1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina

1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	06 03 02 01
Test match	02 00 01 01
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina [note 1]	2 0 1 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	1964 Africa
Next tour	1969 Oceania

In 1968, the Wales national rugby union team toured Argentina for a series of rugby union matches against Argentine regional and invitational teams, as well as two matches against the Argentina national team.

History

The tour also took in five matches against Argentine regional and invitational teams with one test against South Africa. This was the first official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere.

It was the first Welsh tour in Argentina: before only South Africa, Ireland and France national teams, visited Argentina and South America.

Despite the fact that the Welsh Rugby Union did not consider them as official, the two matches against Argentina national team were deemed test matches for Argentina.

It was a big surprise that the "Pumas" won the series with a victory and a draw.

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by Wales in Argentina: ^[1]

  Test matches

One of the matches played by Wales at Estadio GEBA

Date	Opponent	City	Venue	Score
7 September	Belgrano	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	24–11
11 September	Seleccionado Interior [note 2]	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	12–3
14 September	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	5–9
21 September	Argentina B	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	8–8
25 September	Argentina C [note 3]	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	9–6
28 September	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	9–9

Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
6	3	2	1	67	46

Notes

1. Official test match only for Argentine Rugby Union ^[1]
2. Combined team formed by players from different provinces of Argentina
3. Third Argentine national team

Match details

7 September 1968

Belgrano	11–24	Wales
Try: Martínez Con: Rosati Pen: Rosati (2)		Try: Gray 2, Hughes, Ball, Dawes Con: Dawes 3 Pen: Dawes

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Carlos A. Tozzi (Argentina)

Belgrano: H. Rosati; C. Cornille, C. Martínez, G. Escobar, E. de las Carreras; F. Forrester, L. Gradín; A. Gómez Aparicio, E. Elowson, L. Loyola; M. Cole, L. Tahier; G. Luchetti, F. Gradín (c), E. Verardo
Wales: J. Williams; A. Morgan, J. Dawes (c), G. Ball, L. Daniel; P. Bennett, G. Turner; T. Gray, D. Hughes, D. Morris; L. Baxter, R. Mainwaring; B. Butler, N. Gales, J. Lloyd

---

11 September 1968

Seleccionado Interior	3–12	Wales
Pen: Seaton		Try: Ferguson, Gray Butler, Morgan Con: Ferguson

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Niño (Argentina)

Seleccionado del Interior: J. Seaton; E. España, R. Taquini, J. Benzi, A. Quetglas; R. Villavicencio, O. Aletta da Silva; J. Imhoff, M. Chesta, J. L. Imhoff (c); M. Campra, H. Suárez; F. Landó, J. Fradua, S. Furno
Wales: J. Williams; S. Ferguson, G. Ball, G. Dawes (c), A. Morgan; R. Phillips, T. Evans, A. John, J. Jeffery, A. Gray; M. Witshire, W. Mainwaring; W. Williams, B. Rees, L. Butler

---

14 September 1968

Argentina	9–5	Wales
Try: Loyola Pen: Seaton (2)	Report	Try: Turner Con: Dawes

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Ricardo Colombo (Argentina)

Argentina

Wales

Argentina: 15. Jorge Seaton, 14. Mario Walther, 13. Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, 12. Marcelo Pascual, 11. Alejandro Travaglini, 10. Jorge Dartiguelongue, 9. Adolfo Etchegaray, 8. Hector Silva, 7. Miguel Chesta, 6. Raul Loyola, 5. Aitor Otano, 4. Adrian Anthony, 3. Marcelo Farina, 2. Ricardo Handley, 1. Luis Garcia Yanez
Wales: 15. J. P. R. Williams, 14. Laurie Daniel, 13. Glen Ball, 12. John Dawes, 11. Andy Morgan, 10. Phil Bennett, 9. Glyn Turner, 8. Dennis Hughes, 7. Tony Gray, 6. Dai Morris, 5. Billy Mainwaring, 4. Lyn Baxter, 3. Brian Butler, 2. Brian Rees, 1. John Lloyd

---

21 September 1968

Argentina B	8–8	Wales
Try: Pére, Travaglini Con: Gradín		Try: Daniel 2 Con: Daniel

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: Bruno Bertelli (Argentina)

Argentina B: D. Morgan; N. Pérez, J. Benzi, R. Villavicencio, A. Travaglini; C. Martínez, L. Gradín (c); G. Plesky, H. Miguens, J. Imhoff; L. Varela, R. Sellarés; R. Casabal, C. Massabó, A. Abella. Wales: J. Williams; L. Daniel, S. Dawes (c), G. Ball, A. Morgan; R. Phillips, G. Turner; A. Gray, D. Hughes, W. Morris, W. Mainwarling, M. Witshire; W. Williams, N. Gale, D. Lloyd

---

25 September 1968

Argentina C	6–9	Wales
Pen: O'Reilly		Pen: Ferguson, Dawes, Bennett

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: César De Elizalde (Argentina)

Argentina C: Pagano (c); N. Pérez, E. Reynolds, P. Grossi, J. Fiordalisi; G. Pimentel, A. Gómez Aparicio; J. O'Reilly, E. Elowson, M. Morgan; R. Castro, J. Ferraiuolo; M. Carluccio, E. Toribio, H. Nicola
Wales: J. Williams; S. Ferguson, G. Ball, S. Dawes (c), A. Morgan; P. Bennett, T. Evans; A. John, D. Hughes, J. Jefrey; M. Wilshire, L. Baxter; w. Williams, B. Rees, B. Butler

---

28 September 1968

Argentina	9–9	Wales
Try: by scrum Pen: Seaton 2	Report	Try: Ferguson Pen: Ferguson 2

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Ken John (England) Carlos Tozzi (Argentina) from 25'

Argentina

Wales

Argentina: 15. Jorge Seaton, 14. Mario Walther, 13. Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, 12. Marcelo Pascual, 11. Nestor Perez, 10. Jorge Dartiguelongue, 9. Adolfo Etchegaray, 7. Hector Silva (c), 8. Miguel Chesta, 6. Raul Loyola, 5. Aitor Otano, 4. Adrian Anthony, 3. Marcelo Farina, 2. Ricardo Handley, 1. Luis Garcia Yanez
Wales: 15. J. P. R. Williams, 14. Laurie Daniel, 13. Glen Ball, 12. John Dawes (c), 11. Stuart Ferguson, 10. Bob Phillips, 9. Glyn Turner, 8. Dennis Hughes, 7. Tony Gray, 6. Dai Morris, 5. Billy Mainwaring, 4. Max Wiltshire, 3. John Lloyd, 2. Norman Gale, 1. Walter Williams

See also

• History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Wales

References

1. Memoria y Balance 1968 on UAR website