Wales and Argentina will face each other in a first Rugby World Cup clash since 1999 on Saturday.

The opening Marseille quarter-final sees Wales start as favourites after they collected 19 points from a possible 20 in winning their pool.

Here, the PA newes agency looks back on five memorable Test matches between the two countries.

Wales 43 Argentina 30 (Llanelli, 1998)

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Wales forward Colin Charvis in action for Wales against Argentina at Stradey Park (David Jones/PA)

Argentina 16 Wales 23 (Buenos Aires, 1999)

Peter Rogers
Peter Rogers was shown a yellow card in a bad-tempered match in Buenos Aires (Barry Batchelor/PA).

Argentina 20 Wales 35 (Buenos Aires, 2004)

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Wales head coach Mike Ruddock masterminded an impressive victory over Argentina (David Davies/PA)

Wales 40 Argentina 6 (Cardiff, 2013)

Mike Phillips
Mike Phillips scores a try for Wales against Argentina in Cardiff (Tim Ireland/PA)

Argentina 12 Wales 30 (Resistencia, 2018)

Rhys Patchell
Rhys Patchell masterminded Wales’ win over Argentina in 2018 (Adam Davy/PA).

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