1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America

1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America
Summary
P W D L
Total
9 6 2 1
Test match
2 1 1 0
Opponent
P W D L
 Argentina
2 1 1 0

The 1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America, was a series of rugby matches played in Chile and Argentina. This tour by the Ireland national rugby union team coincided with the death of Eva Peron, the wife of Juan Peron, the President of Argentina. As a result, it was almost cancelled. Eva Peron died on 26 July, six days after the Irish squad had departed Dublin. However, after playing their first game in Santiago, Chile, the team travelled onto Buenos Aires and completed the tour as planned. They finished with a record of played 9, won 6, drew 2 and 1 defeat. The tour also featured the first full rugby internationals between Ireland and Argentina.[1][2]

Matches

9 August
Chile  0–30  Ireland XV
12 August
Capital 6–12  Ireland XV
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
15 August
Club Pucará 11–6  Ireland XV
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
17 August
Provincia 6–6  Ireland XV
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
21 August
Argentina A Argentina 3–19  Ireland XV
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
24 August
Argentina  3–3  Ireland XV
Try: Fernandez del Casal
 Try: O'Meara
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ossie Glassgow (Ireland)
Argentina Ireland XV
Julio GenoudFB15FBRobin Gregg
Edmundo CaffaroneW14WMick Lane
Enrique Fernandez del CasalC13CRichard Chambers
Alfredo PalmaC12CJohn Notley
Julian SantiagoW11WMichael Hillary
Ricardo GilesFH10FHWilliam Hewitt
Guillermo EhrmanSH9SHJohn O'Meara
Miguel SarandonN88N8Jim McCarthy
Alberto ConenF7FPatrick Kavanagh
Rodolfo GrosseF6FMichael Dargan
Lucas GlastraL5LPatrick Lawlor
Emilio DominguezL4LP.P. Traynor
Normando TompkinsP3PW.J. O'Neill
Carlos SwainH2HFuzzy Anderson
Ricardo FollettP1PJohn Smith
Coaches
GPS Hogan
28 August
Argentina B Argentina 3–25  Ireland XV
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
31 August
Argentina  0–6  Ireland XV
Pen: Dargan, Hillary
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Attendance: .000
Argentina Ireland XV
Enrique Fernandez del CasalFB15FBRobin Gregg
Edmundo CaffaroneW14WPatrick Kavanagh
Gaston RecagnoC13CRichard Chambers
Alfredo PalmaC12CJohn Notley
Antonio SalinasW11WMichael Hillary
Ricardo GilesFH10FHWilliam Hewitt
Guillermo EhrmanSH9SHJohn O'Meara
Ezequiel HolmbergN88N8Jim McCarthy
Rodolfo GrosseF7FDes O'Brien (c)
Alberto ConenF6FMichael Dargan
Luis MauretteL5LP.P. Traynor
Emilio DominguezL4LJames Kavanagh
Normando TompkinsP3PW.J. O'Neill
Carlos SwainH2HFuzzy Anderson
Ricardo FollettP1PJohn Smith
Coaches
GPS Horgan
3 September 1952
Club Universitario B.A. 11–19  Ireland XV
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires

Touring party

Backs

Forwards

See also

 

References

  1. ↑ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin
  2. ↑ www.irishrugby.ie
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