2022 Argentina rugby union tour of Great Britain
# 2022 Argentina rugby union tour of Great Britain

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.

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.

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

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.

## 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 loses. 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. Their second test match in against New Zealand however, resulted in a crushing 53-3 defeat.

## Match summary

| Date | Rival | Result | Score | Venue | City |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Nov | England | won | 30–29 | Twickenham | London |
| 12 Nov | Wales | lost | 13–20 | Millennium | Cardiff |
| 19 Nov | Scotland | lost | 29–52 | Murrayfield | Edinbourgh |

## Match details

### First test

* 5 Nov 2022

| England | 29–30 | 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)

Team details :

England

Argentina

FB15Freddie Steward

W14 Jack Nowell

B13 Manu Tuilagi

B12Owen Farrell (c)

W11Joe Cokanasiga

FH10Marcus Smith

SH9Ben Youngs

N88Billy Vunipola

FL7 Tom Curry

FL6 Maro Itoje

L 5Jonny Hill

L4Alex Coles

P3Kyle Sinckler

H2 Luke Cowan-Dickie

P1Ellis Genge

Head Coach:

Eddie Jones

FB15Juan Cruz Mallía

W14 Mateo Carreras

B13 Matias Moroni

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Emiliano Boffelli

FH10Santiago Carreras

SH9Gonzalo Bertranou

N88Pablo Matera

FL7 Marcos Kremer

FL6 Juan Martín González

L 5Tomás Lavanini

L4Matías Alemanno

P3Francisco Gómez Kodela

H2 Julián Montoya (c)

P1Thomas Gallo

Head Coach:

Michael Cheika :

### Second test

* 12 Nov 2022

| Wales | 20–13 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Faletau 31' Williams 46' Con: Anscombe 31', 46', Pen: Anscombe 36' Priestland 62' | Report | Try: Tetaz Chaparro 68' Con: Boffelli 68' Pen: Boffelli 7', 12', |

* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Team details :

Wales

Argentina

FB15Louis Rees-Zammit

W14 Alex Cuthbert

B13 George North

B12Nick Tompkins

W11Rio Dyer

FH10Gareth Anscombe

SH9Tomos Williams

N88Taulupe Faletau

FL7 Justin Tipuric

FL6 Dan Lydiate

L 5Adam Beard

L4Will Rowlands 56'

P3Dillon Lewis

H2 Ken Owens

P1Gareth Thomas

Head Coach:

Wayne Pivac

FB15Juan Cruz Mallía

W14 Mateo Carreras

B13 Matias Moroni

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Emiliano Boffelli

FH10Santiago Carreras

SH9Gonzalo Bertranou

N88Pablo Matera (c)

FL7 Marcos Kremer

FL6 Juan Martín González

L 5Tomás Lavanini

L4Matías Alemanno

P3Francisco Gómez Kodela

H2 Agustín Creevy

P1Thomas Gallo

Head Coach:

Michael Cheika :

### Third test

* 19 Nov 2022

| Scotland | 52–29 | 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, Edinbourgh Referee: Karl Dickson (ENG)

Team details :

Scotland

Argentina

FB15Stuart Hogg

RW14Darcy Graham

OC13Chris Harris

IC12Sione Tuipulotu 40'

LW11Duhan van der Merwe

FH10Finn Russell

SH9Ali Price

N88Jamie Ritchie (c) 23'

BF7Jack Dempsey

OF6Matt Fagerson

RL5Grant Gilchrist

LL4Jonny Gray

TP3Zander Fagerson

HK2Fraser Brown

LP1Pierre Schoeman

Head Coach:

Gregor Townsend

FB15Juan Cruz Mallía

W14 Bautista Delguy

B13 Matías Orlando

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Emiliano Boffelli

FH10Santiago Carreras

SH9Gonzalo Bertranou

N88Pablo Matera

FL7 Marcos Kremer 22'

FL6 Juan Martín González

L 5Tomás Lavanini 9'

L4Matías Alemanno 8'

P3Eduardo Bello

H2 Julián Montoya (c)

P1Thomas Gallo 22'

Head Coach:

Michael Cheika :

