History of rugby union matches between Argentina and England

The national rugby union teams of England and Argentina (Los Pumas) have been playing each other since 1978. The status of the first match is ambiguous, as Argentina awarded Test caps to its players but England did not (England sent a representative "England XV", not the 1st XV).

They have met in 19 matches recognised by both sides as Tests. The first match was on 30 May 1981 and was a 19-19 draw. The 1982 war between Britain and Argentina meant that their next encounter was not until 1990.

Including the ambiguous 1978 game, Argentina have played England 20 times with England winning 14, Argentina 4 with 2 drawn.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  England	Won by  Argentina	Drawn	England points	Argentina points
In England	7	6	1	0	192	79
In Argentina	10	6	3	1	259	176
Neutral venue	2	2	0	0	37	27
Overall	19	14	4	1	488	282

Records

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

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Com	Comments
19	9 November 2013	Twickenham, London	31 – 12	England	2013 Autumn International	BBC Report
18	15 June 2013	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	26 – 51	England	2013 England tour to Argentina
17	8 June 2013	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	3 – 32	England
16	10 September 2011	Otago Stadium, Dunedin	13 – 9	England	2011 Rugby World Cup
15	14 November 2009	Twickenham, London	16 – 9	England	2009 Autumn International	BBC Report
14	13 June 2009	Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	24 – 22	Argentina		BBC Report
13	6 June 2009	Old Trafford, Manchester	37 – 15	England		BBC Report
12	11 November 2006	Twickenham, London	18 – 25	Argentina	2006 Autumn International	BBC Report
11	22 June 2002	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires	18 – 26	England
10	25 November 2000	Twickenham, London	19 – 0	England	2000 Autumn International
9	7 June 1997	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	33 – 13	Argentina	1997 England rugby union tour
8	31 May 1997	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	20 – 46	England
7	14 December 1996	Twickenham, London	20 – 18	England
6	27 May 1995	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	24 – 18	England	1995 Rugby World Cup
5	3 November 1990	Twickenham, London	51 – 0	England
4	4 August 1990	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires	15 – 13	Argentina	1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina
3	28 July 1990	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires	12 – 25	England
2	6 June 1981	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	6 – 12	England	1981 England rugby union tour of Argentina
1	30 May 1981	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	19 – 19	draw

XV Result

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

Notes