The history of rugby union matches between Argentina

Argentina national rugby union team

The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...

 and Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team

The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...

is one of a very even contest. the sides have met seventeen times with a result of nine wins to Ireland, seven to Argentina and one drawn game. At the end of the 2010 Autumn Internationals there was only a nineteen point difference in cumulative points scored. The largest winning margin of 20 points was recorded in the most recent meeting 28 November 2010 (Ireland 29 : 9 Argentina), only 3 years after the previous highest winning margin of 16 points was set on 2 June 2007 (Argentina 16 : 0 Ireland). However, Argentina have yet to beat Ireland on Irish soil, and Ireland have only won once in Argentina in 1952.

Ireland became only the second country to play Test matches against Argentina when they toured there in 1952. In that series the first Test was drawn 3-3 and Ireland won the second 6-0; the latter remains the only one in the history of the series to be won on the opposition's home soil. The teams did not meet again until 1970, when Argentina won both Tests.

There have been three encounters at the Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....

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1. In 1999
   1999 Rugby World Cup
   The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
   
    Argentina won 28-24 in a playoff for one of the last three quarter final spots, both teams having come second in their respective pools.
2. In 2003
   2003 Rugby World Cup
   The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
   
    Ireland beat Argentina 16-15 in a pool match.
3. In 2007
   2007 Rugby World Cup
   The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
   
    Argentina beat Ireland 30-15 on their way to winning Pool D.

Overall summary

Details	Played	Won by Argentina	Won by Ireland	Drawn	Argentina points	Ireland points
In Argentina	7	5	1	1	89	58
In Ireland	7	0	7	0	88	156
Neutral venue	3	2	1	0	73	55
Overall	17	7	9	1	250	269

Results

Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Comments
28 November 2010	Aviva Stadium Aviva Stadium The Aviva Stadium is a sports stadium located in Dublin, Ireland, with a capacity for 50,000 spectators. The stadium is built on the site of the old Lansdowne Road venue, which was demolished in 2007, and replaces that stadium as home to its chief tenants: the Irish rugby union team and the... , Dublin	29 – 9
22 November 2008	Croke Park Croke Park Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation... , Dublin	17 – 3
30 September 2007	Parc des Princes Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes is an all-seater football stadium located in the southwest of Paris, France. The venue, with a seating capacity of 48,712 spectators, has been the home of French football club Paris Saint-Germain since 1974. The current Parc des Princes was inaugurated on 4 June 1972, endowed... , Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	30 – 15		2007 Rugby World Cup 2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
2 June 2007	Estadio José Amalfitani Estadio José Amalfitani The Estadio José Amalfitani is a stadium located in the Liniers neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The venue is mainly used for football matches and is the home of the Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sársfield. The stadium is nicknamed El Fortín or El Fortín de Liniers... , Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	16 – 0
26 May 2007	Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe Santa Fe, Argentina Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...	22 – 20
27 November 2004	Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts... , Dublin	21 – 19
26 October 2003	Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide... , Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	16 – 15		2003 Rugby World Cup 2003 Rugby World Cup The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
23 November 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	16 – 7
3 June 2000	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry is a multi-purpose stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located close to the Puan station on Line A of the Metro. It is currently used mostly for football matches, by Ferro Carril Oeste. The stadium has a capacity of 24,442 people... , Buenos Aires	34 – 23
20 October 1999	Stade Félix Bollaert Stade Félix Bollaert Stade Félix Bollaert is the main football stadium in Lens, France, that was built in 1932. It is the home of RC Lens. The stadium's capacity is 41,233 – about 4,000 more than the city's population. This is similar to that of SC Heerenveen ground the Abe Lenstra Stadion which has a bigger capacity... , Lens Lens, Pas-de-Calais Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of France's large Picarde cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai.-Metropolitan area:...	28 – 24		1999 Rugby World Cup 1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
28 August 1999	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	32 – 28
27 October 1990	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	20 – 18
10 November 1973	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	21 – 8
20 September 1970	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	6 – 3		No caps were awarded for tests played on the 1970 tour of Argentina 1970 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina -Matches:-Touring party:*Manager: E. Patterson*Assistant Manager: Ronnie Dawson*Captain: Tom Kiernan-Backs:-Forwards:...
13 September 1970	Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires	8 – 3
31 August 1952	Estadio G.E.B.A. Estadio G.E.B.A. Estadio G.E.B.A. was a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the home ground of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires. The stadium held 18,000 spectators... , Buenos Aires	0 – 6		No caps were awarded for tests played on the 1952 tour of South America 1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America 1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America. This tour by the Ireland national rugby union team coincided with the death of Eva Peron, the wife of Juan Peron, the President of Argentina. As a result it was almost cancelled. Eva Peron died on July 26, six days after the Irish squad had departed...
24 August 1952	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires	3 – 3	draw