2018 Wales rugby union tour to Argentina and the United States

2018 Wales rugby union tour to Argentina and the United States
Coach(es)	Warren Gatland
Tour captain(s)	Cory Hill Ellis Jenkins
Top test point scorer(s)	Rhys Patchell
Summary	P W D L
Total	03 03 00 00
Test match	03 03 00 00
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 2 0 0
South Africa	1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Pacific Islands 2017
Next tour	New Zealand 2020

In June 2018, Wales played a two-test series against Argentina as part of the 2018 June rugby union tests. It was Wales's first test series against Argentina since their 2006 tour. Ahead of the test series, Wales played South Africa in a one-off test match in Washington, D.C.

Fixtures

Date	Venue	City	Opponent	Score
2 June 2018	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	South Africa	22–20
9 June 2018	Estadio del Bicentenario	San Juan	Argentina	23–10
16 June 2018	Estadio Centenario	Resistencia	Argentina	30–12

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 9 June, the first test match of the tour.

Wales

On 8 May, head coach

On 16 May, Luke Charteris, Tomas Francis and Josh Adams were forced to pull out of the squad due to selection protocols, while Josh Navidi withdrew due to injury. Ashton Hewitt, Rhodri Jones and Aaron Wainwright were called up in their places.^[2]

On 27 May, Aaron Shingler and Ashton Hewitt withdrew from the squad due to injury. Josh Turnbull was called up as a replacement.^[3]

On 3 June, Steff Evans withdrew from the squad due to injury. Josh Adams and Tomas Francis were recalled to the squad in his place.^[4]

Coaching team:

• Head coach: Warren Gatland
• Backs/Attack coach: Rob Howley
• Forwards coach: Robin McBryde
• Defence coach: Shaun Edwards

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Elliot Dee	Hooker	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 24)	8	Dragons
Ryan Elias	Hooker	(1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 23)	3	Scarlets
Rob Evans	Prop	(1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 26)	25	Scarlets
Tomas Francis	Prop	(1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 26)	31	Exeter Chiefs
Rhodri Jones	Prop	(1991-12-23)23 December 1991 (aged 26)	17	Ospreys
Wyn Jones	Prop	(1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 26)	9	Scarlets
Samson Lee ‡	Prop	(1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 25)	38	Scarlets
Dillon Lewis	Prop	(1996-01-04)4 January 1996 (aged 22)	3	Cardiff Blues
Nicky Smith	Prop	(1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 24)	19	Ospreys
Adam Beard	Lock	(1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (aged 22)	2	Ospreys
Luke Charteris	Lock	(1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 35)	74	Bath
Bradley Davies ‡	Lock	(1987-01-09)9 January 1987 (aged 31)	63	Ospreys
Seb Davies	Lock	(1996-05-15)15 May 1996 (aged 22)	5	Cardiff Blues
Cory Hill (c)	Lock	(1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 26)	16	Dragons
James Davies	Flanker	(1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 27)	1	Scarlets
Ellis Jenkins (c)	Flanker	(1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 25)	7	Cardiff Blues
Josh Navidi	Flanker	(1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 27)	11	Cardiff Blues
Aaron Shingler	Flanker	(1987-08-07)7 August 1987 (aged 30)	17	Scarlets
Josh Turnbull	Flanker	(1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 30)	8	Cardiff Blues
Aaron Wainwright	Flanker	(1997-09-25)25 September 1997 (aged 20)	0	Dragons
Ross Moriarty	Number 8	(1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 24)	21	Gloucester
Aled Davies	Scrum-half	(1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 25)	9	Scarlets
Gareth Davies ‡	Scrum-half	(1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 27)	32	Scarlets
Tomos Williams	Scrum-half	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 23)	1	Cardiff Blues
Gareth Anscombe ‡	Fly-half	(1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 27)	16	Cardiff Blues
Rhys Patchell	Fly-half	(1993-05-17)17 May 1993 (aged 25)	8	Scarlets
Hadleigh Parkes	Centre	(1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 30)	7	Scarlets
Owen Watkin	Centre	(1996-10-12)12 October 1996 (aged 21)	5	Ospreys
Scott Williams	Centre	(1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 27)	55	Scarlets
Josh Adams	Wing	(1995-04-21)21 April 1995 (aged 23)	2	Worcester Warriors
Steff Evans	Wing	(1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 23)	10	Scarlets
Ashton Hewitt	Wing	(1994-11-20)20 November 1994 (aged 23)	0	Dragons
George North	Wing	(1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 26)	74	Northampton Saints
Tom Prydie	Wing	(1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 26)	6	Scarlets
Hallam Amos ‡	Fullback	(1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 23)	16	Dragons

• ‡ – Denotes dual contracted players.

Argentina

Argentina 30-man squad for their 2018 June rugby union tests against Wales and Scotland.^[5]

Coaching team:

• Head coach: Daniel Hourcade
• Defence coach: Pablo Bouza
• Backs coach: Germán Fernández
• Forwards coach: Emiliano Bergamaschi

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Agustín Creevy (c)	Hooker	(1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 33)	71	Jaguares
Julián Montoya	Hooker	(1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 24)	41	Jaguares
Javier Díaz	Prop	(1995-07-26)26 July 1995 (aged 22)	0	Jaguares
Santiago García Botta	Prop	(1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 25)	22	Jaguares
Nicolás Leiva	Prop	(1993-01-18)18 January 1993 (aged 25)	0	Hindú
Santiago Medrano	Prop	(1996-05-06)6 May 1996 (aged 22)	0	Jaguares
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	Prop	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 28)	41	Jaguares
Matías Alemanno	Lock	(1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 26)	41	Jaguares
Marcos Kremer	Lock	(1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 20)	12	Jaguares
Tomás Lavanini	Lock	(1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 25)	38	Jaguares
Guido Petti	Lock	(1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 23)	33	Jaguares
Juan Manuel Leguizamón	Flanker	(1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 35)	82	Jaguares
Tomás Lezana	Flanker	(1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 24)	21	Jaguares
Pablo Matera	Flanker	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 24)	46	Jaguares
Javier Ortega Desio	Flanker	(1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 27)	40	Jaguares
Leonardo Senatore	Number 8	(1984-05-13)13 May 1984 (aged 34)	49	Jaguares
Gonzalo Bertranou	Scrum-half	(1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 24)	9	Jaguares
Tomás Cubelli	Scrum-half	(1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 28)	63	Jaguares
Martín Landajo	Scrum-half	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 29)	78	Jaguares
Santiago González Iglesias	Fly-half	(1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 29)	38	Jaguares
Nicolás Sánchez	Fly-half	(1988-10-26)26 October 1988 (aged 29)	62	Jaguares
Jerónimo de la Fuente	Centre	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 27)	36	Jaguares
Bautista Ezcurra	Centre	(1995-04-21)21 April 1995 (aged 23)	0	Jaguares
Matías Orlando	Centre	(1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 26)	31	Jaguares
Emiliano Boffelli	Wing	(1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 23)	11	Jaguares
Sebastián Cancelliere	Wing	(1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 24)	3	Jaguares
Juan Cruz Mallia	Wing	(1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 21)	0	Jaguares
Matías Moroni	Wing	(1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 27)	31	Jaguares
Ramiro Moyano	Wing	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 28)	20	Jaguares
Bautista Delguy	Fullback	(1997-04-22)22 April 1997 (aged 21)	0	Jaguares

Matches

Warm-up match

South Africa

Wales

FB 15 Curwin Bosch  31'  40'  49' RW 14 Travis Ismaiel OC 13 Jesse Kriel IC 12 André Esterhuizen LW 11 Makazole Mapimpi  76' FH 10 Elton Jantjies  71' SH 9 Ivan van Zyl N8 8 Dan du Preez  53' OF 7 Oupa Mohojé BF 6 Kwagga Smith 10' to 19' RL 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit (c) LL 4 Jason Jenkins  61' TP 3 Wilco Louw  44' HK 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle  52' LP 1 Ox Nché  44' Replacements: HK 16 Akker van der Merwe  52' PR 17 Steven Kitshoff  44' PR 18 Thomas du Toit  44' LK 19 Marvin Orie  61' FL 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe  10'  19'  53' SH 21 Embrose Papier  76' FH 22 Robert du Preez  61' WG 23 Warrick Gelant  31'  40'  49' Coach: Rassie Erasmus

FB 15 Hallam Amos RW 14 Tom Prydie OC 13 George North IC 12 Owen Watkin  56' LW 11 Steff Evans  29' FH 10 Gareth Anscombe SH 9 Tomos Williams  78' N8 8 Ross Moriarty OF 7 Ellis Jenkins (c) BF 6 Seb Davies RL 5 Cory Hill LL 4 Bradley Davies TP 3 Dillon Lewis  52' HK 2 Elliot Dee  70' LP 1 Nicky Smith  48' Replacements: HK 16 Ryan Elias  70' PR 17 Wyn Jones  48' PR 18 Rhodri Jones  52' LK 19 Adam Beard FL 20 Aaron Wainwright SH 21 Aled Davies  78' FH 22 Rhys Patchell CE 23 Hadleigh Parkes  29' Coach: Warren Gatland

Man of the Match: Ellis Jenkins (Wales) Touch judges: Alexandre Ruiz (France) Frank Murphy (Ireland) Television match official: David Grashoff (England)

Notes:

• Tomos Williams (Wales) and Robert du Preez, Thomas du Toit, André Esterhuizen, Travis Ismaiel, Jason Jenkins, Makazole Mapimpi, Ox Nché, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Marvin Orie, Embrose Papier, Kwagga Smith, Akker van der Merwe and Ivan van Zyl (all South Africa) made their international debuts.
• This victory saw Wales record a record third consecutive win against the Springboks, and win for the first time away from home.

First test

Argentina

Wales

FB 15 Emiliano Boffelli RW 14 Bautista Delguy  53' OC 13 Matías Orlando IC 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente LW 11 Ramiro Moyano FH 10 Nicolás Sánchez  40' SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou  47' N8 8 Javier Ortega Desio OF 7 Marcos Kremer BF 6 Pablo Matera  46' RL 5 Tomás Lavanini  67' LL 4 Guido Petti TP 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro  64' HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c)  64' LP 1 Santiago García Botta 55' to 57'  59' Replacements: HK 16 Julián Montoya  64' PR 17 Javier Díaz  55'  57'  59' PR 18 Santiago Medrano  64' LK 19 Matías Alemanno  67' FL 20 Tomás Lezana  46' SH 21 Martín Landajo  47' FH 22 Santiago González Iglesias  40' WG 23 Sebastián Cancelliere  53' Coach: Daniel Hourcade

FB 15 Hallam Amos RW 14 Josh Adams OC 13 Scott Williams IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes LW 11 George North FH 10 Rhys Patchell  59' SH 9 Gareth Davies  59' N8 8 Ross Moriarty OF 7 James Davies BF 6 Seb Davies  52' RL 5 Cory Hill (c)  67' LL 4 Adam Beard TP 3 Dillon Lewis  52' HK 2 Elliot Dee  59' LP 1 Rob Evans  52' Replacements: HK 16 Ryan Elias  59' PR 17 Nicky Smith  52' PR 18 Tomas Francis  52' FL 19 Josh Turnbull  67' FL 20 Aaron Wainwright  52' SH 21 Aled Davies  59' FH 22 Gareth Anscombe  59' CE 23 Owen Watkin Coach: Warren Gatland

Man of the Match: James Davies (Wales) Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) Mathieu Raynal (France) Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

• Javier Díaz, Bautista Delguy, Santiago Medrano (all Argentina) and Aaron Wainwright (Wales) made their international debuts.
• This was Wales' first victory over Argentina in Argentina since their 35–20 win in 2004.

Second test

Argentina

Wales

FB 15 Emiliano Boffelli RW 14 Bautista Delguy OC 13 Matías Orlando IC 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente  67' LW 11 Ramiro Moyano  55' FH 10 Nicolás Sánchez SH 9 Martín Landajo  51' N8 8 Javier Ortega Desio OF 7 Marcos Kremer BF 6 Pablo Matera  48' RL 5 Tomás Lavanini  48' LL 4 Guido Petti TP 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro  58' HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c)  48' LP 1 Santiago García Botta  51' Replacements: HK 16 Julián Montoya  48' PR 17 Javier Díaz  51' PR 18 Santiago Medrano  58' LK 19 Matías Alemanno  48' FL 20 Tomás Lezana  48' SH 21 Gonzalo Bertranou  51' FH 22 Santiago González Iglesias  67' WG 23 Sebastián Cancelliere  55' Coach: Daniel Hourcade

FB 15 Hallam Amos  70' RW 14 Josh Adams OC 13 Scott Williams IC 12 Owen Watkin LW 11 George North FH 10 Rhys Patchell  57' SH 9 Aled Davies  57' N8 8 Ross Moriarty  80' OF 7 James Davies  70' BF 6 Ellis Jenkins RL 5 Cory Hill (c) LL 4 Adam Beard  60' TP 3 Tomas Francis  57' HK 2 Ryan Elias  60' LP 1 Rob Evans  64' Replacements: HK 16 Elliot Dee  60' PR 17 Nicky Smith  64' PR 18 Dillon Lewis  57' LK 19 Bradley Davies  60' FL 20 Josh Turnbull  70' SH 21 Tomos Williams  57' FH 22 Gareth Anscombe  57' WG 23 Tom Prydie  70' Coach: Warren Gatland

Touch judges: Mathieu Raynal (France) Andrew Brace (Ireland) Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

• This win saw Wales claim their first series victory over Argentina since 1999.

See also

• 2018 June rugby union tests
• History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Wales
• History of rugby union matches between South Africa and Wales

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