1970 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina

1970 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	07 04 00 03
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina[1]	2 0 0 2

The 1970 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played between August and September in Argentina by the Ireland national rugby union team.

Despite that the matches weren't officially recognised by the Irish Rugby Football Union as Test matches, it was a real tour of Irish national team. At that time, the IRFU considered as official only matches against the other Home Unions, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. It was the third tour of a "Home Union" in Argentina in three years, after Wales (1968) and Scotland (1969) . And It was the second tour of an Irish side after the tour of 1952. Argentina won the unofficial series with two victories.

Results

30 August 1970

Selecc. Interior	11–33	Ireland XV
Try: Brandi; Con: Capell) Pen: Capell		Try: Brown 3, Buckley 2 Con: Ciernan 3 Pen: Ciernan 3 Drop: Mc Gann

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Carlos A. Tozzi (Argentina)

Seleccionado del Interior: L. Capell; D. Filippa, R. Tarquini, G. Vera, M. Brandi; C. Navessi, L. Chacón; B. Casalle, J. Ghiringhelli, H. Barrera; R. Pasaglia, R. Campra (cap.); G. Ribeca, L. Ramos (C. Bianchi), M. Senatore (C. Abud)
Ireland XV: T. Ciernan; A. Duggan, F. Brenishan, R. Murphy, W. Brown; B. Mc Gann, J. Molones; J. Buckley, A. Moore, R. Lamont; M. Mohillo, W. Mac Bride; P. O ́Callagham, J. Lynch.

2 September

Rosario	6–11	Ireland XV
Pen: Seaton 2		Try: Grace, Lamont Con: Mc Gann Pen: B. O ́Driscoll)

C.A. Atletico, Rosario Referee: César de Elizalde (Argentina)

Rosario: J. Seaton; R. Villavicencio, J. Benzi, C. Blanco, C. García; J. Scilabra, M. Escalante; J. L. Imhoff, M. Chesta (cap.), J. Robin; M. Bouza, J. Mangiamelli; R. Fariello, J. Costante, F. Landó.
Ireland XV: B. O ́Driscoll; A. Duggan, F. Brenishan, F. O ́Driscoll, T. Grace; B. Mc Gann, L. Hall; R. Lamont, A. Moore, M. Hipwell; W. Mc Bride (cap.), P. Cassidy; S. Millar, J. Brich, J. Lynch.

6 September

Argentina B	6–9	Ireland XV
Drop: Harris-Smith)		Try: Hipwell, Drop: Mc Gann 2)

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Bruno Bertelli (Argentina)

Argentina B: J. Seaton; N. Pérez, J. Benzi, C. Blanco, J. Otaola; T. Harris-Smith, A. Etchegaray (cap.); N. Carbone, G. Anderson, R. Casabal; J. Retegui, R. Castro; M. Farna, J. Dumas, A. Abella.
Ireland XV: T. Ciernan (cap.); A. Duggan, F. O ́Driscoll, F. Brenishan, W. Brown; B. Mc Gann, J. Molones; M. Hipwell, A. Moore, J. Buckley; M. Mohillo, W. Mc Bride; S. Millar, J. Birch, P. O ́Callaghan.

9 September

Argentina D	3–14	Ireland XV
Try: Casas		Try: Duggan, O ́Callaghan Madigan; Con: Ciernan Pen: Ciernan

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires

Argentina D: A. Bollini; P. Kember, E. Reynolds, L. Esteras, A. Stein; F. Forrester, G. Blaksley (cap.); C. Bori, E. Elowson, J. Borghi; J. C. Anderson, J. Vorasoro; F. Insúa, G. Casas, E. Merelle.
Ireland XV: T. Ciernan (cap.); A. Duggan, F. O ́Driscoll, B. O ́Driscoll, W. Brown; H. Murphy, L. Hall; R. Lamont, M. Hipwell, J. Buckley; P. Cassidy, M. Mohillo; J. Lynch, P. Madigan, P. O ́Callaghan.

13 September

Argentina	8–3	Ireland XV
Try: Gradin, Travaglini		Try: Hipwell

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Carlos Tozzi (Argentina)

Argentina		Ireland XV
Dudley Morgan	FB	15	FB	Tom Kiernan (capt.)
Mario Walther	W	14	W	Alan Duggan
Marcelo Pascual	C	13	C	Barry Bresnihan
Alejandro Travaglini	C	12	C	Frank O'Driscoll
Julio Otaola	W	11	W	Tom Grace
Carlos Martinez	FH	10	FH	Barry McGann
Luis Gradin	SH	9	SH	John Moloney
Raul Loyola	N8	6	N8	Michael Hipwell
Hector Silva (capt)	F	8	F	Terry Moore
Hugo Miguens	F	7	F	James Buckley
Aitor Otano	L	5	L	Mick Molloy
Adrian Anthony	L	4	L	Willie-John McBride
Luis Garcia Yanez	P	3	P	Sean Lynch
Ricardo Handley	H	2	H	John Birch
Ronnie Foster	P	1	P	Philo O'Callaghan

16 September

Argentina C	17–0	Ireland XV
Try: Orzábal Con: Cutler Pen: Cutler3 Drop: Pimentel,

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Niño

Argentina C: R. Espagnol; H. Rosatti, J. Walther (E. Word), E. Pérez Otero (G. Blaksley); G. Pimentel, M. Cutler; J. Carracedo, J. Wittman, M. Morgan; A. Orzábal, F. Hughes; H. Incola, L. Lebrón, O. Carbone.
Ireland XV: B. O ́Driscoll; T. Grace, F. Brenishan, H. Murphy, W. Brown (J. Maloney); F. O ́Driscoll, L. Hall; R. Lamont, M. Hipwell, J. Buckley; P. Cassidy, W. Mc Bride (cap.); J. Lynch, P. Madigan, S. Millar.

20 September

Argentina	6–3	Ireland XV
Try: Gradin 2		Try: Kiernan

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Nino (Argentina)

Touring party

• Manager: E. Patterson
• Assistant Manager: Ronnie Dawson
• Captain: Tom Kiernan

References

External links

• Union Argentina de rugby Memorias 1970 (in Spanish)