1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

7	6	0	1

Test match

2	1	0	1

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Argentina

2	1	0	1

The 1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played between October and November 1979 in Argentina by Australia. The Wallabies won six matches of seven and drew the two game Test series against the "Pumas", led by Hugo Porta. It was the first tour of an Australian side in Argentina. The Australian squad captain was the Queenslander Mark Loane.

Results

13 October 1979

San Isidro Club	12–17	Australia XV
Try: penalty try Con: Loffreda Pen: Loffreda Drop: F.Sainz Trápaga;		Try: O'Connor, Moon, Crowe; Con: Paul McLean Pen: Paul McLean

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires

San Isidro Club: F.Argerich; C.Ramallo, F.Sainz Trápaga, M.Loffreda, M.Walther (capt.); R.Madero y A.Soares Sache; R.de Vedia, T, Petersen, R.Lucke; B.Minguez, M.Glastra; F.Insúa, J.Pérez Cabo, C.Sainz.
Australia: Paul McLean; B.Moon, A.Slack, M.O'Connor, P.Crowe; A.Melrose P, Carean; M.Loane (capt.); G.Cornelsen, T.Shaw; Peter Mc Lean, M.Mathers; S.Pilecki, P, Horton, C.Handy.

16 October 1979

Interior	12–47	Australia XV
Try: Basile Con: Virgolini Drop: Rodriguez		Try: Crowe 2, Ella Loane, Peter Mc Lean Batch, Gould, Cox Con: Gould 6 Drop: Ella

Club Universitario, Salta

Interior: Torno; Nogués, Rodríguez, Gasilica, San Martín; Virgolini, Basile; Bisio, Passaglia, Antonini; Casale, Mangiamelli; Irañeta, del Chazal (Bianchi), Michelli.
Australia: Gould; Crowe, Slack, Knight, Batch; Ella, Cox; T.Shaw, Loane (capt.), Cornelsen (Mathers); Hall, Peter Mc Lean; D'Arcy, Ros, Cooligan

20 October 1979

Buenos Aires	6–22	Australia XV
Try: Puccy Con: G.Beccar Varela		Try: Cox, T.Shaw M.O'Connor, Batch; Con: P.Mc.Lean 3

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires

:Buenos Aires: E.García Terán; A.Puccio, C.Jacobi, G.Beccar Varela, C.Ramallo; G.Sanguinetti, M. Garcia Laborde; M.Negra, M.Glastra, G.Paz; C.Bottarini, B.Minguez; R.Ventura (capt.), J.Sarto, A.Cerioni.
Australia: Paul McLean; (R.Gould); P.Batch, A.Slack, M.O'Connor, B.Moon; T.Melrouse, P.Cox; T.Shaw, M.Loane (capt.), A.Stewart; Peter Mc Lean, M.Mathers; C.Handy, P.Hortan, S.Pilecki.

23 October 1979

Rosario	13–21	Australia XV
Try: Tallo, Basilico; Con: baetti Pen: Baetti		Try: Crowe 2, O'Connors pen2= O'Connors 2 Drop: Melrose referee: Roberto Magnani

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Rosario

Rosario: Baetti; Nogués, Rodríguez, Escalante (capt.), Basílico Dip, Noccia; Tallo (Poet), Marengo, Imhoff; Mangiamelli, Milano; Sangionissi, Cheste (Cristini), Fernández.
Australia: Gould (Melrouse); Knight, Slack, O´Connors, Growe; Ella, Carson, Stewart, Loane (capt.), (Pilecki), Hall; Peter Mc Lean Mathers; Cooligan, Ross, D´Arcy.

27 October 1979

Argentina	24–13	Australia
Try: Madero 2 Con: Porta 2 Pen: Porta Drop: Porta 3		Try: Crowe Pen: Paul McLean 2 Drop: Melrose

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S.Strydom (South Africa)


Argentina		Australia
Martin Sansot	FB	15	FB	Paul McLean
Marcelo Campo	W	14	W	Phil Crowe
Rafael Madero	C	13	C	Michael O'Connor
Marcelo Loffreda	C	12	C	Andrew Slack
Adolfo Cappelletti	W	11	W	Brendan Moon
(capt.) Hugo Porta	FH	10	FH	Tony Melrose
Tomas Landajo	SH	9	SH	Phillip Cox
Hector Silva	N8	8	N8	Mark Loane (capt)
Tomas Petersen	F	7	F	Greg Cornelsen
Gabriel Travaglini	F	6	F	Andy Stewart
Marcos Iachetti	L	5	L	Tony Shaw
Alejandro Iachetti	L	4	L	Peter McLean
Fernando Morel	P	3	P	Buddha Handy
Alejandro Cubelli	H	2	H	Peter Horton
Topo Rodriguez	P	1	P	Stan Pilecki
		Replacements
Eduardo Sanguinetti	FB

30 October 1979

Cuyo	4–43	Australia XV
Try: Antonini		Try: Show 2, Moon 2 Melrose, O'Connors; Con: Melrose 4, M.O'Connor; Pen: Melorse 3

Club Marista, Mendoza
Referee: Felipe Ferrari

Cuyo: Muñiz; Carbonell, Foquet, Morgan, Ruffo; Curto, Basile; Antonini (Suárez Lagos) Orrigo y Bertona; Cásale (capt.) Irañeta; Michelle, Cichitti, Cruz.
Australia: Melrose; Mann, O´Connors, Knight, Batch; Ella, Carson (Cox); T.Shaw(capt.), Hall, Stewart; Mathers, D'Arcy; Cooligan, Ross, Pilecki.

3 November 1979

Argentina	12–17	Australia
Try: Petersen Con: Porta Pen: Porta Drop: Porta		Try: Match, moom 2 Con: Paul McLean Pen: Paul McLean

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S.Strydom (South Africa)


Argentina		Australia
Martin Sansot	FB	15	FB	Paul McLean
Marcelo Campo	W	14	W	Paddy Batch
Rafael Madero	C	13	C	Michael O'Connor
Marcelo Loffreda	C	12	C	Andrew Slack
Adolfo Cappelletti	W	11	W	Brendan Moon
(capt.) Hugo Porta	FH	10	FH	Tony Melrose
Tomas Landajo	SH	9	SH	Phillip Cox
Hector Silva	N8	8	N8	Mark Loane (capt.)
Tomas Petersen	F	7	F	Greg Cornelsen
Gabriel Travaglini	F	6	F	Andy Stewart
Marcos Iachetti	L	5	L	Tony Shaw
Alejandro Iachetti	L	4	L	Peter McLean
Fernando Morel	P	3	P	Buddha Handy
Alejandro Cubelli	H	2	H	Bill Ross
Topo Rodriguez	P	1	P	Stan Pilecki

The team

Player	Match Played	Score				Total points
Player	Match Played	tries	conv.	pen.	drop	Total points
Tony Melrose	5	1	4	3	2	27
Michael O'Connor	6	4	1	2		24
Phil Crowe	4	6				24
Paul McLean	4		5	4		22
Brendan Moon	5	5				20
Roger Gould	2	1	6			16
Tony Shaw	6	3				12
Paddy Batch	4	3				12
Phillip Cox	4	2				8
Mark Ella	3	1			1	7
Mark Loane	6	1				4
Peter McLean	6	1				4
Andrew Slack	6					0
Stan Pilecki	5					0
Greg Cornelsen	4					0
Budda Handy	4					0
Mick Mathers	4					0
Bill Ross	4					0
Peter John Carson	3					0
John Coolican	3					0
Tony D'Arcy	3					0
Dunacn Hall	3					0
Peter Horton	3					0
P. Knight	3					0
Andy Stewart	5					0

External links

Union Argentina de Rugby – Memorias 1979

Notes

Australia rugby union tours

Argentina	1979 1987 1997 2002

New Zealand	1905 1913 1921 1923 1925 1928 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1967 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991

South Africa	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

British Isles	1908–09 1927–28 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1992 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013

France	1928 1948 1958 1967 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Italy	1973 1976 1983 1988 1996 2002 2006 2008 2009 2013

Spain	2001

North America	1909 1912 1928 1948 1958 1967 1976 1989 1993

Fiji	1972 1980 1984

Hong Kong	2008 2010

Rugby union tours of Argentina

British Lions	1910 1927 1936

New Zealand	1976 1985 1991 2001 2006

Australia	1979 1987 1997 2002

South Africa	1932 (Junior Springboks) 1959 (Junior Springboks) 1966 (Gazelles) 1972 (Gazelles) 1993 1996 2000 2004 2005

England	1981 1990 1997 2002 2013 2017

France	1949 1954 1960 1974 1977 1985 1986 1988 1992 1996 1998 2002 2003 2012

Ireland	1952 1970 2000 2007

Italy	1989 2001 2005 2007 2008

Romania	1973

Scotland	1969 1994 2008

Wales	1968 1999 2004 2006

Asia and Oceanian team	1980 1993 2003 2005 2005

Other team	1948 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1956 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1965 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1965 (Section Paloise) 1971 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1994 (New Zealand Development)

Rugby union in Argentina

Men

Women

Bodies

National	Argentine Rugby Union

Regional	Buenos Aires Córdoba Cuyo Entre Ríos Mar del Plata Rosario Santa Fe Tucumán

Competitions

International	World Cup The Rugby Championship Americas Rugby Championship Americas Rugby Cup South American Rugby Championship Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Pan American Games

Transnational	Super Rugby

Provincial	Campeonato Argentino

Club	Nacional de Clubes URBA Interior Córdoba Litoral Nordeste Noroeste Oeste Pampeano Patagónico

Hosted	Mar del Plata Sevens

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