Puma Trophy
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The Puma Trophy was established as a perpetual trophy between the Argentina
and Australian
rugby union
nations, the trophy is a bronzed statue of a Puma. Argentina and Australia first played against each other in 1979.
Australia won the trophy in 2000. It's expected with the admission of Argentina to the Tri Nations, making them Four Nations, in 2012, the trophy will be contested as a part of the Southern Hemisphere competition.
List of matches played:
2000
Australia 53 - Argentina 6
Australia 32 - Argentina 25
2002
Argentina 6 - Australia 17
Argentina national rugby union team
The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...
and Australian
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
nations, the trophy is a bronzed statue of a Puma. Argentina and Australia first played against each other in 1979.
Australia won the trophy in 2000. It's expected with the admission of Argentina to the Tri Nations, making them Four Nations, in 2012, the trophy will be contested as a part of the Southern Hemisphere competition.
List of matches played:
2000
Australia 53 - Argentina 6
Australia 32 - Argentina 25
2002
Argentina 6 - Australia 17