1965 Argentina rugby union tour of Rhodesia and South Africa

1965 Argentina rugby union tour of Rhodesia and South Africa
Summary	P W D L
Total	16 11 1 4
Test match	1 [1] 1 0 0
Opponent	P W D L
Junior Springboks	1 [2] 1 0 0

The 1965 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of sixteen matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in May and June 1965.

It was the first tour of Argentinian team outside of South America. In this tour was born the nickname Pumas: for Argentinian Player. The victory against Junior Springboks, was considered historical; in the same day ("black Saturday") when Springboks was defeated in Australia

Matches

8 May 1965

Rhodesia	17 - 12	Argentina XV

Salisbury

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12 May 1965

Northern Transvaal CD	25 - 13	Argentina XV

Petersburg

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15 May 1965

Western Transvaal CD	11 - 38	Argentina XV

Potchefstroom

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19 May 1965

SW Africa C.D.	5 - 43	Argentina XV

Windhoek

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22 May 1965

Eastern Transvaal C.D.	9 - 22	Argentina XV

Ermelo

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26 May 1965

Grigualand West C.D.	12 - 32	Argentina XV

Kimberley

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29 May 1965

North Eastern district	6 - 17	Argentina XV

Aliwal North

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1 June 1965

Border Country District	6 - 6	Argentina XV

Queenstown

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3 June 1965

Eastern province CD	6 - 27	Argentina XV

Cradock

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5 June 1965

South West Districts	3 - 0	Argentina XV

Oudtshoorn

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9 June 1965

Southern Universities	6 - 22	Argentina XV

Cape Town

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12 June 1965

Boland C.D.	12 - 20	Argentina XV

Wellington, Western Cape

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16 June 1965

Orange Free State C.D.	14 - 17	Argentina XV

Welkom

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19 June 1965

Junior Springboks	6 - 11	Argentina
Try: du Preez 2		Try: Espana, Loyola Pascual Con: Poggi

Ellis Park, Johannesburg Attendance: .000 Referee: Pieter Robbertse

Junior Springboks		Argentina
Dries Pretorius	FB	15	FB	Roberto Cazenave
J. Serfontein	W	14	W	Enrico Neri
B. Ackerman	C	13	C	Marcelo Pascual
Johan van der Schyff	C	12	C	Arturo Rodriguez Jurado
Alan Wiggett	W	11	W	Eduardo Espana
Hugh Bladen	FH	10	FH	Eduardo Poggi
Kid du Preez	SH	9	SH	Adolfo Etchegaray
Koos Claasen	N8	8	N8	Eduardo Scharemberg
Louis Slabber	F	7	F	Hector Silva
Oupa du Piesanie	F	6	F	Raul Loyola
Brian Irvine	L	5	L	Rodolfo Schmidt
E. Claassen	L	4	L	Aitor Otano (capt.)
W. Storm	P	3	P	Ronnie Foster
N.J.J. van Rensburg	H	2	H	Nicanor Gonzalez del Solar
R. Dercksen	P	1	P	Luis Garcia Yanez

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23 June 1965

Natal Country District	14 - 24	Argentina XV

Durban

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26 June 1965

SA Country District	31 - 11	Argentina XV

Bloemfontein

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The team

• Roberto Eduardo Cazenave,
• Bernardo Aitor Otaño
• Arturo Hilario Rodríguez Jurada
• Ronaldo Foster
• Nicanor César González del Solar
• Enrico Neri
• Eduardo Enrique Scharenberg
• Adolfo Marcelo Etchegaray
• Héctor Luis Silva
• Guillermo Eduardo Mc Cormick
• Marcelo Guillermo Pascual
• Manuel María Beccar Vareta
• Eduardo Juan Tomás Poggi
• Agustín Silveyra
• Heriberto Ricardo Handley
• Luis Horacio García Yáñez
• Héctor Goti
• José Luis Imhoff
• Eduardo España
• Luis Raúl Loyola
• Juan Francisco Benzi
• R Golfo Schmidt
• Guillermo Jiba
• Jorge Hernán Dartiguelongue
• Luis Moran- Gradín
• Walter 0. Aniz.

Sources

• Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979-80. Queen Anne Press. pp. 47–51. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.
• Union Argentina de Rugby (November 1965). "MEMORIA Temporada año 1965" (.doc) (in Spanish).

Notes

1. The match with Junior Springboks was considered an official match only by Union Argentina de Rugby
2. Not "cap match" for South African Rugby Board