Won by Argentina	Won by Scotland	Drawn	Argentina points	Scotland points
In Argentina	8	3	5	0	129	175
In Scotland	8	4	4	0	147	186
Neutral venue	2	2	0	0	32	25
Overall	18	9	9	0	308	386

Records

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

Record	Argentina	Scotland
Longest winning streak	7 (4 June 1994–14 Jun 2008)	5 (21 Jun 2014–Present)
Largest points for
Home	21 (7 June 2008)	49 (10 November 1990)
Away	31 (21 August 1999)	44 (23 June 2018)
Largest winning margin
Home	6 (7 June 2008)	46 (10 November 1990)
Away	9 (18 November 2001)	29 (23 June 2018)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	10 November 1990	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	49 – 3	Scotland	1990 Argentina rugby union tour of British Isles
2	4 June 1994	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	16 – 15	Argentina	1994 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina
3	11 June 1994	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	19 – 17	Argentina
4	21 August 1999	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	22 – 31	Argentina	1999 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
5	18 November 2001	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	16 – 25	Argentina	2001 Autumn International
6	12 November 2005	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	19 – 23	Argentina	2005 Autumn International
7	7 October 2007	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	19 – 13	Argentina	2007 Rugby World Cup
8	7 June 2008	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario	21 – 15	Argentina	2008 Scottish tour of Argentina
9	14 June 2008	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires	14 – 26	Scotland
10	28 November 2009	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	6 – 9	Argentina	2009 Autumn International
11	12 June 2010	Estadio José Fierro, Tucumán	16 – 24	Scotland	2010 Scottish tour of Argentina
12	19 June 2010	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata	9 – 13	Scotland
13	25 September 2011	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	13 – 12	Argentina	2011 Rugby World Cup
14	21 June 2014	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba	19 – 21	Scotland	2014 Mid-year Test
15	8 November 2014	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	41 – 31	Scotland	2014 Autumn International
16	19 November 2016	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	19 – 16	Scotland	2016 Autumn International
17	23 June 2018	Estadio Centenario, Resistencia	15 – 44	Scotland	2018 June test
18	24 November 2018	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	14 – 9	Scotland	2018 Autumn International
19	6 November 2020	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	–		2020 Autumn International

XV Results

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

Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
13 September 1969	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	20 – 3	Argentina	Not classed as a full international by Scotland who fielded a Scotland XV.
27 September 1969	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	3 – 6	Scotland	Not classed as a full international by Scotland who fielded a Scotland XV.
13 September 1973	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	12 – 11	Scotland	Not classed as a full international by Scotland who fielded a Scotland XV.

List of series

Details	Played	Won by Argentina	Won by Scotland	Drawn
Overall	3	1	1	1

Year	Argentina	Scotland	Series winner
1994	2	0	Argentina
2008	1	1	draw
2010	0	2	Scotland