The national rugby union teams of Scotland and Argentina (Los Pumas) have played since 1969. However, the status of the countries' first three matches—two in 1969 and one in 1973—is ambiguous, as only Argentina awarded Test caps for those encounters. The first match recognised by both sides as a Test took place in 1990.
As of November 2022, they have met 25 times, but only 22 of those matches have been recognised by both sides as Tests. Scotland went 2–1 in the three pre-1990 matches, and crushed Argentina 49–3 in their first mutually recognised Test in 1990. The Pumas then went on a seven-match winning streak, but Scotland have been more successful in recent times, winning five encounters in a row between 2014 and 2018 and winning a two-test tour in 2010.Argentina 9 Scotland 13: match report Retrieved August 2019
On 16 November 2025 in Edinburgh, Argentina came back from 21-0 down after 57 minutes to win 24–33, their first win in Scotland since 2009. This is Argentina's largest winning margin to date in Scotland.
Summary Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.
Overall Details Played Won byArgentina Won byScotland Drawn Argentina points Scotland points In Argentina 12 5 7 0 233 300 In Scotland 10 5 5 0 209 262 Neutral venue 2 2 0 0 32 25 Overall 24 12 12 0 474 587
Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. RecordArgentinaScotlandLongest winning streak7 (4 Jun 1994 – 14 Jun 2008)5 (21 Jun 2014 – 2 Jul 2022)Largest points forHome34 (16 Jul 2022)52 (19 Nov 2022)Away33 (16 Nov 2025)47 (4 Jul 2026)Largest winning marginHome8 (2 Jul 2022)46 (10 Nov 1990)Away9 (18 Nov 2001 and 16 Nov 2025)29 (23 Jun 2018)
Results No. Date Venue City Score Winner Competition 1 10 November 1990 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh 49–3 1990 Argentina tour 2 4 June 1994 Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires16–15 1994 Scotland tour 3 11 June 1994 Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires 19–17 4 21 August 1999 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh22–31 1999 World Cup warm-up 5 18 November 2001 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh16–252001 Autumn International 6 12 November 2005 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh19–23 2005 Autumn International 7 7 October 2007 Stade de France Saint-Denis 19–13 2007 World Cup quarter-finals 8 7 June 2008 Gigante de Arroyito Rosario 21–15 2008 Scotland tour 9 14 June 2008 José Amalfitani Buenos Aires14–26 10 28 November 2009 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh6–9 2009 Autumn International 11 12 June 2010 Atlético Tucumán Tucumán 16–24 2010 Scotland tour 12 19 June 2010 José María Minella Mar del Plata 9–13 13 25 September 2011 Wellington Regional Stadium Wellington 13–12 2011 World Cup Pool match 14 21 June 2014 Mario Kempes Córdoba19–21 2014 Summer International 15 8 November 2014 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh41–31 2014 Autumn International 16 19 November 2016 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh19–16 2016 Autumn International 17 23 June 2018 Estadio Centenario Resistencia15–44 2018 Summer International 18 24 November 2018 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh14–9 2018 Autumn International 19 2 July 2022 Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy26–18 2022 Scotland tour 20 9 July 2022 Padre Martearena Salta6–29 21 16 July 2022 Madre de Ciudades Santiago del Estero34–31 22 19 November 2022 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh52–29 2022 Argentina tour 23 16 November 2025 Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh24–33 2025 Autumn International 24 4 July 2026 Mario Kempes Stadium Cordoba38–47 2026 Nations Championship
XV Results Below is a list of matches that Argentina has awarded matches test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but Scotland did not award caps.
No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 13 September 1969 Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires 20–3 1969 Scotland tour of Argentina 2 27 September 1969 Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires 3–6 3 24 November 1973 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh12–11 1973 Argentina tour of Ireland and Scotland
List of series Details Played Won byArgentina Won byScotland Drawn Overall 4 2 1 1
Year Argentina Scotland Series winner 19942 0 20081 1 draw 201002 20222 1
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