1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina

1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	08 08 00 00
Test match	02 02 00 00
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 2 0 0
Brazil [note 1]	1 1 0 0

The 1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina was a series of rugby union team matches played in June 1974 by the France national team in Argentina and Brazil.

Touring party

• Manager: Laurent, Marcel
• Coach: Henry Fourès, Jean Desclaux

Forward Pierre Dospital, – Prop, Dax Jean Iraçabal – Prop, Bayonne Armand Vaquerin – Prop, Béziers Alain Paco, hooker Béziers Jean-Louis Ugartemendia, hooker(St. Jean de Luz) Georges Senal, lock Béziers Jean-Pierre Bastiat, lock, Béziers Alain Esteve, lock Béziers. Francis Haget, lock Agen Jean-Claude Rossignol, Prop, Brive Christian Paul, flanker, Tarbes. Victor Boffelli, flanker, Agen. Serge Lassoujade, flanker, Agen. Olivier Saïsset, flanker Béziers. Jean-Claude Skrela, flanker, Stade toulousain

Half Max Barrau, scrum half, Agen. Jacques Fouroux, scrum half, La Voulte Henri Cabrol, fly-half, Béziers. Jean-Pierre Romeu, fly-half, Montferrand Three-quarters Roland Bertranne, Roland – center, Bagnères. Claude Dourthe center, Dax Jean-Martin Etchenique, center, Biarritz Jean-Pierre Lux – center/wing Dax, Dax Joël Pécune, center, Tarbes. Laurent Desnoyer, Laurent, wing, Brive Jean-François Gourdon, wing, Racing Club de France Jean-Michel Aguirre, full-back, Bagnères Michel Droitecourt, full-back, Montferrand

The first test v Argentina at Ferro C. Oeste

Match details

Complete list of matches played in Argentina ^[1] and Brazil:

• Points scoring rules: try 4 points, conversion 2 points, penalty goal, drop goal and goal from a mark 3 points

---

1 June 1974

Brazil	7–99	France
Try: Aguirre, Bertranne (3), Boffelli (2), Desnoyer (3), Gourdon (4), Iracabal, Lux (2), Skrela (2) Con: Romeu (12) Pen: Romeu

São Paulo A.C., São Paulo

France: 15.M.Droitecourt; 14.J.F. Gourdon, 13.R.Bertranne, 12.J.Lux, 11.L.Desnoyer; 10.J.Romeu, 9.M.Barrau (c); 7.J.Skrela, 8.O.Saisset, 6.V.Boffelli; 5.G.Senal, 4.F.Haget; 3.J.Iracabal, 2.J.Ugartemendia, 1.P.Hospital

---

8 June 1974

San Isidro Club	10–34	France
Try: scrum Pen: Cutler (2)	Report	Try: Gourdon (3), Senal, Paco Boffelli, Vaquerin; Con: Cabrol (3)

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Niño

San Isidro Club: F. Insúa; O, Rocha, A. Orzábal; J. Rodríguez Jurado, A. Anthony; J. Carracedo, R. Lucke, M. Iglesias (capt.); M. Cutler, F. González Victorica; R. Morganti, R. Matarazzo (79' E.Martínez), M. Walther, J, Otaola; A. Rodríguez Jurado.
France: J. Irazabal, A. Paco, A. Vaquerin; J. Bastiat, G. Senal; V. Boffelli, C. Paul (J.Rossignol); O. Saisset (capt.); D. Fouroux, H. Cabrol; J. Pécune, R. Bertranne (C. Dourthe), J. Lux, J. Gourdon; J. Aguirre.

---

12 June 1974

Cuyo RU	4–59	France
Try: Fariello		Try: Pécune 3, Desnoyers 2, Cabrol 2 Aguirre, Haget, Dourthe; Con: Romeu 5 Pen: Romeu 2 Drop: Romeu

Mendoza RC Stadium, Mendoza Referee: César de Elizalde

Cuyo: J. González, J. Crivelli, R. Fariello; A. Cat¬taneo, R. Irañeta (capt.); J. Ragazzone, J. Nasazzi, J. Navesi; L. Chacón, P. Guarrochena; M. Brandi, O. Terranova, D. Muñiz, C. Dora; J. Castro.
France:; A. Vaquerin, A. Paco, P. Dospital; J. Rossignol, F. Haget; S. Lassoujade, J. Bastiat, J. Skrela; R. Astre, J. Romeu; J. Pécune (H. Cabrol), C. Dourthe (capt.), J. Etchenique, L. Desnoyers; J. Aguirre.

---

16 June 1974

Buenos Aires RU	9–31	France
Pen: Cutler, González Victorica, Harris Smith		Try: Desnoyers (2), Boffelli, Cabrol, Etchenique, Vaquerin; Con: Cabrol (2) Pen: Cabrol

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Armando Zungri (Argentina)

Buenos Aires: M.Carluccio, F.Lafuente, O'.Carbone; C, Bottarini (R.García Fernández), J.Rodríguez jurado; J.Carracedo, R.Lucke, N. Carbone (capt.) (O.Rocha); M.Cutler, F.González Victorica; F.Villamil, E.Morgan, A.Cappelletti, R.Benyon; T. Harris Smith,
France: A.Vaquerin, J.Ugartemendía, P.Dospital; J.Senal, F, Haget; S.Lassoujade, J.Rossignol, V.Boffelli; M. Barrau (capt.), H.Cabrol; R.Bertranne, C.Dourthe, J.Etchenique, L.Desnoyers; M.Droitecourt.

---

First test

20 June 1974

Argentina	15–20	France
Try: Rodríguez Jurado Con: Porta Pen: Porta (3)	Report	Try: Bertranne, Dourthe, Foroux Con: Romeu Pen: Romeu (2)

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Ron Lewis (Wales)

Team details

Argentina France Arturo Rodríguez Jurado FB 15 FB Michel Droitecourt Mario Walther W 14 W Jean-Francois Gourdon Alejandro Travaglini C 13 C Claude Dourthe (capt.) Roberto Matarazzo C 12 C Jean-Pierre Lux Julio Otaola W 11 W Roland Bertranne Hugo Porta FH 10 FH Jean-Pierre Romeu Adolfo Etchegaray SH 9 SH Jacques Fouroux Miguel Iglesias (capt.) F 7 F Victor Boffelli Raul Sanz F 8 F Jean-Pierre Bastiat Jose Fernández F 6 F Jean-Claude Skrela Adrian Anthony L 5 L Francis Haget Rito Iraneta L 4 L Georges Senal Arturo Orzabal P 3 P Jean Iracabal Osvaldo Rocha H 2 H Alain Paco Fernando Insúa P 1 P Armand Vaquerin

---

23 June 1974

Rosario RU	10–21	France
Try: Mainini, Chesta Con: Rodríguez		Try: Aguirre, Gourdon Desnoyers, Bertranne Con: Romeu Pen: Romeu

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Ricardo Colombo (Argentina)

Rosario: S.Furno, J.Costante, E.Pavani; J.Mangiamelli, J.Giannone; E.Mainini, M. Cuesta (capt.), V.Macat; R.Castagna, J.Escalante; G.Blanco, R. del Villar, C. Blanco Ansaldi, H.Radiculé; A.Rodríguez.
France: J.Iracabal, J.Ugartemendía, P, Dospital; J.Bastiat, F.Haget; O.Saisset, C.Paul, S.Lassoujade; M. Barrau (cap.), J.Romeu; L.Desnoyers, J, Etchenique, R.Bertranne, J.Gourdon; J.Aguirre.

---

26 June 1974

Seleccionado del Interior	12–61	France
Try: Muñiz Con: Viders Pen: Escalante (2)		Try: Gourdon (4), Lassoujade (4) Saisset, Vaquerin; Con: Cabrol 9 Pen: Cabrol

Lawn Tennis Club Stadium, Tucumán Referee: Florencio Varela (Argentina)

Interior: J. Pavani (J.Viders), J.Costante, S.Fumo; J.Mangiamelli, R.Passaglia; J.Nasazzi, M. Chesta (capt.) (E.Mainini), J.Navesi; R. Castagna (64' G.Bergallo) J.Escalante; R.Tarquini, O.Terranova, L.Muñiz, C, Dora; L.Chacón
France: P. Dospital, J. Ugartemendía, A. Vaquerin; J. Rossignol, G. Sena; S. Lassoujade, C. Paul, O. Saisset (capt.); R. Astre, J. Cabrol; L. Desnoyers, J. Etchenique, J. Lux, J. Gourdon; M.Droitecourt.

---

Second test

29 June 1974

Argentina	27–31	France
Try: Walther Con: Porta Pen: Porta (7)	Report	Try: Bertranne, Dourthe, Gourdon (2) Con: Romeu (3) Pen: Romeu (3)

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ron Lewis (Wales)

Team details

Argentina France Arturo Rodríguez Jurado FB 15 FB Jean-Michel Aguirre Mario Walther W 14 W Jean-Francois Gourdon Alejandro Travaglini C 13 C Claude Dourthe Roberto Matarazzo C 12 C Jean-Pierre Lux Julio Otaola W 11 W Roland Bertranne Hugo Porta FH 10 FH Jean-Pierre Romeu Adolfo Etchegaray SH 9 SH Jacques Fouroux Miguel Iglesias (capt.) F 7 F Victor Boffelli Raúl Sanz F 8 F Jean-Pierre Bastiat Jose Fernández F 6 F Olivier Saisset (capt.) Adrian Anthony L 5 L Francis Haget Carlos Bottarini L 4 L Georges Senal Arturo Orzábal P 3 P Jean Iracabal Osvaldo Rocha H 2 H Alain Paco Fernando Insúa P 1 P Armand Vaquerin

Notes

1. Not considered a test by the FFR.

References

1. Memoria y Balance 1974 on UAR website