2013 England rugby union tour of Argentina

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2013 England rugby union tour of Argentina
Coach(es)Stuart Lancaster
Tour captain(s)Tom Wood
Top point scorer(s)Freddie Burns (51)
Top try scorer(s)Billy Vunipola (4)
Top test point scorer(s)Freddie Burns (31)
Top test try scorer(s)Marland Yarde (2)
Summary
P W D L
Total
04 04 00 00
Test match
02 02 00 00
Opponent
P W D L
 Argentina
2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tourSouth Africa 2012
Next tourNew Zealand 2014

In June 2013,

International Rugby Board
, which runs through to 2019.

England played the Pumas over a two-week period, playing in

Estadio José Amalfitani in the capital city of Buenos Aires (15 June). The first test was their first encounter since England's 13–9 victory over Argentina during the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and was the first time they have met in Argentina since 2009, the last time Argentina beat England. England won both matches of the series, completing their first series victory in Argentina since the 1981 England rugby union tour of Argentina, and winning both matches of a series in Argentina for the first time.[2]

Ahead of the test series, England played their annual uncapped fixture against the

South American XV side, which was made up of representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay
.

Fixtures

Date and time Venue Home Score Away
26 May 2013 13:00
UTC+1
) 		Twickenham Stadium, London England  40–12 Barbarians
2 June 2013 15:30
UTC-3
) 		Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Sudamérica XV
21–41  England
8 June 2013 16:10
UTC-3
) 		Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Argentina  3–32  England
15 June 2013 16:10
UTC-3
)
Estadio José Amalfitani
, Buenos Aires 		Argentina  26–51  England

Squads

England

England's 32-man squad for fixtures against the

South American XV.[4]
Full-back Alex Goode and uncapped centre Joel Tomkins withdrew from the squad due to injury. They were replaced by uncapped players Stephen Myler and Luther Burrell.[5]

Ed Slater and Calum Clark was ruled out of the tour due to injury and Kearnan Myall was added to the squad for the tour.[6]

Barbarians
.

British and Irish Lions.[7]
Corbisiero was not replaced.

  • Head coach:
    Stuart Lancaster
  • Caps and ages are to Barbarians match (26 May 2013)

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Rob Buchanan
Hooker
 (1991-05-13)13 May 1991 (aged 22) 0 England Harlequins
David Paice
Hooker
 (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 29) 6 England London Irish
Rob Webber
Hooker
 (1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 26) 3 England Bath
Alex Corbisiero
Prop
 (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 (aged 24) 18 England London Irish
Paul Doran-Jones
Prop
 (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 28) 4 England Northampton Saints
Joe Marler
Prop
 (1990-07-07)7 July 1990 (aged 22) 10 England Harlequins
Henry Thomas
Prop
 (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 (aged 21) 0 England Sale Sharks
David Wilson
Prop
 (1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 28) 26 England Bath
Dave Attwood
Lock
 (1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 26) 2 England Bath
Joe Launchbury
Lock
 (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 22) 9 England London Wasps
Courtney Lawes
Lock
 (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 24) 20 England Northampton Saints
Kearnan Myall
Lock
 (1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 26) 0 England Sale Sharks
Tom Johnson Flanker (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 30) 5 England Exeter Chiefs
Matt Kvesic Flanker (1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 21) 0 England Worcester Warriors
Tom Wood (c) Flanker (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 26) 18 England Northampton Saints
Ben Morgan
Number 8
 (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 24) 10 England Gloucester
Billy Vunipola
Number 8
 (1992-11-03)3 November 1992 (aged 20) 0 England London Wasps
Lee Dickson
Scrum-half
 (1985-03-29)29 March 1985 (aged 28) 7 England Northampton Saints
Haydn Thomas
Scrum-half
 (1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 30) 0 England Exeter Chiefs
Richard Wigglesworth
Scrum-half
 (1983-06-09)9 June 1983 (aged 29) 12 England Saracens
Freddie Burns
Fly-half
 (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 23) 1 England Gloucester
Stephen Myler
Fly-half
 (1984-07-21)21 July 1984 (aged 28) 0 England Northampton Saints
Luther Burrell
Centre
 (1987-12-06)6 December 1987 (aged 25) 0 England Northampton Saints
Kyle Eastmond
Centre
 (1989-07-17)17 July 1989 (aged 23) 0 England Bath
Jonathan Joseph
Centre
 (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 21) 4 England London Irish
Billy Twelvetrees
Centre
 (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 24) 4 England Gloucester
Jonny May
Wing
 (1990-04-01)1 April 1990 (aged 23) 0 England Gloucester
David Strettle
Wing
 (1983-07-23)23 July 1983 (aged 29) 13 England Saracens
Christian Wade
Wing
 (1991-05-15)15 May 1991 (aged 22) 0 England London Wasps
Marland Yarde
Wing
 (1992-04-20)20 April 1992 (aged 21) 0 England London Irish
Mike Brown
Fullback
 (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 27) 16 England Harlequins
Ben Foden
Fullback
 (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 27) 30 England Northampton Saints

Argentina

Argentina 28-man squad for the 2013 England rugby union tour of Argentina and single test against Georgia[8]

  • Head coach: Argentina Santiago Phelan
  • Caps and ages are to Barbarians match (26 May 2013)

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Martín García Veiga
Hooker
 (1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 26) 3 Argentina Buenos Aires
Mauricio Guidone
Hooker
 (1988-01-28)28 January 1988 (aged 25) 7 Argentina La Plata
Bruno Postiglioni
Hooker
 (1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 26) 7 Argentina La Plata
Maximiliano Bustos
Prop
 (1986-04-02)2 April 1986 (aged 27) 1
Montpellier
Francisco Gómez Kodela
Prop
 (1985-07-07)7 July 1985 (aged 27) 8 France Biarritz
Pablo Henn
Prop
 (1982-07-15)15 July 1982 (aged 30) 8 France CA Brive
Guillermo Roan
Prop
 (1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 24) 4 France Cavalieri Prato
Julio Farías Cabello
Lock
 (1978-09-19)19 September 1978 (aged 34) 19
London Welsh
Mariano Galarza
Lock
 (1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 26) 8 Argentina La Plata Uni.
Esteban Lozada
Lock
 (1982-01-08)8 January 1982 (aged 31) 19 France Agen
Tomás Vallejos
Lock
 (1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 28) 4 Argentina Pampas XV
Rodrigo Báez Flanker (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 24) 5
Liceo
Tomás de la Vega Flanker (1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 22) 6 Argentina CUBA
Tomás Leonardi Flanker (1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 25) 15 South Africa Southern Kings
Benjamín Macome
Number 8
 (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 27) 8 Argentina Tucumán
Tomás Cubelli
Scrum-half
 (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 23) 11 Argentina Belgrano
Martín Landajo
Scrum-half
 (1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 24) 17 Argentina C.A.S.I.
Nicolás Vergallo
Scrum-half
 (1983-04-20)20 April 1983 (aged 30) 31 South Africa Southern Kings
Felipe Contepomi (c)
Fly-half
 (1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 35) 79 France Stade Français
Benjamín Madero
Fly-half
 (1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 24) 2 Argentina San Isidro
Gabriel Ascárate
Centre
 (1987-10-20)20 October 1987 (aged 25) 5 France Carcassonne
Matías Orlando
Centre
 (1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 21) 3 Argentina Huirapuca
Gonzalo Tiesi
Centre
 (1985-04-24)24 April 1985 (aged 28) 33
London Welsh
Benjamín Urdapilleta
Centre
 (1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 27) 8 France Oyonnax
Belisario Agulla
Wing
 (1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 25) 8 France Agen
Manuel Montero
Wing
 (1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 21) 7 Argentina Club Pucará
Martín Bustos Moyano
Fullback
 (1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 27) 1 France Montpellier
Tomás Carrió
Fullback
 (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 24) 3 Argentina Duendes

Matches

Warm-up match

26 May 2013
13:00
UTC+01)
England 40–12Barbarians
Try: Burns 1' c
Yarde 43' c
Eastmond 55' m
Wade 61' c
Twelvetrees 66' m
Con: Burns (3/4) 1', 44', 62'
Pen: Burns (3/3) 4', 11', 24'		Report[9]Try: Brits 70' m
Daly 77' c
Con: Evans (1/2) 78'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 60,601
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

South American XV

2 June 2013
15:30
Sudamérica XV
21–41 England
Try: Penalty try 17' c
Sansot 43' c
Magno 68' c
Con: Madero (3/3) 18', 44', 69'		Report[10]Try: Foden (2) 20' m, 47' m
Vunipola (3) 29' c, 32' c, 35 m
Wood 39' c
Doran-Jones 58' m
Con: Myler (3/7) 30', 33', 40'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay

First test

8 June 2013
16:10
New Zealand
)

Second test

15 June 2013
16:10
Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales
)

See also

References

  1. ^ "England confirm Argentina tour". planetrugby.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ Standley, James. "Argentina 26–51 England". bbc.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  3. ^ England v Barbarians Archived 8 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Tom Wood to captain England against Pumas". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ Burrell and Myler called into England tour squad Archived 8 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "England warned to behave on tour". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Tom. "Cian Healy ruled out of tour with ankle injury". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Argentina name squad for June". planetrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ "England v Barbarians". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Consur XV v England". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Argentina v England". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Argentina v England". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  13. ^ Standley, James. "Argentina 26–51 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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