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 20 times, with New Zealand winning 19 and one drawn. New Zealand also won all the four early matches where only Argentina awarded caps. They have met three times at the Rugby World Cup, having been in the same pool at the inaugural tournament in 1987, then at the quarterfinals in 2011 and then again in the pool stage in 2015.

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.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  Argentina	Won by  New Zealand	Drawn	Argentina points	New Zealand points
In Argentina	10	0	9	1	160	327
In New Zealand	13	0	13	0	157	624
Neutral venue	1	0	1	0	16	26
Overall	24	0	23	1	333	974

Records

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

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
24	1 October 2016	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	17 – 36	New Zealand	2016 Rugby Championship
23	10 September 2016	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	57 – 22	New Zealand
22	20 September 2015	Wembley Stadium, London	26 – 16	New Zealand	2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C
21	17 July 2015	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	39 – 18	New Zealand	2015 Rugby Championship
20	27 September 2014	Estadio Único, La Plata	13 – 34	New Zealand	2014 Rugby Championship
19	6 September 2014	McLean Park, Napier	28 – 9	New Zealand
18	28 September 2013	Estadio Único, La Plata	15 – 33	New Zealand	2013 Rugby Championship
17	7 September 2013	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	28 – 13	New Zealand
16	29 September 2012	Estadio Único, La Plata	15 – 54	New Zealand	2012 Rugby Championship
15	8 September 2012	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21 – 5	New Zealand
14	9 October 2011	Eden Park, Auckland	33 – 10	New Zealand	2011 Rugby World Cup
13	24 June 2006	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	19 – 25	New Zealand
12	26 June 2004	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	41 – 7	New Zealand
11	1 December 2001	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires	20 – 24	New Zealand
10	23 June 2001	Jade Stadium, Christchurch	67 – 19	New Zealand
9	28 June 1997	Rugby Park, Hamilton	62 – 10	New Zealand
8	21 June 1997	Athletic Park, Wellington	93 – 8	New Zealand
7	13 July 1991	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	6 – 36	New Zealand
6	6 July 1991	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	14 – 28	New Zealand
5	29 July 1989	Athletic Park, Wellington	49 – 12	New Zealand
4	15 July 1989	Carisbrook, Dunedin	60 – 9	New Zealand
3	1 June 1987	Athletic Park, Wellington	46 – 15	New Zealand	1987 Rugby World Cup
2	2 November 1985	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	21 – 21	draw
1	26 October 1985	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	20 – 33	New Zealand

XV Results

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

Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Comments
30 October 1976	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	9 – 21	New Zealand	Not classed as a full international by New Zealand who fielded a New Zealand XV
6 November 1976	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	6 – 26	New Zealand	Not classed as a full international by New Zealand who fielded a New Zealand XV
8 September 1979	Carisbrook, Dunedin	18 – 9	New Zealand	Not classed as a full international by New Zealand who fielded a New Zealand XV
15 September 1979	Athletic Park, Wellington	15 – 6	New Zealand	Not classed as a full international by New Zealand who fielded a New Zealand XV

References

• Pick and Go Rugby Test Match Statistics