2021 Argentina rugby union tours of Europe
# 2021 Argentina rugby union tours of Europe

The 2021 Argentina rugby union tours of Europe were two tours by the Argentina national team on Europe that included a series of matches played in the continent. The first tour was in July, 2021, and was composed of three matches in Romania and Wales, as preparation for the 2021 Rugby Championship. Argentina played one match v Romania and two v Wales national teams.

The second tour started in November, 2021, after the Pumas concluded their participation in the Rugby Championship with no successful results (having lost the six matches played). The squad visited France, Italy, and Ireland to play a series of test matches in those countries. The tests v France and Italy had been scheduled for July 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Touring party

Players that were called up for both tours, were: Matías Alemanno, Gonzalo Bertranou, Emiliano Boffelli, Facundo Bosch, Rodrigo Bruni, Santiago Carreras, Santiago Chocobares, Santiago Cordero, Tomás Cubelli, Jerónimo De la Fuente, Bautista Delguy, Felipe Ezcurra, Facundo Gigena, Francisco Gorrisen, Francisco Gómez Kodela, Juan Imhoff, Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer, Tomás Lavanini, Tomás Lezana, Pablo Matera, Santiago Medrano, Domingo Miotti, Julián Montoya (captain), Matías Moroni, Matías Orlando, Guido Petti, Enrique Pieretto, Nicolás Sánchez, Santiago Socino, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, and Federico Wgrzyn.

For the tour of November, Santiago Grondona, Tomás Cubelli and Facundo Isa returned to the team, apart from the addition of youth players Facundo Cordero and Ignacio Ruiz, which made their debuts with Los Pumas. Players selected that were not part of the first tour were Eduardo Bello, Mateo Carreras, Lucio Cinti, Facundo Cordero, Thomas Gallo, Gonzalo García, Juan Martín González, Santiago Grondona, Juan Cruz Mallía, Lucas Mensa, and Ignacio Ruiz.

On the other hand, Agustín Creevy, Juan Imhoff, and Benjamín Urdapilleta were left behind for the tour.

## First tour

### Match summary

| Date | Rival | Res. | Score | Venue | City |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 Jul | Romania | won | 24–17 | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | Bucharest |
| 10 Jul | Wales | draw | 20–20 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff |
| 17 Jul | Wales | won | 33–11 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff |

### Match details

* 3 Jul

| Romania | 17–24 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Căpățînă Pen: Melinte (4) | Report | Try: Bruni, Cordero, González Con: Miotti |

* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

Team details :

Romania

Argentina

FB15Ionel Melinte

W14 Ionuț Dumitru

B13 Taylor Gontineac

B12Alexandru Bucur

W11Nicolas Onuțu

FH10Daniel Plai

SH9Gabriel Rupanu

N88Andre Gorin

FL7 Cristi Boboc

FL6 Cristi Chirică

L 5Adrian Moțoc

L4Florian Roșu

P3Alexandru Țăruș

H2 Eugen Căpățână

P1Alexandru Savin

Head Coach:

Andy Robinson

FB15Santiago Cordero

W14 Bautista Delguy

B13 Matias Moroni

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Juan Imhoff

FH10Nicolás Sánchez

SH9Tomás Cubelli

N88Rodrigo Bruni

FL7 Francisco Gorrissen

FL6 Pablo Matera

L 5Tomás Lavanini

L4Marcos Kremer

P3Enrique Pieretto

H2 Julián Montoya

P1Facundo Gigena

Head Coach:

Mario Ledesma :

* 10 July 1:00 PM

| Wales | 20–20 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Rowlands (51'), Williams (71') Con: Evans (52', 72') Pen: Sheedy (18', 27') | Report | Try: Matera (39'), De la Fuente (46') Con: Sánchez (41', 47') Pen: Sánchez (16', 35') |

* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Team details :

Wales

Argentina

FB15Hallam Amos

W14 Jonah Holmes

B13 Willis Halaholo

B12Jonathan Davies

W11Owen Lane

FH10Callum Sheedy

SH9Kieran Hardy

N88Aaron Wainwright

FL7 James Botham

FL6 Josh Turnbull

L 5Will Rowlands

L4Ben Carter

P3Dillon Lewis

H2 Elliot Dee

P1Nicky Smith

Head Coach:

Wayne Pivac

FB15Juan Cruz Mallia

W14 Santiago Carreras

B13 Matias Moroni

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Santiago Cordero

FH10Nicolás Sánchez

SH9Tomás Cubelli

N88Rodrigo Bruni

FL7 Facundo Isa

FL6 Pablo Matera

L 5Marcos Kremer

L4Guido Petti

P3Francisco Gómez Kodela

H2 Julián Montoya

P1Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro

Head Coach:

Mario Ledesma :

* 17 July 3:00 PM

| Wales | 11–33 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Lane (8') Pen: Evans (31', 51') | Report | Try: Moroni (11'), Cubelli (78'), Matera (79') Con: Sánchez (12', 29', 80') Pen: Sánchez (26', 57', 65', 76') |

* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Team details :

Wales

Argentina

FB15Hallam Amos

W14 Owen Lane

B13 Nick Tompkins

B12Jonathan Davies

W11Tom Rogers

FH10Jarrod Evans

SH9Tomos Williams

N88Ross Moriarty

FL7 James Botham

FL6 Josh Turnbull

L 5Will Rowlands

L4Ben Carter

P3Leon Brown

H2 Elliot Dee

P1Gareth Thomas

Head Coach:

Wayne Pivac

FB15Santiago Carreras

W14 Bautista Delguy

B13 Santiago Chocobares

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Matias Moroni

FH10Nicolás Sánchez

SH9Tomás Cubelli

N88Rodrigo Bruni

FL7 Facundo Isa

FL6 Pablo Matera

L 5Marcos Kremer

L4Guido Petti

P3Francisco Gómez Kodela

H2 Julián Montoya

P1Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro

Head Coach:

Mario Ledesma :

## Second tour

### Match summary

| Date | Rival | Res. | Score | Venue | City |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Nov | France | lost | 20–29 | Stade de France | Paris |
| 13 Nov | Italy | won | 37–16 | Stadio Comunale di Monigo | Treviso |
| 21 Nov | Ireland | lost | 7–53 | Aviva Stadium | Dublin |

### Match details

* 6 November 5:00 PM

| France | 29–20 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Flament (50'), Mauvaka (71') Con: Jaminet (51', 72') Pen: Jaminet (3', 19', 35', 65', 80') | Report | Try: Cubelli (22'), Carreras (78') Con: Boffelli (23'), Sánchez (78') Pen: Boffelli (48', 60') |

* Stade de France, Paris

Team details :

France

Argentina

FB15Melvyn Jaminet

W14 Damian Penaud

B13 Gael Fickou

B12Romain Ntamack

W11Gabin Villière

FH10Matthieu Jalibert

SH9Antoine Dupont

N88Anthony Jelonch

FL7 Cameron Woki

FL6 François Cros

L 5Paul Willemse

L4Thibaud Flament

P3Mohamed Haouas

H2 Julien Marchand

P1Cyril Baille

Head Coach:

Fabien Galthié

FB15Emiliano Boffelli

W14 Bautista Delguy

B13 Matias Moroni

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Mateo Carreras

FH10Santiago Carreras

SH9Tomás Cubelli

N88Facundo Isa

FL7 Marcos Kremer

FL6 Pablo Matera

L 5Tomás Lavanini

L4Guido Petti

P3Francisco Gómez Kodela

H2 Julián Montoya

P1Thomas Gallo

Manager:

Mario Ledesma :

* 13 November 10:00 AM

| Italy | 16–37 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Varney (47') Con: Garbisi (49') Pen: Garbisi (32', 42', 51') | Report | Try: Kremer (9'), González (28'), Moroni (42'), Cordero (55'), Bosch (76') Con: Boffelli (10', 30', 43') Pen: Boffelli (15'), Sánchez (64') |

* Stadio Comunale, Treviso

Team details :

Italy

Argentina

FB15Matteo Minozzi

W14 Edoardo Padovani

B13 Juan Ignacio Brex

B12Luca Morisi

W11Monty Ioane

FH10Paolo Garbisi

SH9Stephen Varney

N88Giovanni Licata

FL7 Michele Lamaro

FL6 Sebastian Negri

L 5David Sisi

L4Giovanni Licata

P3Marco Riccioni

H2 Gianmarco Lucchesi

P1Ivan Nemer

Head Coach:

Kieran Crowley

FB15Emiliano Boffelli

W14 Santiago Cordero

B13 Matias Moroni

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Monty Ioane

FH10Santiago Carreras

SH9Tomás Cubelli

N88Facundo Isa

FL7 Juan Martín González

FL6 Pablo Matera

L 5Tomás Lavanini

L4Marcos Kremer

P3Francisco Gómez Kodela

H2 Julián Montoya

P1Thomas Gallo

Manager:

Mario Ledesma :

* 21 November

| Ireland | 53–7 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Porter (23'), Doris (36'), van der Flier (56'), Sheehan (66'), Healy (73'), Beirne (75') Con: Carbery (23', 36') Pen: Carbery (19', 48', 56', 66', 73') | | Try: Carreras (2') Con: Boffelli (2') |

* Aviva Stadium, Dublin Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Team details :

Ireland

Argentina

FB15Hugo Keenan

W14 Robert Baloucoune

B13 Garry Ringrose

B12Robbie Henshaw

W11James Lowe

FH10Joey Carbery

SH9Conor Murray

N88Josh van der Flier

FL7 Peter O'Mahony

FL6 Caelan Doris

L 5James Ryan (c)

L4Iain Henderson

P3 Tadhg Furlong

H2 Rónan Kelleher

P1Andrew Porter

Head Coach:

Andy Farrell

FB15Emiliano Boffelli

W14 Santiago Cordero

B13 Matias Moroni

B12Jerónimo de la Fuente

W11Lucio Cinti

FH10Santiago Carreras

SH9Tomás Cubelli

N88Marcos Kremer

FL7 Santiago Grondona

FL6 Pablo Matera

L 5Tomás Lavanini

L4Guido Petti

P3Francisco Gómez Kodela

H2 Julián Montoya (c)

P1Thomas Gallo

Manager:

Mario Ledesma :

