1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina

1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	06 03 02 01
Test match	02 00 01 01
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina[note 1]	2 0 1 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	1964 Africa
Next tour	1969 Oceania

In 1968, the Wales national rugby union team toured Argentina for a series of rugby union matches against Argentine regional and invitational teams, as well as two matches against the Argentina national team.

History

The tour also took in five matches against Argentine regional and invitational teams with one test against South Africa. This was the first official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere.

It was the first Welsh tour in Argentina: before only South Africa, Ireland and France national teams, visited Argentina and South America.

Despite the fact that the Welsh Rugby Union did not consider them as official, the two matches against Argentina national team were deemed test matches for Argentina.

It was a big surprise that the "Pumas" won the series with a victory and a draw.

Match summary

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

  Test matches

Date	Opponent	City	Venue	Score
7 September	Belgrano	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	24–11
11 September	Seleccionado Interior [note 2]	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	12–3
14 September	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	5–9
21 September	Argentina B	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	8–8
25 September	Argentina C [note 3]	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	9–6
28 September	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	9–9

Notes

Match details

Belgrano: H. Rosati; C. Cornille, C. Martínez, G. Escobar, E. de las Carreras; F. Forrester, L. Gradín; A. Gómez Aparicio, E. Elowson, L. Loyola; M. Cole, L. Tahier; G. Luchetti, F. Gradín (c), E. Verardo
Wales: J. Williams; A. Morgan, J. Dawes (c), G. Ball, L. Daniel; P. Bennett, G. Turner; T. Gray, D. Hughes, D. Morris; L. Baxter, R. Mainwaring; B. Butler, N. Gales, J. Lloyd

11 September 1968

Seleccionado Interior

3–12

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Niño (Argentina )

Seleccionado del Interior: J. Seaton; E. España, R. Taquini, J. Benzi, A. Quetglas; R. Villavicencio, O. Aletta da Silva; J. Imhoff, M. Chesta, J. L. Imhoff (c); M. Campra, H. Suárez; F. Landó, J. Fradua, S. Furno
Wales: J. Williams; S. Ferguson, G. Ball, G. Dawes (c), A. Morgan; R. Phillips, T. Evans, A. John, J. Jeffery, A. Gray; M. Witshire, W. Mainwaring; W. Williams, B. Rees, L. Butler

Argentina

Wales

Argentina: 15. Jorge Seaton, 14. Mario Walther, 13. Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, 12. Marcelo Pascual, 11. Alejandro Travaglini, 10. Jorge Dartiguelongue, 9. Adolfo Etchegaray, 8. Hector Silva, 7. Miguel Chesta, 6. Raul Loyola, 5. Aitor Otano, 4. Adrian Anthony, 3. Marcelo Farina, 2. Ricardo Handley, 1. Luis Garcia Yanez
Wales: 15.

Argentina B: D. Morgan; N. Pérez, J. Benzi, R. Villavicencio, A. Travaglini; C. Martínez, L. Gradín (c); G. Plesky, H. Miguens, J. Imhoff; L. Varela, R. Sellarés; R. Casabal, C. Massabó, A. Abella. Wales: J. Williams; L. Daniel, S. Dawes (c), G. Ball, A. Morgan; R. Phillips, G. Turner; A. Gray, D. Hughes, W. Morris, W. Mainwarling, M. Witshire; W. Williams, N. Gale, D. Lloyd

25 September 1968

Argentina C

6–9

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: César De Elizalde (Argentina )

Argentina C: Pagano (c); N. Pérez, E. Reynolds, P. Grossi, J. Fiordalisi; G. Pimentel, A. Gómez Aparicio; J. O'Reilly, E. Elowson, M. Morgan; R. Castro, J. Ferraiuolo; M. Carluccio, E. Toribio, H. Nicola
Wales: J. Williams; S. Ferguson, G. Ball, S. Dawes (c), A. Morgan; P. Bennett, T. Evans; A. John, D. Hughes, J. Jefrey; M. Wilshire, L. Baxter; w. Williams, B. Rees, B. Butler

Argentina

Wales

Argentina: 15. Jorge Seaton, 14. Mario Walther, 13. Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, 12. Marcelo Pascual, 11. Nestor Perez, 10. Jorge Dartiguelongue, 9. Adolfo Etchegaray, 7. Hector Silva (c), 8. Miguel Chesta, 6. Raul Loyola, 5. Aitor Otano, 4. Adrian Anthony, 3. Marcelo Farina, 2. Ricardo Handley, 1. Luis Garcia Yanez
Wales: 15.

• History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Wales

References