Argentina at the Rugby World Cup

The Pumas during their November 2006 win over England at Twickenham

Map of nations best results, excluding nations which unsuccessfully participated in qualifying tournaments

Argentina have competed in all the Rugby World Cup tournaments, starting with the inaugural 1987 tournament.

Their best result was finishing in third place in the 2007 tournament, played in France. They defeated the host side France in their opening game, then beat the other teams in Pool D, finishing top of the pool. In the knockout stage, they defeated Scotland in the quarter finals, before losing in the semi finals to eventual champions South Africa. In the Bronze Final they once again faced France, whom they defeated for a second time to attain third place.

Their second best result was fourth place in 2015. They also progressed past the pool stage in 1999 and 2011. In 1999 they defeated Ireland in the quarter final play-offs, but lost in the quarter-finals to France. In 2011 they lost to host team New Zealand in the quarter-finals.

Argentina has yet to host the World Cup. The Argentina national team is the most successful of any national side from the Americas at the tournament.

By position

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Pts For	Against
1987 (16)	Pool Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	49	90
1991 (16)	Pool Stage	14th	3	0	0	3	38	83
1995 (16)	Pool Stage	13th	3	0	0	3	69	87
1999 (20)	Quarter-finals	8th	5	3	0	2	137	122
2003 (20)	Pool Stage	9th	4	2	0	2	140	57
2007 (20)	Third place	3rd	7	6	0	1	209	93
2011 (20)	Quarter-finals	8th	5	3	0	2	100	73
2015 (20)	Fourth place	4th	7	4	0	3	250	143
2019 (20)
Total	–	–	37	19	–	18	992	748

By matches

1987

Main article: 1987 Rugby World Cup

Team	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	190	34	6
Fiji	3	1	2	56	101	2
Argentina	3	1	2	49	90	2
Italy	3	1	2	40	110	2

24 May 1987

Argentina	9 – 28	Fiji
Try: Penalty try Con: Porta Pen: Porta		Tries: Gale Naivilawasa Nalaga Savai Con: Koroduadua (2) Rokowailoa Pen: Koroduadua (2)

Rugby Park, Hamilton
Referee: Jim Fleming

28 May 1987

Argentina	25 – 16	Italy
Tries: Lanza Gómez Con: Porta Pen:Porta (5)		Tries: Innocenti Cuttitta Con: Collodo Pen: Collodo (2)

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Referee: Roger Quittenton

1 June 1987

New Zealand	46 – 15	Argentina
Tries: Kirk Brooke Stanley Earl Crowley Whetton Con: Fox (2) Pen: Fox (6)		Try: Lanza Con: Porta Pen: Porta (3)

Athletic Park, Wellington
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Roger Quittenton

1991

Main article: 1991 Rugby World Cup

Pool C games -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Australia	3	0	79	25	9
Western Samoa	2	1	54	34	7
Wales	1	2	32	61	5
Argentina	0	3	38	83	3

4 October 1991

Argentina	19 – 32	Australia
Tries: Teran (2) Con: Del Castillo Pen: Del Castillo Drop: Arbizu (2)		Tries: Campese (2), Horan (2), Kearns Con: Lynagh (3) Pen: Lynagh (2)

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Referee: David Bishop

9 October 1991

Wales	16 – 7	Argentina
Tries: Arnold Pen: Ring (3), Rayer		Tries: Simon Pen: Del Castillo

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Rene Hourquet

13 October 1991

Argentina	12 – 35	Western Samoa
Tries: Teran Con: Arbizu Pen: Laborde, Arbizu		Tries: Tagaola (2), Lima (2), Bunce, Bachop Con: Vaea (4) Pen: Vaea

Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Referee: Brian Anderson

1995

Main article: 1995 Rugby World Cup

Pool B games -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
England	3	0	95	60	9
Western Samoa	2	1	96	88	7
Italy	1	2	69	94	5
Argentina	0	3	69	87	3

27 May 1995

Argentina	18 – 24	England
Tries: Lisandro Arbizu, Patricio Noriega Con: Lisandro Arbizu Pen: Lisandro Arbizu (2)		Pen: Rob Andrew (6) Drop: Rob Andrew (2)

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Jim Fleming

30 May 1995

Western Samoa	32 – 26	Argentina
Tries: Pat Lam, George Leaupepe, George Harder Con: Darren Kellet Pen: Darren Kellet (5)		Tries: Penalty try, Rodrigo Crexell Con: José Cilley (2) Pen: José Cilley (4)

Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London
Attendance: 11 000
Referee: David Bishop

4 June 1995

Argentina	25 – 31	Italy
Tries: Matias Corral, Rolando Martin, José Cilley Con: José Cilley Pen: José Cilley		Tries: Paolo Vaccari, Mario Gerosa, Diego Dominguez Con: Diego Dominguez (2) Pen: Diego Dominguez (4)

Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London
Attendance: 11 000
Referee: Clayton Thomas

1999

Main article: 1999 Rugby World Cup

Pool 4 games

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Wales	2	1	118	71	4
Samoa	2	1	97	72	4
Argentina	2	1	83	51	4
Japan	0	3	36	140	0

1 October 1999

Wales	23 – 18	Argentina
Tries: Colin Charvis, Mark Taylor Con: Neil Jenkins (2) Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)		Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (6)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Paddy O'Brien

10 October 1999

Argentina	32 – 16	Samoa
Tries: Alejandro Allub Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (8) Drop: Gonzalo Quesada		Tries: Peter Paramore Con: Silao Leaegailesolo Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo (3)

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Referee: Wayne Erickson

16 October 1999

Argentina	33 – 12	Japan
Tries: Diego Albanese, Agustín Pichot Con: Felipe Contepomi Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)		Pen: Keiji Hirose (4)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Stuart Dickinson

Quarter final place offs -

20 October 1999

Ireland	24 – 28	Argentina
Pen: David Humphreys (7) Drop: David Humphreys		Tries: Diego Albanese Con: Gonzalo Quesada Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)

Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 41,320
Referee: Stuart Dickinson

Quarter finals -

24 October 1999

France	47 – 26	Argentina
Tries: Xavier Garbajosa (2), Philippe Bernat-Salles (2), Émile Ntamack Con: Christophe Lamaison (5) Pen: Christophe Lamaison (4)		Tries: Agustín Pichot, Lisandro Arbizu Con: Gonzalo Quesada (2) Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (3), Felipe Contepomi

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Derek Bevan

2003

Main article: 2003 Rugby World Cup

Group A games -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	BP	Points
Australia	4	0	273	32	2	18
Ireland	3	1	141	56	3	15
Argentina	2	2	140	57	3	11
Romania	1	3	65	192	1	5
Namibia	0	4	28	310	0	0

10 October 2003

Australia	24 – 8	Argentina
Try: Sailor 20', Roff 74' Con: Flatley Pen: Flatley (4)		Try: Corleto 72' Pen: M. Contepomi

Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 81,350
Referee: Paul Honiss

14 October 2003

Argentina	67 – 14	Namibia
Tries: Méndez, Bouza (2), J. Fernández Miranda, Penalty try (2), Gaitán (3), N. Fernández Miranda Con: Quesada (7) Pen: Quesada		Tries: Grobier, Husselman Con: Wessels (2)

Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 17,887
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse

22 October 2003

Argentina	50 – 3	Romania
Tries: Gaitán, Hernández (2), M. Contepomi, N. Fernández Miranda, Bouza (2) Con: J. Fernández Miranda (4), Quesada (2) Pen: J. Fernández Miranda		Pen: Ionut Tofan

Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 33,673
Referee: Chris White

26 October 2003

Argentina	15 – 16	Ireland
Pen: Quesada (3) Drop: Quesada, Corleto		Tries: Quinlan Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys, O'Gara (2)

Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 30,203
Referee: André Watson

2007

Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup

Los Pumas began their final preparation for the 2007 World Cup with a two-test series against visiting Ireland, who was grouped against them in France. In the first test on 26 May at Santa Fe, they scored a 22–20 win on a last-minute drop goal by Felipe Contepomi. Both teams were heavily experimental, especially the Irish, with stars such as Brian O'Driscoll, Ronan O'Gara, Paul O'Connell and Gordon D'Arcy missing from the touring squad. The Pumas were themselves missing many stars who were playing that weekend in the final round of the 2006–07 Top 14 season in France.^[1]^[2] The second test against Ireland was a 16-0 Pumas win at Vélez Sársfield on 2 June.^[3] On 9 June, Los Pumas completed a clean sweep of their mid-year tests with a 24–6 win over Italy in Mendoza. They split their final warmup tests, defeating neighbours Chile 70-14 at CASI in Buenos Aires on 4 August and losing to Wales at Millennium Stadium 27–20 on 18 August.

At the World Cup, Los Pumas were drawn into the so-called pool of death, featuring two other teams ranked in the top six in the IRB rankings—Ireland and the hosts France. On top of this, they opened the World Cup at Stade de France against the French, marking the third consecutive World Cup in which they played against the host nation in the World Cup opener. In possibly one of their finest hours,^[4] the Pumas took a 17-9 lead into the half, and held on for a surprising 17-12 win. The Pumas subsequently beat Georgia 33-3 on 11 September at the Stade de Gerland, Lyon. Argentina then went on to beat Namibia 63-3 in Marseille, the biggest winning margin in Argentine World Cup history. They then went on to secure a 30-15 victory against Ireland which ensured that they topped the group. They then defeated Scotland 19-13 in the quarter-final at the Stade de France. The Pumas' improbable run towards the Webb Ellis trophy ended in a comprehensive 37-13 defeat by the Springboks in the semi-final at Stade de France. However, the Pumas recovered to beat France for the second time in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, a 34-10 win in the 3rd/4th place playoff. The 3rd place showing for the Pumas in the 2007 World Cup was Argentina's best ever result in Rugby World Cup history, equal or better to the best showing by IRB founding nations Wales (who were 3rd in the 1987 Rugby World Cup), Scotland (who were 4th in the 1991 Rugby World Cup) and Ireland (which has never qualified for the Rugby World Cup semi-finals).

During their World Cup run, the normally football-crazed Argentines embraced the Pumas so much that El Superclásico, the Buenos Aires football derby between Boca Juniors and River Plate that is normally the biggest event in Argentine sport, was rescheduled so that it would not conflict with the Pumas' quarter-final match.^[5] As the only major Spanish language country in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the Pumas also had considerable support from rugby fans in Spain, Uruguay, and other Latin American countries during their impressive five-game winning streak.

Pool D games -

Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	16	143	33	+110	2	18
France	4	3	1	24	188	37	+151	3	15
Ireland	4	2	2	9	64	82	−18	1	9
Georgia	4	1	3	5	50	111	−61	1	5
Namibia	4	0	4	3	30	212	−182	0	0

	ARG	FRA	GEO	IRE	NAM
Argentina	–	17 – 12	33 – 3	30 – 15	63 – 3
France	–	–	64 – 7	25 – 3	87 – 10
Georgia	–	–	–	10 – 14	30 – 0
Ireland	–	–	–	–	32 – 17
Namibia	–	–	–	–	–

Quarter-finals -

7 October 2007
21:00

Argentina	19 – 13	Scotland
Try: Longo Elía 33' c Con: F. Contepomi (1/1) Pen: F. Contepomi (3/4) 23', 29', 43' Drop: Hernández (1/4) 54'	Report	Try: Cusiter 63' c Con: Paterson (1/1) Pen: Parks (1/2) 16' Paterson (1/1) 38'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,866
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

Semi-finals -

14 October 2007
21:00

South Africa	37 – 13	Argentina
Tries: du Preez 7' c Habana (2) 32' c, 76' c Rossouw 40' c Con: Montgomery (4/4) Pen: Montgomery (3/3) 17', 71', 75'	Report	Try: M. Contepomi 45' c Con: F. Contepomi (1/1) Pen: F. Contepomi (2/4) 15', 30'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,055
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Bronze final game -

19 October 2007
21:00

France	10 – 34	Argentina
Try: Poitrenaud 69' c Con: Beauxis (1/1) Pen: Élissalde (1/1) 18'	Report	Tries: F. Contepomi (2) 28' c, 77' c Hasan Jalil 32' c Martín Aramburú 53' m Corleto 65' m Con: F. Contepomi (3/5) Pen: F. Contepomi (1/1) 21'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,958
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

2011

Main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
England	4	4	0	18	137	34	+103	2	18
Argentina	4	3	1	10	90	40	+50	2	14
Scotland	4	2	2	4	73	59	+14	3	11
Georgia	4	1	3	3	48	90	−42	0	4
Romania	4	0	4	3	44	169	−125	0	0

10 September 2011
20:30

Argentina	9–13	England
Pen: Contepomi (1/2) 7' Rodríguez (2/7) 20', 45'	Report	Try: Youngs 67' c Con: Wilkinson (1/1) Pen: Wilkinson (2/7) 12', 75'

Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 30,700
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

17 September 2011
15:30

Argentina	43–8	Romania
Try: Fernández 5' c Leguizamón 9' c Figallo 21' m González Amorosino 30' c Imhoff 64' c Fessia 72' c Con: Rodríguez (5/6) Pen: Rodríguez (1/3) 44'	Report	Try: Cazan 32' m Pen: Dimofte (1/2) 14'

Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Attendance: 12,605
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)

25 September 2011
20:30

Argentina	13–12	Scotland
Try: González Amorosino 73' c Con: Contepomi (1/1) Pen: Contepomi (2/5) 19', 64'	Report	Pen: Paterson (1/2) 35' Jackson (1/1) 38' Drop: Jackson (1/1) 65' Parks (1/2) 72'

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 26,937
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

2 October 2011
13:00

Argentina	25–7	Georgia
Try: Imhoff 32' m Contepomi 68' c Gosio 79' c Con: Contepomi (1/2) Bosch (1/1) Pen: Contepomi (2/4) 51', 60'	Report	Try: Khmaladze 39' c Con: Urjukashvili (1/1)

Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Attendance: 13,754
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Quarter-finals

9 October 2011
20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

New Zealand	33–10	Argentina
Try: Read 69' m Thorn 79' c Con: Cruden (1/1) Pen: Weepu (7/7) 13', 26', 36', 40', 50', 59', 73'	Report	Try: Farías Cabello 32' c Con: Contepomi (1/1) Pen: Bosch (1/1) 46'

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 57,192
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

2015

Main article: 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	25	174	49	+125	3	19
Argentina	4	3	1	22	179	70	+109	3	15
Georgia	4	2	2	5	53	123	–70	0	8
Tonga	4	1	3	8	70	130	–60	2	6
Namibia	4	0	4	8	70	174	–104	1	1

20 September 2015
16:45

New Zealand	26–16	Argentina
Try: A. Smith 57' c Cane 67' c Con: Carter (2/2) 58', 67' Pen: Carter (4/4) 5', 11', 19', 40'	Report	Try: Petti Pagadizábal 21' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) 23' Pen: Sánchez (3/3) 30', 38', 43'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 89,019
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

25 September 2015
16:45

Argentina	54–9	Georgia
Try: Lavanini 10' m Cubelli 47' c Imhoff (2) 49' c, 76' m Cordero (2) 53' c, 72' c Landajo 70' c Con: Sánchez (3/4) 48', 51', 54' Bosch (2/3) 71', 74' Pen: Sánchez (2/2) 21', 35' Drop: Sánchez 6'	Report	Pen: Kvirikashvili (3/3) 17', 20', 32'

Kingsholm, Gloucester
Attendance: 14,256
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

4 October 2015
14:30

Argentina	45–16	Tonga
Try: Tuculet 20' c Imhoff 22' c Sánchez 64' m Montoya 72' c Cordero 80' c Con: Sánchez (4/5) 21', 23', 73', 80' Pen: Sánchez (4/5) 18', 26', 44', 53'	Report	Try: Morath 7' m Tonga'uiha 38' m Con: Morath (0/2) Pen: Morath (2/4) 33', 42'

Leicester City Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 29,124
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

11 October 2015
12:00

Argentina	64–19	Namibia
Try: Hernández 7' c Moroni 19' c Agulla 24' c Isa 36' m Noguera Paz 40' c Alemanno 49' c Senatore 64' c Montoya 69' c Cubelli 74' c Con: González Iglesias (4/5) 8', 20', 26', 40' Socino (4/4) 50', 65', 70', 75' Pen: González Iglesias (1/2) 12'	Report	Try: Tromp 13' c Greyling 46' c Jantjies 80' m Con: Kotzé (2/2) 14', 47' Redelinghuys (0/1)

Leicester City Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 30,198
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

Quarter-finals

18 October 2015
13:00 BST (UTC+01)

Ireland	20–43	Argentina
Try: Fitzgerald 26' c Murphy 44' c Con: Madigan (2/2) 27', 45' Pen: Madigan (2/4) 20', 53'	Report	Try: Moroni 3' c Imhoff (2) 10' c, 73' c Tuculet 69' c Con: Sánchez (4/4) 5', 10', 70', 74' Pen: Sánchez (5/6) 13', 22', 51', 64', 77'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,316
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

Semi-finals

25 October 2015
16:00 GMT (UTC+00)

Argentina	15–29	Australia
Pen: Sánchez (5/5) 7', 24', 36', 45', 55'	Report	Try: Simmons 2' c Ashley-Cooper (3) 10' c, 32' m, 72' c Con: Foley (3/4) 3', 11', 73' Pen: Foley (1/2) 48'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,025
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Bronze final game -

30 October 2015
20:00 GMT (UTC+00)

South Africa	24–13	Argentina
Try: Pietersen 6' c Etzebeth 43' m Con: Pollard (1/2) 7' Pen: Pollard (4/5) 14', 33', 40', 48'	Report	Try: Orlandi 80' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) 80' Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 52' Drop: Sánchez 42'

Olympic Stadium, London
Attendance: 55,925
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Overall record

Against	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	% Won
Australia	3	0	3	42	85	0
England	1	0	1	9	13	0
Fiji	1	0	1	9	28	0
France	3	2	1	77	69	66.67
Georgia	3	3	0			100
Ireland	3	2	1	116	75	75
Italy	2	1	1			50
Japan	1	1	0	33	12	100
Namibia	3	3	0			100
New Zealand	3	0	3			0
Romania	2	2	0			100
Samoa	3	1	2			33.33
Scotland	2	2	0			100
South Africa	2	0	2			0
Tonga	1	1	0	45	16	100
Wales	2	0	2			0
Total	35	18	17			51.43

Hosting

So far Argentina has not hosted any World Cup games, as no RWC has been held in the Americas yet.

References

↑ "First Test Preview: Argentina v Ireland". Irish Rugby Football Union. 25 May 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
↑ "Argentina 22-20 Ireland". BBC. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
↑ "Argentina 16-0 Ireland". BBC. 2 June 2007. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
↑ "Coach asks Argentina to stay calm". BBC Sport. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
↑ PA Sport (9 October 2007). "Contepomi's field of dreams". Sportal.co.nz. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.

Rugby union in Argentina

Men

Women

Bodies

National	Argentine Rugby Union

Regional	Buenos Aires Córdoba Cuyo Entre Ríos Mar del Plata Rosario Santa Fe Tucumán

Competitions

International	World Cup The Rugby Championship Americas Rugby Championship Americas Rugby Cup South American Rugby Championship Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Pan American Games

Transnational	Super Rugby

Provincial	Campeonato Argentino

Club	Nacional de Clubes URBA Interior Córdoba Litoral Nordeste Noroeste Oeste Pampeano Patagónico

Hosted	Mar del Plata Sevens

National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup by tier

Tier 1 teams	Argentina Australia England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tier 2 teams	Canada Fiji Georgia Japan Namibia Portugal Romania Russia Samoa Spain Tonga United States Uruguay

Tier 3 teams	Ivory Coast Zimbabwe

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