1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina

1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina
Tour captain(s)	Mark Loane

The 1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played between October and November 1979 in Argentina by Australia. The Wallabies won six matches of seven and drew the two game test series against Los Pumas, led by Hugo Porta.^[1]

It was the first tour of an Australian side in Argentina.^[2] The Australian squad captain was the Queenslander Mark Loane.

“

With this visit of Australia, a new rugby relationship begins with a country that has a excellent level of play, similar to New Zealand, which means multiplying the possibilities of assimilation and improvement of our sport. It is also worth pointing out the correction and discipline observed by the Australian delegation during the course of their visit.

”

— The Argentine Rugby Union praising the first visit of an Australian side^[2]

Players

Player	Match Played	Score				Total points
Player	Match Played	tries	conv.	pen.	drop	Total points
Tony Melrose	5	1	4	3	2	27
Michael O'Connor	6	4	1	2		24
Phil Crowe	4	6				24
Paul McLean	4		5	4		22
Brendan Moon	5	5				20
Roger Gould	2	1	6			16
Tony Shaw	6	3				12
Paddy Batch	4	3				12
Phillip Cox	4	2				8
Mark Ella	3	1			1	7
Mark Loane	6	1				4
Peter McLean	6	1				4
Andrew Slack	6					0
Stan Pilecki	5					0
Greg Cornelsen	4					0
Budda Handy	4					0
Mick Mathers	4					0
Bill Ross	4					0
Peter John Carson	3					0
John Coolican	3					0
Tony D'Arcy	3					0
Duncan Hall	3					0
Peter Horton	3					0
P. Knight	3					0
Andy Stewart	5					0

Matches

Summary

Complete list of matches played by the Wallabies at Argentina:^[2]

Test matches

The Argentina team that played Australia the first test at Ferro Carril Oeste

#	Date	Rival	City	Venue	Score
1	13 Oct	San Isidro Club	Buenos Aires	Ferro C. Oeste	17–12
2	17 Oct	Seleccionado del Interior ^{[note 1]}	Salta	Universitario RC	47–12
3	20 Oct	Buenos Aires RU	Buenos Aires	Ferro C. Oeste	22–6
4	23 Oct	Rosario RU	Rosario	Gimnasia y Esgrima (R)	21–13
5	27 Oct	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Ferro C. Oeste	13–24
6	30 Oct	Cuyo RU	Mendoza	Club Marista	43–4
7	3 Nov	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Ferro C. Oeste	17–12

**Balance**
Pl	W	D	L	Ps	Pc
7	6	0	1	180	83

Match details

13 October 1979

San Isidro Club	12–17	Australia
Try: penalty try Con: Loffreda Pen: Loffreda Drop: F.Sainz Trápaga;		Try: O'Connor, Moon, Crowe; Con: Paul McLean Pen: Paul McLean

Ferro C. Oeste, Buenos Aires

San Isidro Club: F.Argerich; C.Ramallo, F.Sainz Trápaga, M.Loffreda, M.Walther (capt.); R.Madero y A.Soares Sache; R.de Vedia, T, Petersen, R.Lucke; B.Miguens, M.Glastra; F.Insúa, J.Pérez Cabo, C.Sainz.
Australia: Paul McLean; B.Moon, A.Slack, M.O'Connor, P.Crowe; A.Melrose P, Carean; M.Loane (capt.); G.Cornelsen, T.Shaw; Peter Mc Lean, M.Mathers; S.Pilecki, P, Horton, C.Handy.

16 October 1979

Seleccionado del Interior ^{[note 1]}	12–47	Australia
Try: Basile Con: Virgolini Drop: Rodriguez		Try: Crowe 2, Ella Loane, Peter Mc Lean Batch, Gould, Cox Con: Gould 6 Drop: Ella

Club Universitario, Salta

Interior: Torno; Nogués, Rodríguez, Gasilica, San Martín; Virgolini, Basile; Bisio, Passaglia, Antonini; Casale, Mangiamelli; Irañeta, del Chazal (Bianchi), Michelli.
Australia: Gould; Crowe, Slack, Knight, Batch; Ella, Cox; T.Shaw, Loane (capt.), Cornelsen (Mathers); Hall, Peter Mc Lean; D'Arcy, Ros, Cooligan

20 October 1979

Buenos Aires RU	6–22	Australia
Try: Puccy Con: G.Beccar Varela		Try: Cox, T.Shaw M.O'Connor, Batch; Con: P.Mc.Lean 3

Ferro C. Oeste, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires RU: E.García Terán; A.Puccio, C.Jacobi, G.Beccar Varela, C.Ramallo; G.Sanguinetti, M. Garcia Laborde; M.Negra, M.Glastra, G.Paz; C.Bottarini, B.Miguens; R.Ventura (capt.), J.Sarto, A.Cerioni.
Australia: Paul McLean; (R.Gould); P.Batch, A.Slack, M.O'Connor, B.Moon; T.Melrouse, P.Cox; T.Shaw, M.Loane (capt.), A.Stewart; Peter Mc Lean, M.Mathers; C.Handy, P.Hortan, S.Pilecki.

23 October 1979

Rosario RU	13–21	Australia
Try: Tallo, Basilico; Con: Baetti Pen: Baetti		Try: Crowe (2) O'Connors Pen: O'Connors (2) Drop: Melrose

Gimnasia y Esgrima (R)

Rosario: Baetti; Nogués, Rodríguez, Escalante (capt.), Basílico Dip, Noccia; Tallo (Poet), Marengo, Imhoff; Mangiamelli, Milano; Sangionissi, Cheste (Cristini), Fernández.
Australia: Gould (Melrouse); Knight, Slack, O´Connors, Growe; Ella, Carson, Stewart, Loane (capt.), (Pilecki), Hall; Peter Mc Lean Mathers; Cooligan, Ross, D´Arcy.

27 October 1979

Argentina	24–13	Australia
Try: Madero 2 Con: Porta Pen: Porta Drop: Porta (3)		Try: Crowe Pen: Paul McLean 2 Drop: Melrose

Ferro C. Oeste, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S.Strydom (South Africa)

Argentina

Australia


Argentina		Australia
Martín Sansot	FB	15	FB	Paul McLean
Marcelo Campo	W	14	W	Phil Crowe
Rafael Madero	C	13	C	Michael O'Connor
Marcelo Loffreda	C	12	C	Andrew Slack
Adolfo Cappelletti	W	11	W	Brendan Moon
Hugo Porta (c)	FH	10	FH	Tony Melrose
Tomás Landajo	SH	9	SH	Phillip Cox
Héctor Silva	N8	8	N8	Mark Loane (c)
Tomás Petersen	F	7	F	Greg Cornelsen
Gabriel Travaglini	F	6	F	Andy Stewart
Marcos Iachetti	L	5	L	Tony Shaw
Alejandro Iachetti]]	L	4	L	Peter McLean
Fernando Morel	P	3	P	Buddha Handy
Alejandro Cubell]	H	2	H	Peter Horton
Enrique Rodríguez	P	1	P	Stan Pilecki
		Replacements
Eduardo Sanguinetti	FB

30 October 1979

Cuyo RU	4–43	Australia
Try: Antonini		Try: Show 2, Moon 2 Melrose, O'Connors; Con: Melrose 4, M.O'Connor; Pen: Melorse 3

Club Marista, Mendoza
Referee: Felipe Ferrari

Cuyo RU: Muñiz; Carbonell, Foquet, Morgan, Ruffo; Curto, Basile; Antonini (Suárez Lagos) Orrigo y Bertona; Cásale (capt.) Irañeta; Michelle, Cichitti, Cruz.
Australia: Melrose; Mann, O´Connors, Knight, Batch; Ella, Carson (Cox); T.Shaw(capt.), Hall, Stewart; Mathers, D'Arcy; Cooligan, Ross, Pilecki.

3 November 1979

Argentina	12–17	Australia
Try: Petersen Con: Porta Pen: Porta Drop: Porta		Try: Match, Moom (2) Con: Paul McLean Pen: Paul McLean

Ferro C. Oeste, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S.Strydom (South Africa)

Argentina

Australia


Argentina		Australia
Martín Sansot	FB	15	FB	Paul McLean
Marcelo Campo	W	14	W	Paddy Batch
Rafael Madero	C	13	C	Michael O'Connor
Marcelo Loffreda	C	12	C	Andrew Slack
Adolfo Cappelletti	W	11	W	Brendan Moon
Hugo Porta (c)	FH	10	FH	Tony Melrose
Tomás Landajo	SH	9	SH	Phillip Cox
Héctor Silva	N8	8	N8	Mark Loane (c)
Tomáas Petersen	F	7	F	Greg Cornelsen
Gabriel Travaglini	F	6	F	Andy Stewart
Marcos Iachetti	L	5	L	Tony Shaw
Alejandro Iachetti	L	4	L	Peter McLean
Fernando Morel	P	3	P	Buddha Handy
Alejandro Cubelli	H	2	H	Bill Ross
Enrique Rodríguez	P	1	P	Stan Pilecki

Notes

1 2 Combined team formed by players outside Buenos Aires

References

↑ Los ocho duelos inolvidables que marcaron el historial entre los Pumas y los Wallabies, La Nación, 2015
1 2 3 Memoria y balance 1979 on UAR website

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[interior-3] 1 2 Combined team formed by players outside Buenos Aires

[1] Los ocho duelos inolvidables que marcaron el historial entre los Pumas y los Wallabies, La Nación, 2015

[memoria-2] 1 2 3 Memoria y balance 1979 on UAR website

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