2014 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina

2014 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina
Coach(es)	Joe Schmidt
Tour captain(s)	Paul O'Connell
Top test point scorer(s)	Jonathan Sexton (24)
Top test try scorer(s)	5 players with 1 try
Summary	P W D L
Total	2 2 0 0
Test match	2 2 0 0
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Canada & USA 2013
Next tour	South Africa 2016

In June 2014, Ireland played a two-test series against Argentina.^[1] This was Ireland's first test series against Argentina since 2007, in which Argentina won that series 2–0. However, Ireland did go into this series on the back of a Six Nations Championship victory, and three consecutive win over Argentina. Including a record winning margin of 22, the last time these two teams faced each other.^[2] The tour is part of the third year on the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.

Ireland won the series 2–0, the first time they had won a test series in Argentina, and won the Admiral Brown Cup for the second time.^[3][4]

Fixtures

Date and time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
7 June 2014, 15:40 ART (UTC-03)	Estadio Centenario, Resistencia	Argentina	17–29	Ireland
14 June 2014, 15:40 ART (UTC-03)	Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán	Argentina	17–23	Ireland

Squads

Note: Caps and ages are to 7 June, pre first test.

Ireland

On 19 May 2014, Ireland announced a 30-man squad for their 2014 tour of Argentina.^[5]

On 21 May 2014, Paddy Jackson was ruled out of the tour due to injury. He was replaced by Ian Madigan.^[6]

On 1 June 2014, Keith Earls and Martin Moore were ruled out of the tour due to injuries. Earls was replaced by Noel Reid, while Moore was replaced by Rodney Ah You.^[7] Both these replacements were promoted from the Emerging Ireland side that is participating in the 2014 IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest.

Head Coach: Joe Schmidt

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Rory Best Hooker 15 August 1982 (aged 31) 75 Ulster Damien Varley Hooker 29 October 1983 (aged 30) 2 Munster Rob Herring Hooker 27 April 1990 (aged 24) 0 Ulster Rodney Ah You Prop 27 October 1988 (aged 25) 0 Connacht James Cronin Prop 23 November 1990 (aged 23) 0 Munster Dave Kilcoyne Prop 14 December 1988 (aged 25) 8 Munster Jack McGrath Prop 11 October 1989 (aged 24) 8 Leinster Martin Moore Prop 1 March 1991 (aged 23) 5 Leinster Mike Ross Prop 21 December 1979 (aged 34) 39 Leinster Iain Henderson Lock 21 February 1992 (aged 22) 10 Ulster Paul O'Connell (c) Lock 20 October 1979 (aged 34) 92 Munster Devin Toner Lock 29 June 1986 (aged 27) 15 Leinster Robbie Diack Flanker 12 November 1985 (aged 28) 0 Ulster Chris Henry Flanker 17 October 1984 (aged 29) 14 Ulster Jordi Murphy Flanker 22 April 1991 (aged 23) 2 Leinster Rhys Ruddock Flanker 13 November 1990 (aged 23) 2 Leinster Jamie Heaslip Number 8 15 December 1983 (aged 30) 65 Leinster Conor Murray Scrum-half 20 April 1989 (aged 25) 27 Munster Kieran Marmion Scrum-half 11 February 1992 (aged 22) 0 Connacht Eoin Reddan Scrum-half 20 November 1980 (aged 33) 54 Leinster Paddy Jackson Fly-half 5 January 1992 (aged 22) 9 Ulster Ian Madigan Fly-half 21 March 1989 (aged 25) 8 Leinster Jonathan Sexton Fly-half 11 July 1985 (aged 28) 43 Racing Métro Darren Cave Centre 5 April 1987 (aged 27) 5 Ulster Robbie Henshaw Centre 12 June 1993 (aged 20) 3 Connacht Luke Marshall Centre 3 March 1991 (aged 23) 5 Ulster Noel Reid Centre 22 May 1990 (aged 24) 0 Leinster Keith Earls Wing 2 October 1987 (aged 26) 39 Munster Fergus McFadden Wing 17 June 1986 (aged 27) 26 Leinster Andrew Trimble Wing 20 October 1984 (aged 29) 55 Ulster Simon Zebo Wing 16 March 1990 (aged 24) 6 Munster Felix Jones Fullback 5 August 1987 (aged 26) 6 Munster Rob Kearney Fullback 26 March 1986 (aged 28) 54 Leinster Argentina Argentina 33-man Squad for their June tests against Ireland and Scotland, plus the uncapped match against a South American XV side.[8] Head Coach: Daniel Hourcade Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Matías Cortese Hooker 1 October 1985 (aged 28) 4 Liceo Santiago Iglesias Hooker 26 May 1993 (aged 21) 5 Uni Tucumán Julián Montoya Hooker 29 October 1993 (aged 20) 1 Newman Tetaz Chaparro Prop 6 November 1989 (aged 24) 4 La Plata Matías Díaz Prop 16 March 1993 (aged 21) 6 Highlanders Ramiro Herrera Prop 14 February 1989 (aged 25) 0 Castres Lucas Noguera Paz Prop 10 May 1993 (aged 21) 1 Lince R.C. Bruno Postiglioni Prop 8 April 1987 (aged 27) 9 La Plata Matías Alemanno Lock 5 December 1991 (aged 22) 1 Tablada Manuel Carizza Lock 23 August 1984 (aged 29) 40 Stormers Tomás Lavanini Lock 22 January 1993 (aged 21) 4 Hindú Lucas Ponce Lock 3 September 1990 (aged 23) 1 CUBA Rodrigo Báez Flanker 8 February 1989 (aged 25) 8 Liceo Lisandro Ahualli de Chazal Flanker 29 December 1988 (aged 25) 3 Uni Tucumán Javier Ortega Desio Flanker 14 June 1990 (aged 23) 4 Paraná Tomás de la Vega Flanker 28 September 1990 (aged 23) 9 CUBA Antonio Ahualli de Chazal Number 8 6 September 1987 (aged 26) 1 San Isidro Benjamín Macome Number 8 10 January 1986 (aged 28) 17 Stade Français Tomás Cubelli Scrum-half 12 June 1989 (aged 24) 22 Belgrano Felipe Ezcurra Scrum-half 15 April 1993 (aged 21) 1 Hindú Martín Landajo (c) Scrum-half 14 June 1988 (aged 25) 27 C.A.S.I. Santiago González Iglesias Fly-half 16 June 1988 (aged 25) 4 Alumni Nicolás Sánchez Fly-half 26 October 1988 (aged 25) 17 Bordeaux Bègles Gabriel Ascárate Centre 20 October 1987 (aged 26) 11 Glasgow Warriors Jerónimo de la Fuente Centre 24 February 1991 (aged 23) 1 Duendes Matías Moroni Centre 29 March 1991 (aged 23) 0 CUBA Javier Rojas Centre 15 April 1991 (aged 23) 4 Uni Tucumán Manuel Montero Wing 20 November 1991 (aged 22) 10 Pucurá Ramiro Moyano Wing 28 May 1990 (aged 24) 5 Lince R.C. Matías Orlando Wing 14 November 1991 (aged 22) 7 Huirapuca Lucas González Amorosino Fullback 2 November 1985 (aged 28) 29 Oyonnax Santiago Cordero Fullback 6 December 1993 (aged 20) 4 Regatas Joaquín Tuculet Fullback 8 August 1989 (aged 24) 7 Bordeaux Bègles Matches First Test 7 June 2014 15:40 ART (UTC-03) Argentina  17–29  Ireland Try: Montero 30' c De la Vega 78' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) 31' González Iglesias (1/1) 79' Pen: Sánchez (1/2) 26' Report Try: Henry 34' m Sexton 42' m Trimble 57' c Con: Sexton (1/3) 58' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 9', 18' Madigan (2/2) 67', 70' Estadio Centenario, Resistencia [9] Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) FB 15 Joaquín Tuculet  73' RW 14 Santiago Cordero  64'  73' OC 13 Jerónimo de la Fuente IC 12 Gabriel Ascárate LW 11 Manuel Montero FH 10 Nicolás Sánchez  69' SH 9 Martín Landajo (c)  63' N8 8 Benjamín Macome 28' to 38' OF 7 Tomás de la Vega BF 6 Rodrigo Baez  63' RL 5 Tomás Lavanini LL 4 Manuel Carizza  40' TP 3 Ramiro Herrera  56' HK 2 Matías Cortese  58' LP 1 Lucas Noguera Paz  75' Replacements: HK 16 Julián Montoya  58' PR 17 Bruno Postiglioni  75' PR 18 Tetaz Chaparro  56' LK 19 Matías Alemanno  40' FL 20 Javier Ortega Desio  63' SH 21 Tomás Cubelli  63' FH 22 Santiago González Iglesias  69' FB 23 Lucas González Amorosino  64' Coach: Daniel Hourcade FB 15 Felix Jones RW 14 Andrew Trimble OC 13 Darren Cave IC 12 Luke Marshall  56' LW 11 Simon Zebo FH 10 Jonathan Sexton  63' SH 9 Conor Murray  58' N8 8 Jordi Murphy  58' OF 7 Chris Henry BF 6 Robbie Diack RL 5 Paul O'Connell (c)  67' LL 4 Iain Henderson TP 3 Mike Ross  67' HK 2 Rory Best  67' LP 1 Jack McGrath  60' Replacements: HK 16 Damien Varley  67' PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne  60' PR 18 Rodney Ah You  67' LK 19 Devin Toner  67' N8 20 Jamie Heaslip  58' SH 21 Kieran Marmion  58' FH 22 Ian Madigan  63' WG 23 Fergus McFadden  56' Coach: Joe Schmidt Touch judges: Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Jaco van Heerden (South Africa) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: Ramiro Herrera made his international debut for Argentina. Rodney Ah You, Robbie Diack and Kieran Marmion made their international debuts for Ireland. This was Ireland's first victory over Argentina, when playing on Argentine soil, in a fully test capped match. Second Test 14 June 2014 15:40 ART (UTC-03) Argentina  17–23  Ireland Try: Tuculet 24' c González Amorosino 79' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) 25' González Iglesias (1/1) 79' Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 16' Report Try: Zebo 50' c Madigan 72' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 51' Madigan (1/1) 73' Pen: Sexton (3/5) 4', 9', 31' Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán [9] Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France) FB 15 Joaquín Tuculet 55' to 65' RW 14 Lucas González Amorosino OC 13 Jerónimo de la Fuente IC 12 Gabriel Ascárate  60' LW 11 Manuel Montero FH 10 Nicolás Sánchez  65' SH 9 Martín Landajo (c)  63' N8 8 Antonio Ahualli de Chazal  11'  19'  63' OF 7 Tomás de la Vega BF 6 Rodrigo Báez RL 5 Tomás Lavanini  69' LL 4 Manuel Carizza TP 3 Ramiro Herrera  51'  68' HK 2 Matías Cortese 8' to 18'  26' LP 1 Lucas Noguera Paz  68' Replacements: HK 16 Santiago Iglesias  11'  19'  26'  63' PR 17 Bruno Postiglioni  63' PR 18 Matías Díaz  51' LK 19 Matías Alemanno  69' FL 20 Javier Ortega Desio  63' SH 21 Tomás Cubelli  63' FB 22 Santiago González Iglesias  60' WG 23 Matías Orlando  55' Coach: Daniel Hourcade FB 15 Rob Kearney RW 14 Andrew Trimble 15' to 25' OC 13 Fergus McFadden IC 12 Darren Cave  73' LW 11 Simon Zebo FH 10 Jonathan Sexton  64' SH 9 Eoin Reddan  77' N8 8 Jamie Heaslip OF 7 Chris Henry  63' BF 6 Rhys Ruddock RL 5 Paul O'Connell (c) LL 4 Devin Toner  42' TP 3 Mike Ross  73' HK 2 Rory Best  73' LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne  57' Replacements: HK 16 Rob Herring  77' PR 17 James Cronin  73' PR 18 Jack McGrath  57' LK 19 Iain Henderson  42' FL 20 Jordi Murphy  63' SH 21 Kieran Marmion  77' FH 22 Ian Madigan  64' CE 23 Noel Reid  73' Coach: Joe Schmidt Touch judges: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) John Lacey (Ireland) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: James Cronin, Rob Herring and Noel Reid made their international debuts for Ireland. This was Ireland's first test series victory over Argentina, and with it, they retain the Admiral Brown Cup. Statistics Key Con: Conversions Pen: Penalties DG: Drop goals Pts: Points Tour statistics Name Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Jonathan Sexton 2 1 2 5 0 24 – – Ian Madigan 2 1 1 2 0 13 – – Jordi Murphy 2 1 0 0 0 5 – – Andrew Trimble 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 – Simon Zebo 2 1 0 0 0 5 – – Rory Best 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Darren Cave 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Jamie Heaslip 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Iain Henderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Chris Henry 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Dave Kilcoyne 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Kieran Marmion 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Fergus McFadden 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Jack McGrath 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Paul O'Connell 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Mike Ross 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Devin Toner 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Rodney Ah You 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – James Cronin 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Robbie Diack 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Rob Herring 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Felix Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Rob Kearney 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Luke Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Conor Murray 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Eoin Reddan 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Noel Reid 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Rhys Ruddock 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Damien Varley 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Keith Earls – – – – – 0 – – Robbie Henshaw – – – – – 0 – – Paddy Jackson – – – – – 0 – – Martin Moore – – – – – 0 – – Test series statistics Name Team Tries Con Pen DG Pts Jonathan Sexton  Ireland 1 2 6 0 24 Ian Madigan  Ireland 1 1 2 0 13 Nicolás Sánchez  Argentina 0 2 2 0 10 Lucas González Amorosino  Argentina 1 0 0 0 5 Chris Henry  Ireland 1 0 0 0 5 Manuel Montero  Argentina 1 0 0 0 5 Andrew Trimble  Ireland 1 0 0 0 5 Joaquín Tuculet  Argentina 1 0 0 0 5 Tomás de la Vega  Argentina 1 0 0 0 5 Simon Zebo  Ireland 1 0 0 0 5 Santiago González Iglesias  Argentina 0 2 0 0 4 References Kick-Off Times Confirmed For Ireland's Tour Of Argentina Ireland show no mercy against Pumas "First Test: Argentina 17-29 Ireland". 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