Stats and Facts | Argentina vs New Zealand

Ahead of the first round clash between Argentina and New Zealand in the Rugby Championship, lets take a look at the stats and facts.

1.  New Zealand have won 35 of their 39 men’s Tests against Argentina including four of their last five across which they’ve scored an average of 42 points per game; furthermore, they are unbeaten against Los Pumas in Argentina (W13D1).

2. Argentina have won their opening game of The Rugby Championship in two of their last four series when they’ve come into the tournament on the back of a win (incl. 2020 Tri-Nations); their most recent men’s Test was a 52-17 victory against Uruguay.

3. Argentina have won three of their last five men’s Tests at home – including wins against Australia and South Africa – with only a pair of defeats to England in that span, while New Zealand have won five of their last six men’s Tests outside New Zealand despite not reaching 30 points scored in any of their last four

4. New Zealand have won nine of their last 10 men’s Tests including their last four in a row and a 3-0 series sweep of France throughout July 2025 and have held their opponent to exactly one try in five of those last 10 games

5. Argentina’s next win in men’s Tests will be their 250th, and they’ve won six games across the last three editions of The Rugby Championship which is as many as they had won across all previous entries in the tournament (incl. 2020 Tri-Nations); however, their 8% win rate against New Zealand is their lowest against any team they’ve faced more than four times

6. Argentina scored 3.3 tries per game at the 2024 edition of The Rugby Championship, their most at a single edition of the tournament, while their 408 metres gained per Test in that series were their most since the 2019 campaign (429m)

7. New Zealand (13) have made more offloads per game in men’s Tests in 2024 than any of the other three teams in The Rugby Championship; however, Argentina (3) are the only team to have scored multiple tries directly from offloads in that period (NZ 1, AUS 0, SA 0).

8. Juan Cruz Mallia (Argentina) made nine offloads – including one break assist – in the 2024 edition of The Rugby Championship, more than any other player, and finished with two offloads, two tackle breaks, and one try in his last Test against New Zealand (17 August 2024)

9. Rieko Ioane (New Zealand) has scored 19 tries in The Rugby Championship (incl. 2020 Tri-Nations), which is the most of any player, but has scored only five against Argentina in the competition and has scored only two tries across his last 18 Tests overall.

10. Will Jordan (New Zealand) has scored 19 tries across his last 18 Tests, including five tries in his last four Tests, and has scored five tries across his last two starting appearances against Argentina