The Australian

Wallabies A wallaby () is a small or middle-sized macropod native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and other countries. They belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and so ...

first played against

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(Los Pumas) on 27 October 1979, resulting in a win to Argentina. The teams have met thirty-four times, with Australia winning twenty-five, Argentina six and three matches drawn. Three of the matches have taken place in the

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; two pool matches, in 1991 and 2003, and a semi-final in 2015. Australia have won all three Rugby World Cup matches. The

Puma Trophy The Puma Trophy () is an international rugby union competition between Argentina and Australia. The trophy is a bronzed statue of a puma. Argentina and Australia first played against each other in 1979 and the trophy itself was established in 20 ...

was established in 2000 as a perpetual trophy between the two nations. The Wallabies are the national side which the Pumas have tied the most, with three ties in their history.

Summary

Overall

Records

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

Results

List of series

References

External links

Pick and Go Rugby test match database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Argentina and Australia Argentina national rugby union team matches Australia national rugby union team matches

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