France's national rugby union team first played Argentina in 1949 when they undertook a two-test tour of the latter country. France won both matches.Pick and go Rugby Test match database - select Los Pumas vs Les Bleus Argentina did not manage a win over France until their 16th meeting in 1985, under the captaincy of Hugo Porta.

France has been Argentina's most frequent Test match opponent. France played a significant role in the early development of Argentine rugby in which the two countries played each other 13 times between 1949 and 1977. In total, the two countries have met fifty-six times, with France having won in forty encounters to Argentina's fifteen.

The teams have played each other four times at Rugby World Cup tournaments: In 1999 France won a quarter-final, and in 2007 Argentina beat France 17–12 in the tournament-opening pool game and again 34–10 in the playoff for third and fourth place after Argentina had lost to tournament winners South Africa in the semi-final. Even though Argentina had shown strong form in the year leading up to the tournament (winning 10 of 13 Test matches plus a one-point loss to France), the opening-game win was regarded as an upset by the media. They then played each other during the 2019, with this time France winning 23–21.

Though about two-thirds of the games have been played on Argentina's soil, France has won more than two-thirds of them. France won the only two matches the two have played on neutral ground.

The biggest difference in points was achieved by France during the second game of their 2012 tour to Argentina, winning 49–10.

Since 2000, the series has been especially closely fought between the two teams. In the 22 matches played in that time frame, France and Argentina are level at 11 wins apiece, with ten of the matches decided by a converted try (7 points) or less.

When the IRB introduced their world team rankings system in 2003, Argentina was ranked seventh and France fifth.2003 IRB rankings table Since then the ranking changed frequently and the two teams' order was reversed many times like in March 2009, when Argentina climbed to fourth place and France fell to seventh. Most recently, following Argentina's win in the first of their two-Test series in June 2012, the two teams switched places in the rankings with the Pumas in sixth and France in seventh but after their second game a week later, which saw France won by 39 points, France climbed back to the 5th place and Argentina drop to eighth. Since then, France has reached first place in the world in July 2022.

Summary Overview Details Played Won byArgentina Won byFrance Drawn Argentina points France points In Argentina3410231511833 In France205150349482 Neutral venue20204770 Overall 56 15 40 1 907 1,385

Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. RecordArgentinaFranceLongest winning streak4 (15 June 2002 – 25 November 2006)12 (28 August 1949 – 2 July 1977)Largest points forHome41 (26 June 2010)39 (17 November 2012)Away34 (19 October 2007)49 (23 June 2012)Largest winning marginHome28 (26 June 2010)23 (19 October 1975)Away24 (19 October 2007)39 (23 June 2012)

Results No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 28 August 1949 Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires0–5 1949 France tour 2 4 September 1949 Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires3–12 3 29 August 1954 Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires8–22 1954 France tour 4 12 September 1954 Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires3–30 5 23 July 1960 Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires3–37 1960 France tour 6 6 August 1960 Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires3–12 7 17 August 1960 Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires6–29 8 20 June 1974 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires15–20 1974 France tour 9 29 June 1974 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires27–31 10 19 October 1975 Stade de Gerland, Lyon29–6 1975 Argentina tour 11 25 October 1975 Parc des Princes, Paris36–21 12 25 June 1977 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires3–26 1977 France tour 13 2 July 1977 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires18–18 draw 14 14 November 1982 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse25–12 1982 Argentina tour 15 20 November 1982 Parc des Princes, Paris13–6 16 22 June 1985 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires24–16 1985 France tour 17 29 June 1985 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires15–23 18 31 May 1986 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires15–13 1986 France tour 19 7 June 1986 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires9–22 20 18 June 1988 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires15–18 1988 France tour 21 25 June 1988 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires18–6 22 5 November 1988 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes29–9 1988 Argentina tour 23 11 November 1988 Stadium Lille-Metropole, Lille 28–18 24 4 July 1992 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires12–27 1992 France tour 25 11 July 1992 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires9–33 26 14 November 1992 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes20–24 1992 Argentina tour 27 21 October 1995 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires12–47 1995 Latin Cup 28 22 June 1996 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires27–34 1996 France tour 29 29 June 1996 Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires15–34 30 26 October 1997 Stade Maurice Trélut, Tarbes 32–27 1997 Latin Cup 31 13 June 1998 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires18–35 1998 France tour 32 20 June 1998 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires12–37 33 14 November 1998 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes 34–14 1998 Argentina tour 34 24 October 1999 Lansdowne Road, Dublin (Ireland)26–47 1999 Rugby World Cup 35 15 June 2002 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires28–27 2002 France tour 36 14 June 2003 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires10–6 2003 France tour 37 20 June 2003 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires33–32 38 20 November 2004 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille14–24 2004 Autumn International 39 25 November 2006 Stade de France, Saint-Denis27–26 2006 Autumn International 40 7 September 2007 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 12–17 2007 Rugby World Cup(PS) 41 19 October 2007 Parc des Princes, Paris10–34 2007 Rugby World Cup(3rd) 42 8 November 2008 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 12–6 2008 Autumn International 43 26 June 2010 José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires41–13 2010 Summer International 44 20 November 2010 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier 15–9 2010 Autumn International 45 16 June 2012 Estadio Mario Kempes, Córdoba 23–20 2012 France tour 46 23 June 2012 Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán 10–49 47 17 November 2012 Grand Stade Lille Métropole, Lille39–22 2012 Autumn International 48 22 November 2014 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 13–18 2014 Autumn International 49 19 June 2016 Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán30–19 2016 France tour 50 25 June 2016 Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán0–27 51 17 November 2018 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille 28–13 2018 Autumn International 52 21 September 2019 Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu (Japan)23–21 2019 Rugby World Cup 53 5 November 2021 Stade de France, Saint-Denis29–20 2021 Autumn International 54 6 July 2024 Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza13–28 2024 France tour 55 13 July 2024 Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires33–25 56 22 November 2024 Stade de France, Saint-Denis37–23 2024 Autumn International

List of series Played Won byArgentina Won byFrance Drawn 18 1 11 6

Year Argentina France Series winner 1949 0 2 1954 0 2 1960 0 3 1974 0 2 1975 0 2 1977 0 1 1982 0 2 1985 1 1 draw 1986 1 1 draw 1988 1 1 draw 1988 0 2 1992 0 2 1996 0 2 1998 0 2 2003 2 0 2012 1 1 draw 2016 1 1 draw 2024 1 1 draw

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References

All match results from Pick and Go Rugby Test match database