History of rugby union matches between Argentina and the British & Irish Lions explained

Meetings between the rugby union teams of Argentina and British & Irish Lions are not held in regular intervals. The Lions team went to Argentina three times in the early twentieth century, in 1910, 1927 and 1936. The next time those two teams met was nearly seventy years later in a single match played in Cardiff in May 2005. From a total of seven games, there was one draw and the rest was won by the Lions.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overall

Details	Played	Won by Argentina	Won by Lions	Drawn	Argentina points	Lions points
In Argentina	6	0	6	0	6	211
In British Isles	1	0	0	1	25	25
Neutral venue	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall	7	0	6	1	31	236

Records

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

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Attendance	Ref.
1	12 June 1910	Sociedad Sportiva Argentina, Buenos Aires	3–28		1910 British Lions tour of Argentina		[1]
2	31 July 1927	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	0–37		1927 British Lions tour of Argentina		[2]
3	7 August 1927	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	0–46				[3]
4	14 August 1927	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	3–34				[4]
5	21 August 1927	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	0–43				[5]
6	16 August 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	0–23		1936 British Lions tour of Argentina		[6]
7	23 May 2005		25–25	draw	2005 British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand	61,569	[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Argentina (3) 3 - 28 (5) Great Britain XV (FT) . espnscrum . 13 October 2023.
2. Web site: Argentina (0) 0 - 37 (17) Great Britain XV (FT) . espnscrum . 13 October 2023.
3. Web site: Argentina (0) 0 - 46 (14) Great Britain XV (FT) . espnscrum . 13 October 2023.
4. Web site: Argentina (0) 3 - 34 (23) Great Britain XV (FT) . espnscrum . 13 October 2023.
5. Web site: Argentina (0) 0 - 43 (13) Great Britain XV (FT) . espnscrum . 13 October 2023.
6. Web site: Argentina 0 - 23 Great Britain XV (FT) . espnscrum . 13 October 2023.
7. Web site: British and Irish Lions (16) 25 - 25 (19) Argentina (FT) . espnscrum . 13 October 2023.