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.^[1]

As of November 2014, they have met 18 times, but only 15 times has 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 six of their most recent eight encounters.

Their most recent match took place in November 2016 and was won 19-16 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	7	3	4	0	114	131
In Scotland	7	4	3	0	138	172
Neutral venue	2	2	0	0	32	25
Overall	16	9	7	0	284	328

Records

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

Results

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

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.

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