2022 Argentina rugby union tour of Great Britain

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2022 Argentina rugby union tour of Great Britain
Date6–19 November
Coach(es) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Cheika
Top point scorer(s) Emiliano Boffelli
Summary
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Total
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Test match
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Opponent
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Flag of England.svg  England
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Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
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Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
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The 2022 Argentina rugby union tours of Great Britain is the tour by the Argentina national team on the United Kingdom that included a series of matches played in the British Isles. After playing the 10th. edition of The Rugby Championship, Argentina went on a tour to play England, Wales, and Scotland national teams. [1]

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In the first test, Argentina beat England 30–29 at Twickenham, achieving their second win in England in Los Pumas' history. The team's win also ended with a tenure of 16 years with no wins over England. Emiliano Boffelli was the key player of the match with 25 points scored. [2]

The second test was played v Wales, [3] who defeated Argentina 20–13 in Cardiff. [4] It was the 22nd match between both sides, with 14 wins for Wales and 6 for Argentina. [3] [5]

Argentina finished the tour with a crushing defeat at the hands of Scotland, which beat them 52–29 at Murrayfield Stadium. Scotland scored 8 tries while Argentina had one player sent off (Marcos Kremer) plus three players were shown yellow cards. [6]

Background

It was Argentina's second tour of 2022 after the 2-test tour of New Zealand as part of the 2022 Rugby Championship, held in August and September. Argentina played six games, with 2 wins and 4 losses. Their tour of New Zealand included a first ever win on New Zealand soil, by a score of 25-18 at Christchurch, which was the second win over the All Blacks and the first as visitor team. [7] Their second test match in against New Zealand however, resulted in a crushing 53-3 defeat.

Match summary

DateRivalResultScoreVenueCityRef.
6 NovFlag of England.svg  England won
30–29
Twickenham London [8] [9]
12 NovFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales lost
13–20
Millennium Cardiff [10] [11]
19 NovFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland lost
29–52
Murrayfield Edinburgh [12] [13]

Match details

First test

5 Nov 2022
England  Flag of England.svg29–30Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Try: Cokanasiga 24'
van Poortvliet 55'
Con: Farrell 24', 55'
Pen: Farrell 12', 35', 43', 60', 66'
Report Try: Boffelli 46'
Carreras 51'
Con: Boffelli 51'
Pen: Boffelli 10', 15', 32', 43', 62', 70'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Andrew Brace (Scotland)

Second test

Third test

19 Nov 2022
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg52–29Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Try: Tuipulotu 10', 54'
Van der Merwe 24'
Graham 27', 41', 78'
Redpath 69'
Hogg 74'
Con: Russell 10', 24', 54', 69', 74', 78'
Report Try: De la Fuente 15'
Alemanno 36'
Boffelli 51'
Ruiz 80'
Con: Boffelli 36', 51'
Sánchez 80'
Pen: Boffelli 1'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Karl Dickson (ENG)

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