History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Ireland

The history of rugby union matches between Argentina and Ireland is one of a very even contest. As of October 2015, the sides have met twenty one times with a result of twelve wins to Ireland, eight to Argentina and one drawn game, however, five of these matches were not a fully test capped match for Ireland. At the end of the 2010 Autumn Internationals there was only a nineteen-point difference in cumulative points scored. The largest winning margin of 23 points was recorded in the meeting of their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, when Argentina won by 43 points to 20. However, Argentina have yet to beat Ireland on Irish soil, and Ireland have only won twice in Argentina. Ireland's first win against Argentina was in 1952, however it was only a capped match for Argentina.^[1] Ireland's first fully test capped match win in Argentina came in 2014.

The five matches played between 1952 and 1973 are not regarded as full internationals by Ireland, only by Argentina. In the fifteen matches since 1990 which are counted as full internationals by both sides, Argentina have won five times and Ireland ten times.

There have been four encounters at the Rugby World Cup:

1. In 1999, Argentina won 28–24 in a playoff for one of the last three quarterfinal spots, both teams having come second in their respective pools.
2. In 2003, Ireland beat Argentina 16–15 in a pool match.
3. In 2007, Argentina beat Ireland 30–15 on their way to winning Pool D.
4. In 2015, Argentina beat Ireland 43–20 in their quarterfinal encounter.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  Argentina	Won by  Ireland	Drawn	Argentina points	Ireland points
In Argentina	5	3	2	0	106	95
In Ireland	7	0	7	0	108	181
Neutral venue	4	3	1	0	116	75
Overall	16	6	10	0	330	351

Records

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

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Match report
16	18 October 2015	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	20 – 43	Argentina	2015 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final	BBC
15	14 June 2014	Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán	17 – 23	Ireland	Irish tour of Argentina	BBC
14	7 June 2014	Estadio Centenario, Resistencia	17 – 29	Ireland		BBC, IT
13	24 November 2012	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	46 – 24	Ireland	2012 Autumn International	BBC
12	28 November 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	29 – 9	Ireland	2010 Autumn Internationals	BBC
11	22 November 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	17 – 3	Ireland	2008 Autumn Internationals	BBC
10	30 September 2007	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	30 – 15	Argentina	2007 Rugby World Cup	BBC,TG
9	2 June 2007	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	16 – 0	Argentina	Irish tour of Argentina	RTE
8	26 May 2007	Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe	22 – 20	Argentina		BBC
7	27 November 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	21 – 19	Ireland	2004 Autumn Internationals	BBC,TG
6	26 October 2003	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	16 – 15	Ireland	2003 Rugby World Cup	BBC
5	23 November 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	16 – 7	Ireland		BBC, TG
4	3 June 2000	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	34 – 23	Argentina		TM, HDN
3	20 October 1999	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens	28 – 24	Argentina	1999 Rugby World Cup	BBC
2	28 August 1999	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	32 – 28	Ireland
1	27 October 1990	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	20 – 18	Ireland	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 Ireland did not award caps.

Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
10 November 1973	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	21 – 8	Ireland	Not considered full internationals by Ireland
20 September 1970	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	6 – 3	Argentina
13 September 1970	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	8 – 3	Argentina
31 August 1952	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires	0 – 6	Ireland
24 August 1952	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires	3 – 3	draw

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