2022 Argentina rugby union tour of Great Britain

2022 Argentina rugby union tour of Great Britain
Date	6–19 November
Coach(es)	Michael Cheika
Top point scorer(s)	Emiliano Boffelli
Summary	P W D L
Total	03 01 00 02
Test match	03 01 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
England	1 1 0 0
Wales	1 0 0 1
Scotland	1 0 0 1

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]

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 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.^[7] Their second test match in against New Zealand however, resulted in a crushing 53-3 defeat.

Match summary

Date	Rival	Result	Score	Venue	City	Ref.
6 Nov	England	won	30–29	Twickenham	London	[8][9]
12 Nov	Wales	lost	13–20	Millennium	Cardiff	[10][11]
19 Nov	Scotland	lost	29–52	Murrayfield	Edinbourgh	[12][13]

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 FB 15 Freddie Steward W 14 Jack Nowell B 13 Manu Tuilagi B 12 Owen Farrell (c) W 11 Joe Cokanasiga FH 10 Marcus Smith SH 9 Ben Youngs N8 8 Billy Vunipola FL 7 Tom Curry FL 6 Maro Itoje L 5 Jonny Hill L 4 Alex Coles P 3 Kyle Sinckler H 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie P 1 Ellis Genge Head Coach: Eddie Jones FB 15 Juan Cruz Mallía W 14 Mateo Carreras B 13 Matias Moroni B 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente W 11 Emiliano Boffelli FH 10 Santiago Carreras SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou N8 8 Pablo Matera FL 7 Marcos Kremer FL 6 Juan Martín González L 5 Tomás Lavanini L 4 Matías Alemanno P 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela H 2 Julián Montoya (c) P 1 Thomas 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 FB 15 Louis Rees-Zammit W 14 Alex Cuthbert B 13 George North B 12 Nick Tompkins W 11 Rio Dyer FH 10 Gareth Anscombe SH 9 Tomos Williams N8 8 Taulupe Faletau FL 7 Justin Tipuric FL 6 Dan Lydiate L 5 Adam Beard L 4 Will Rowlands  56' P 3 Dillon Lewis H 2 Ken Owens P 1 Gareth Thomas Head Coach: Wayne Pivac FB 15 Juan Cruz Mallía W 14 Mateo Carreras B 13 Matias Moroni B 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente W 11 Emiliano Boffelli FH 10 Santiago Carreras SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou N8 8 Pablo Matera (c) FL 7 Marcos Kremer FL 6 Juan Martín González L 5 Tomás Lavanini L 4 Matías Alemanno P 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela H 2 Agustín Creevy P 1 Thomas 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 FB 15 Stuart Hogg RW 14 Darcy Graham OC 13 Chris Harris IC 12 Sione Tuipulotu  40' LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe FH 10 Finn Russell SH 9 Ali Price N8 8 Jamie Ritchie (c)  23' BF 7 Jack Dempsey OF 6 Matt Fagerson RL 5 Grant Gilchrist LL 4 Jonny Gray TP 3 Zander Fagerson HK 2 Fraser Brown LP 1 Pierre Schoeman Head Coach: Gregor Townsend FB 15 Juan Cruz Mallía W 14 Bautista Delguy B 13 Matías Orlando B 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente W 11 Emiliano Boffelli FH 10 Santiago Carreras SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou N8 8 Pablo Matera FL 7 Marcos Kremer 22' FL 6 Juan Martín González L 5 Tomás Lavanini  9' L 4 Matías Alemanno  8' P 3 Eduardo Bello H 2 Julián Montoya (c) P 1 Thomas Gallo  22' Head Coach: Michael Cheika

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