History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Italy

Argentina first played against Italy in 1978 in Rovigo, with Italy running out 19-6 winners. They next met in the Rugby World Cup in 1987, Argentina coming out on top 25-16. Since then, Argentina have had the better record.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by Argentina	Won by Italy	Drawn	Argentina points	Italy points
In Argentina	9	7	2	0	252	155
In Italy	12	10	2	0	324	197
Neutral venue	3	1	1	1	68	65
Overall	24	18	5	1	644	417

Records

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

Record	Argentina	Italy
Longest winning streak	9 (15 Nov 2008–Present)	1 (28 June 2008)
Largest points for
Home	38 (14 July 2001)	23 (7 November 1998)
Away	50 (9 November 2024)	31 (4 June 1995)
Largest winning margin
Home	21 (14 July 2001)	13 (24 October 1978)
Away	32 (16 November 2002, 9 November 2024)	6 (4 June 1995)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	City	Score	Winner	Competition
1	24 October 1978	Stadio Comunale	Rovigo	19–6	Italy	1978 Argentina tour
2	28 May 1987	Lancaster Park	Christchurch (New Zealand)	25–16	Argentina	1987 World Cup
3	24 June 1989	José Amalfitani	Buenos Aires	21–16	Argentina	1989 Italy tour
4	4 June 1995	Buffalo City Stadium	East London (South Africa)	25–31	Italy	1995 World Cup
5	17 October 1995	Atlético Tucumán	Tucumán	26–6	Argentina
6	22 October 1997	Stade Antoine-Béguère	Lourdes (France)	18–18	draw
7	7 November 1998	Stadio Comunale	Piacenza	23–19	Italy	1998 Argentina tour
8	14 July 2001	Ferro Carril Oeste	Buenos Aires	38–17	Argentina	2001 Italy tour
9	16 November 2002	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	6–38	Argentina	2002 Argentina tour
10	11 June 2005	Padre Martearena	Salta	35–21	Argentina	2005 Italy tour
11	17 June 2005	Estadio Olímpico	Córdoba	29–30	Italy
12	19 November 2005	Stadio Marassi	Genoa	22–39	Argentina	2005 end of year tests
13	18 November 2006	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	16–23	Argentina	2006 end of year tests
14	9 June 2007	Malvinas Argentinas	Mendoza	24–6	Argentina	2007 mid year test
15	28 June 2008	Estadio Olímpico	Córdoba	12–13	Italy	2008 mid year test
16	15 November 2008	Stadio Olimpico	Turin	14–22	Argentina	2008 end of year tests
17	13 November 2010	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	Verona	16–22	Argentina	2010 end of year tests
18	9 June 2012	Estadio Bicentenario	San Juan	37–22	Argentina	2012 June rugby union tests
19	23 November 2013	Stadio Olimpico	Rome	14–19	Argentina	2013 end of year test
20	15 November 2014	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	Genoa	18–20	Argentina	2014 end of year test
21	11 June 2016	Estadio Colón	Santa Fe	30–24	Argentina	2016 mid year test
22	18 November 2017	Stadio Artemio Franchi	Florence	15–31	Argentina	2017 end of year test
23	13 November 2021	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	Treviso	16–37	Argentina	2021 Argentina tour
24	9 November 2024	Stadio Friuli	Udine	18–50	Argentina	2024 end of year test

List of series

Details	Played	Won by Argentina	Won by Italy	Drawn
Overall	1	0	0	1

Year	Argentina	Italy	Series winner
2005	1	1	draw