1970 IRELAND RUGBY UNION TOUR OF ARGENTINA

1970 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina
1970 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina
	Team that played a test v Argentina; at Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium
Summary
P	W
Total
07	04
Test match
02	00
Opponent
P	W
Argentina
2	0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Australia 1967
Next tour	New Zealand & Fiji 1976

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 were not officially recognised by the Irish Rugby Football Union as Test matches,^[2] 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.

Touring party

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

Backs

Barry Bresnihan ( London Irish)
Bill Brown ( Malone)
Alan Duggan ( Lansdowne)
Tom Grace ( University College Dublin)
L. Hall ( Garryowen)
Tom Kiernan ( Cork Constitution)
Barry McGann ( Cork Constitution)
John Moloney ( St Mary's College)
H. Murphy ( University College Dublin)
Barry O'Driscoll ( Manchester)
Frank O'Driscoll ( University College Dublin)

Forwards

Match details

Complete list of matches played by Ireland in Argentina:^[1]

30 August 1970

Selecc. Interior ^{[note 2]}	11–33	Ireland
Try: Brandi Con: Capell Pen: Capell		Try: Brown (3), Buckley (2) Con: Ciernan (3) Pen: Ciernan (3) Drop: Mc Gann

Ferro Carril 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: 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 RU	6–11	Ireland
Pen: Seaton (2)		Try: Grace, Lamont Con: Mc Gann Pen: B. O ́Driscoll

Plaza Jewell, 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: 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
Pen: Seaton Drop: Harris-Smith		Try: Hipwell Drop: Mc Gann (2)

Ferro Carril 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: 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
Try: Casas		Try: Duggan, O. ́Callaghan Madigan Con: Ciernan Pen: Ciernan

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ricardo Colombo ( Argentina)^{[note 3]}

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: 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.

First test

13 September

Argentina	8–3	Ireland
Try: Gradín, Travaglini	Report	Try: Hipwell

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
Referee: Carlos Tozzi ( Argentina)

Team details

Argentina

Ireland


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 Martínez	FH	10	FH	Barry McGann
Luis Gradín	SH	9	SH	John Moloney
Raúl Loyola	N8	6	N8	Michael Hipwell
Héctor Silva (capt)	F	8	F	Terry Moore
Hugo Miguens	F	7	F	James Buckley
Aitor Otaño	L	5	L	Mick Molloy
Adrián Anthony	L	4	L	Willie-John McBride
Luis García Yánez	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
Try: Orzábal Con: Cutler Pen: Cutler (3) Drop: Pimentel

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
Referee: Eduardo Niño Argentina

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: 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.

Second test

20 September

Argentina	6–3	Ireland
Try: Gradín (2)		Try: Kiernan

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
Referee: Eduardo Nino ( Argentina)

Team details

Argentina

Ireland


Dudley Morgan	FB	15	FB	Tom Kiernan (capt)
Mario Walther	W	14	W	Alan Duggan
Arturo Rodríguez Jurado	C	13	C	Barry Bresnihan
Alejandro Travaglini	C	12	C	Frank O'Driscoll
Marcelo Pascual	W	11	W	Tom Grace
Carlos Martínez	FH	10	FH	Barry McGann
Luis Gradín	SH	9	SH	John Moloney
Raúl Loyola	N8	7	N8	Michael Hipwell
(capt.) Héctor Silva	F	8	F	Terry Moore
Hugo Miguens	F	6	F	James Buckley
Adrián Anthony	L	5	L	Mick Molloy
Aitor Otaño	L	4	L	Willie-John McBride
Ronnie Foster	P	3	P	Sean Lynch
Ricardo Handley	H	2	H	John Birch
Luis García Yáñez	P	1	P	Philo O'Callaghan

Notes

^ Recognized as official tests only by UAR.^[1]
^ Combined team composed of players from clubs outside Buenos Aires Province.^[1]
^ Replaced from 18' by Bruno Bertelli.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Memoria y Balance 1970 on UAR
^ "Irish Rugby 1874-1999". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[olyarg-2] Recognized as official tests only by UAR.^[1]

[interior-4] Combined team composed of players from clubs outside Buenos Aires Province.^[1]

[replace-5] Replaced from 18' by Bruno Bertelli.

[memoria-1] Memoria y Balance 1970 on UAR

[3] "Irish Rugby 1874-1999". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

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[note 3]

v t e Rugby union tours of Argentina
Australia	1979 1987 1997 2002
British & Irish Lions	1910 1927 1936
England	1981 1990 1997 2002 2013 2017
Fiji	1980 2003
France	1949 1954 1960 1974 1977 1985 1986 1988 1992 1996 1998 2002 2003 2012 2016 ~~2020~~ 2024
Ireland	1952 1970 2000 2007 2014
Italy	1989 2001 2005 2007 2008
Japan	1993 2005
New Zealand	1976 1985 1991 2001 2006
Romania	1973
Samoa	2005
South Africa	1932 (Junior Springboks) 1959 (Junior Springboks) 1966 (Gazelles) 1972 (Gazelles) 1993 1996 2000 2004 2005
Scotland	1969 1994 2008 2022
Wales	1968 1999 2004 2006 2018
Other teams	Oxford– Cambridge: 1948, 1956, 1965, 1971 New Zealand Development: 1994

v t e Rugby union tours of Argentina
Australia	1979 1987 1997 2002
British & Irish Lions	1910 1927 1936
England	1981 1990 1997 2002 2013 2017
Fiji	1980 2003
France	1949 1954 1960 1974 1977 1985 1986 1988 1992 1996 1998 2002 2003 2012 2016 ~~2020~~ 2024
Ireland	1952 1970 2000 2007 2014
Italy	1989 2001 2005 2007 2008
Japan	1993 2005
New Zealand	1976 1985 1991 2001 2006
Romania	1973
Samoa	2005
South Africa	1932 (Junior Springboks) 1959 (Junior Springboks) 1966 (Gazelles) 1972 (Gazelles) 1993 1996 2000 2004 2005
Scotland	1969 1994 2008 2022
Wales	1968 1999 2004 2006 2018
Other teams	Oxford– Cambridge: 1948, 1956, 1965, 1971 New Zealand Development: 1994

Touring party

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Match details

First test

Second test

Notes

References

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