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The 2006 Argentina rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2006 in England, France and Italy by Argentina national rugby union team. It was an Historical tour with the first victory against England on their "home" of Twickenham.
The Pumas won also against Italy and lose only a very well played match against France.
| 11 November 2006 14:30 GMT |
| England | 18–25 |  Argentina |
| Try: Sackey Balshaw Con: Hodgson Pen: Hodgson Flood | Report | Try: Todeschini Con: Todeschini Pen: Contepomi (2) Todeschini (4) |
| Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 74,027 Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand) |
| England | Argentina | |||
| Iain Balshaw | FB | 15 | FB | Juan Martín Hernández |
 55' Paul Sackey | W | 14 | W | José María Núñez Piossek |
| 53' Jamie Noon | C | 13 | C | Gonzalo Tiesi |
| 47' Anthony Allen | C | 12 | C | Miguel Avramovic 61' |
| 74' Ben Cohen | W | 11 | W | Pablo Gomez Cora 25' |
| Charlie Hodgson | FH | 10 | FH | Felipe Contepomi |
| Shaun Perry | SH | 9 | SH | Agustín Pichot (c) |
| Pat Sanderson | N8 | 8 | N8 | Gonzalo Longo |
 8' to 12' Lewis Moody | F | 7 | F | Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe |
| Martin Corry (c) | F | 6 | F | Juan Manuel Leguizamón 70' |
| Ben Kay | L | 5 | L | Patricio Albacete |
| 51' Danny Grewcock | L | 4 | L | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe 61' |
| Julian White | P | 3 | P | Omar Hasan 69' |
| 74' George Chuter | H | 2 | H | Mario Ledesma |
| Perry Freshwater | P | 1 | P | Marcos Ayerza |
| Replacements | ||||
 74' Lee Mears | H | 16 | Alberto Vernet Basualdo | |
| Stuart Turner | 17 | P | Martín Scelzo 69' | |
| 51' Tom Palmer | L | 18 | L | Esteban Lozada 61' |
| 8' 12' 74' Magnus Lund | N8 | 19 | F | Martín Schusterman 70' |
| 47' Peter Richards | SH | 20 | Nicolás Fernández Miranda | |
| 43' Toby Flood | FH | 21 | C | Federico Todeschini 25' |
| 56' Josh Lewsey | W | 22 | C | Horacio Agulla 61' |
| Coaches | ||||
| Andy Robinson | Marcelo Loffreda |
| 18 November 2006 |
| Italy | 16–23 | Argentina |
| Try: Stanojevic Con: Bortolussi Pen: Bortolussi 3 | Try: Avramovic, Todeschini Con: Todeschini 2 Pen: Todeschini 3 |
| Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa |
| Italy | Argentina | |||
| David Bortolussi | FB | 15 | FB | Juan Martín Hernández |
| Pablo Canavosio | W | 14 | W | Ignacio Corleto |
| Gonzalo Canale | C | 13 | C | Miguel Avramovic |
| Mirco Bergamasco | C | 12 | C | Manuel Contepomi |
| Marko Stanojevic | W | 11 | W | Horacio Agulla |
| Ramiro Pez | FH | 10 | FH | Federico Todeschini |
| Paul Griffen | SH | 9 | SH | Nicolás Fernández Miranda |
| Sergio Parisse | N8 | 8 | N8 | Gonzalo Longo (c) |
| Mauro Bergamasco | F | 7 | F | Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe |
| Alessandro Zanni | F | 6 | F | Martín Durand |
| (c) Marco Bortolami | L | 5 | L | Patricio Albacete |
| Santiago Dellapè | L | 4 | L | Esteban Lozada |
| Martin Castrogiovanni | P | 3 | P | Martín Scelzo |
| Carlo Festuccia | H | 2 | H | Mario Ledesma |
| Andrea Lo Cicero | P | 1 | P | Marcos Ayerza |
| Replacements | ||||
| Fabio Ongaro | H | 16 | H | Alberto Vernet Basualdo |
| Carlos Nieto | P | 17 | P | Juan Gomez |
| Carlo Del Fava | 18 | Jaime Arocena Mesones | ||
| Josh Sole | F | 19 | BR | Juan Manuel Leguizamón  |
| Simon Picone | SH | 20 | Nicolas Vergallo | |
| Andrea Scanavacca | FH | 21 | C | Hernán Senillosa |
| Walter Pozzebon | 22 | Pablo Gomez Cora | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Pierre Berbizier | Marcelo Loffreda |
| 25 November 2006 |
| France | 27–26 | Argentina |
| Try: Dominici 2, Fritz Con: Yachvili 3 Pen: Yachvili 2 | Try: Hernández, Longo Con: F. Contepomi 2 Pen: F. Contepomi 2, Todeschini 2 |
| Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England) |
| France | Argentina | |||
| Pepito Elhorga | FB | 15 | FB | Juan Martín Hernández |
| Christophe Dominici | W | 14 | W | José María Núñez Piossek |
| Florian Fritz | C | 13 | C | Manuel Contepomi |
| Yannick Jauzion | C | 12 | C | Felipe Contepomi |
| Cédric Heymans | W | 11 | W | Ignacio Corleto |
| Damien Traille | FH | 10 | FH | Federico Todeschini |
| Dimitri Yachvili | SH | 9 | SH | Agustín Pichot (c) |
| Elvis Vermeulen | N8 | 8 | N8 | Gonzalo Longo |
| Rémy Martin | F | 7 | F | Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe |
| Julien Bonnaire | F | 6 | F | Martín Durand |
| Loic Jacquet | L | 5 | L | Patricio Albacete |
| Lionel Nallet | L | 4 | L | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe |
| Pieter de Villiers | P | 3 | P | Omar Hasan |
| Raphaël Ibañez | H | 2 | H | Mario Ledesma |
| Olivier Milloud | P | 1 | P | Martín Scelzo |
| Replacements | ||||
| Dimitri Szarzewski | H | 16 | Alberto Vernet Basualdo | |
| Sylvain Marconnet | P | 17 | P | Marcos Ayerza |
| Thibault Privat | 18 | Esteban Lozada | ||
| Serge Betsen | F | 19 | BR | Juan Manuel Leguizamón |
| Pierre Mignoni | 20 | Juan Fernández Miranda | ||
| David Marty | C | 21 | FH | Hernán Senillosa |
| Aurélien Rougerie | 22 | Horacio Agulla | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Bernard Laporte | Marcelo Loffreda |
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