1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina

1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	7 6 0 1
Test match	2 1 0 1
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 1 0 1

The 1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played between October and November 1979 in Argentina by Australia. The Wallabies won six matches of seven and drew the two game Test series against the "Pumas", led by Hugo Porta. It was the first tour of an Australian side in Argentina. The Australian squad captain was the Queenslander Mark Loane.

Results

13 October 1979

San Isidro Club	12–17	Australia XV
Try: penalty try Con: Loffreda Pen: Loffreda Drop: F.Sainz Trápaga;		Try: O'Connor, Moon, Crowe; Con: Paul McLean Pen: Paul McLean

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires

San Isidro Club: F.Argerich; C.Ramallo, F.Sainz Trápaga, M.Loffreda, M.Walther (capt.); R.Madero y A.Soares Sache; R.de Vedia, T, Petersen, R.Lucke; B.Minguez, M.Glastra; F.Insúa, J.Pérez Cabo, C.Sainz.
Australia: Paul McLean; B.Moon, A.Slack, M.O'Connor, P.Crowe; A.Melrose P, Carean; M.Loane (capt.); G.Cornelsen, T.Shaw; Peter Mc Lean, M.Mathers; S.Pilecki, P, Horton, C.Handy.

16 October 1979

Interior	12–47	Australia XV
Try: Basile Con: Virgolini Drop: Rodriguez		Try: Crowe 2, Ella Loane, Peter Mc Lean Batch, Gould, Cox Con: Gould 6 Drop: Ella

Club Universitario, Salta

Interior: Torno; Nogués, Rodríguez, Gasilica, San Martín; Virgolini, Basile; Bisio, Passaglia, Antonini; Casale, Mangiamelli; Irañeta, del Chazal (Bianchi), Michelli.
Australia: Gould; Crowe, Slack, Knight, Batch; Ella, Cox; T.Shaw, Loane (capt.), Cornelsen (Mathers); Hall, Peter Mc Lean; D'Arcy, Ros, Cooligan

20 October 1979

Buenos Aires	6–22	Australia XV
Try: Puccy Con: G.Beccar Varela		Try: Cox, T.Shaw M.O'Connor, Batch; Con: P.Mc.Lean 3

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires

:Buenos Aires: E.García Terán; A.Puccio, C.Jacobi, G.Beccar Varela, C.Ramallo; G.Sanguinetti, M. Garcia Laborde; M.Negra, M.Glastra, G.Paz; C.Bottarini, B.Minguez; R.Ventura (capt.), J.Sarto, A.Cerioni.
Australia: Paul McLean; (R.Gould); P.Batch, A.Slack, M.O'Connor, B.Moon; T.Melrouse, P.Cox; T.Shaw, M.Loane (capt.), A.Stewart; Peter Mc Lean, M.Mathers; C.Handy, P.Hortan, S.Pilecki.

23 October 1979

Rosario	13–21	Australia XV
Try: Tallo, Basilico; Con: baetti Pen: Baetti		Try: Crowe 2, O'Connors pen2= O'Connors 2 Drop: Melrose referee: Roberto Magnani

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Rosario

Rosario: Baetti; Nogués, Rodríguez, Escalante (capt.), Basílico Dip, Noccia; Tallo (Poet), Marengo, Imhoff; Mangiamelli, Milano; Sangionissi, Cheste (Cristini), Fernández.
Australia: Gould (Melrouse); Knight, Slack, O´Connors, Growe; Ella, Carson, Stewart, Loane (capt.), (Pilecki), Hall; Peter Mc Lean Mathers; Cooligan, Ross, D´Arcy.

27 October 1979

Argentina	24–13	Australia
Try: Madero 2 Con: Porta 2 Pen: Porta Drop: Porta 3		Try: Crowe Pen: Paul McLean 2 Drop: Melrose

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Attendance: 25,000 Referee: S.Strydom (South Africa)

Argentina		Australia
Martin Sansot	FB	15	FB	Paul McLean
Marcelo Campo	W	14	W	Phil Crowe
Rafael Madero	C	13	C	Michael O'Connor
Marcelo Loffreda	C	12	C	Andrew Slack
Adolfo Cappelletti	W	11	W	Brendan Moon
(capt.) Hugo Porta	FH	10	FH	Tony Melrose
Tomas Landajo	SH	9	SH	Phillip Cox
Hector Silva	N8	8	N8	Mark Loane (capt)
Tomas Petersen	F	7	F	Greg Cornelsen
Gabriel Travaglini	F	6	F	Andy Stewart
Marcos Iachetti	L	5	L	Tony Shaw
Alejandro Iachetti	L	4	L	Peter McLean
Fernando Morel	P	3	P	Buddha Handy
Alejandro Cubelli	H	2	H	Peter Horton
Topo Rodriguez	P	1	P	Stan Pilecki
		Replacements
Eduardo Sanguinetti	FB

30 October 1979

Cuyo	4–43	Australia XV
Try: Antonini		Try: Show 2, Moon 2 Melrose, O'Connors; Con: Melrose 4, M.O'Connor; Pen: Melorse 3

Club Marista, Mendoza Referee: Felipe Ferrari

Cuyo: Muñiz; Carbonell, Foquet, Morgan, Ruffo; Curto, Basile; Antonini (Suárez Lagos) Orrigo y Bertona; Cásale (capt.) Irañeta; Michelle, Cichitti, Cruz.
Australia: Melrose; Mann, O´Connors, Knight, Batch; Ella, Carson (Cox); T.Shaw(capt.), Hall, Stewart; Mathers, D'Arcy; Cooligan, Ross, Pilecki.

3 November 1979

Argentina	12–17	Australia
Try: Petersen Con: Porta Pen: Porta Drop: Porta		Try: Match, moom 2 Con: Paul McLean Pen: Paul McLean

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Attendance: 25,000 Referee: S.Strydom (South Africa)

Argentina		Australia
Martin Sansot	FB	15	FB	Paul McLean
Marcelo Campo	W	14	W	Paddy Batch
Rafael Madero	C	13	C	Michael O'Connor
Marcelo Loffreda	C	12	C	Andrew Slack
Adolfo Cappelletti	W	11	W	Brendan Moon
(capt.) Hugo Porta	FH	10	FH	Tony Melrose
Tomas Landajo	SH	9	SH	Phillip Cox
Hector Silva	N8	8	N8	Mark Loane (capt.)
Tomas Petersen	F	7	F	Greg Cornelsen
Gabriel Travaglini	F	6	F	Andy Stewart
Marcos Iachetti	L	5	L	Tony Shaw
Alejandro Iachetti	L	4	L	Peter McLean
Fernando Morel	P	3	P	Buddha Handy
Alejandro Cubelli	H	2	H	Bill Ross
Topo Rodriguez	P	1	P	Stan Pilecki

The team

Player	Match Played	Score				Total points
		tries	conv.	pen.	drop
Tony Melrose	5	1	4	3	2	27
Michael O'Connor	6	4	1	2		24
Phil Crowe	4	6				24
Paul McLean	4		5	4		22
Brendan Moon	5	5				20
Roger Gould	2	1	6			16
Tony Shaw	6	3				12
Paddy Batch	4	3				12
Phillip Cox	4	2				8
Mark Ella	3	1			1	7
Mark Loane	6	1				4
Peter McLean	6	1				4
Andrew Slack	6					0
Stan Pilecki	5					0
Greg Cornelsen	4					0
Budda Handy	4					0
Mick Mathers	4					0
Bill Ross	4					0
Peter John Carson	3					0
John Coolican	3					0
Tony D'Arcy	3					0
Dunacn Hall	3					0
Peter Horton	3					0
P. Knight	3					0
Andy Stewart	5					0

External links

• Union Argentina de Rugby – Memorias 1979