History of rugby union matches between Argentina and New Zealand

New Zealand first sent a team, a New Zealand XV rather than the top All Blacks, to play against Argentina (Los Pumas) on 30 October 1976. Argentina credited its own players with test match caps for both games on that tour, and for two games against the New Zealand XV when Argentina toured New Zealand in 1979. New Zealand XV won all these matches.

The first Test match recognised as such by both national unions was held on 26 October 1985, when the top level All Blacks toured Argentina.

In full Tests the teams have met 27 times, with the All Blacks winning 26 and one drawn. This includes three meetings 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.

Since 2012, the teams have met twice annually in The Rugby Championship, formerly known as the Tri Nations before Argentina's entry in that year, except in 2015. Due to that year's Rugby World Cup, an abbreviated edition of The Rugby Championship was held with each side playing the others only once.

Summary

Note: Summary below does not include the four Los Pumas versus New Zealand XV matches from 1976 to 1979, which only Argentina recognizes as tests.

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  Argentina	Won by  New Zealand	Drawn	Argentina points	New Zealand points
In Argentina	13	0	12	1	203	415
In New Zealand	15	0	15	0	203	709
Neutral venue	1	0	1	0	16	26
Overall	29	0	28	1	422	1150

Records

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

Record	Argentina	New Zealand
Longest winning streak	NA	27 (1 Jun 1987–Present)
Largest points for
Home	21 (2 November 1985)	93 (21 June 1997)
Away	24 (8 September 2018)	54 (29 September 2012)
Largest winning margin
Home	NA	85 (21 June 1997)
Away	NA	39 (29 September 2012)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	26 October 1985	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	20 – 33	New Zealand	1985 New Zealand rugby union tour of Argentina
2	2 November 1985	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	21 – 21	draw
3	1 June 1987	Athletic Park, Wellington	46 – 15	New Zealand	1987 Rugby World Cup
4	15 July 1989	Carisbrook, Dunedin	60 – 9	New Zealand	1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand
5	29 July 1989	Athletic Park, Wellington	49 – 12	New Zealand
6	6 July 1991	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	14 – 28	New Zealand	1991 New Zealand rugby union tour of Argentina
7	13 July 1991	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	6 – 36	New Zealand
8	21 June 1997	Athletic Park, Wellington	93 – 8	New Zealand	1997 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand
9	28 June 1997	Rugby Park, Hamilton	62 – 10	New Zealand
10	23 June 2001	Jade Stadium, Christchurch	67 – 19	New Zealand	2001 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand
11	1 December 2001	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires	20 – 24	New Zealand	2001 New Zealand rugby union tour
12	26 June 2004	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	41 – 7	New Zealand	2004 Argentina rugby union tour
13	24 June 2006	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	19 – 25	New Zealand	2006 New Zealand rugby union tour
14	9 October 2011	Eden Park, Auckland	33 – 10	New Zealand	2011 Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final
15	8 September 2012	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21 – 5	New Zealand	2012 Rugby Championship
16	29 September 2012	Estadio Único, La Plata	15 – 54	New Zealand
17	7 September 2013	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	28 – 13	New Zealand	2013 Rugby Championship
18	28 September 2013	Estadio Único, La Plata	15 – 33	New Zealand
19	6 September 2014	McLean Park, Napier	28 – 9	New Zealand	2014 Rugby Championship
20	27 September 2014	Estadio Único, La Plata	13 – 34	New Zealand
21	17 July 2015	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	39 – 18	New Zealand	2015 Rugby Championship
22	20 September 2015	Wembley Stadium, London	26 – 16	New Zealand	2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C
23	10 September 2016	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	57 – 22	New Zealand	2016 Rugby Championship
24	1 October 2016	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	17 – 36	New Zealand
25	9 September 2017	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	39 – 22	New Zealand	2017 Rugby Championship
26	30 September 2017	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	10 – 36	New Zealand
27	8 September 2018	Trafalgar Park, Nelson	46 – 24	New Zealand	2018 Rugby Championship
28	29 September 2018	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	17 – 35	New Zealand
29	20 July 2019	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	16 – 20	New Zealand	2019 Rugby Championship
30	21 November 2020	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	–		2020 Rugby Championship
31	5 December 2020	Okara Park, Whangarei	–

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, as the governing New Zealand Rugby Union had sent a New Zealand XV rather than the top All Blacks team.

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 rather than the All Blacks
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 rather than the All Blacks
8 September 1979	Carisbrook, Dunedin	18 – 9	New Zealand	Not classed as a full international by New Zealand, who fielded a New Zealand XV rather than the All Blacks
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 rather than the All Blacks

List of series

Played	Won by  Argentina	Won by  New Zealand	Drawn
4	0	4	0

Year	Argentina Wins	New Zealand Wins	Series winner
1985	½	1½	New Zealand
1989	0	2	New Zealand
1991	0	2	New Zealand
1997	0	2	New Zealand

References

• Pick and Go Rugby Test Match Statistics