2006 Argentina rugby union tour of Europe
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The 2006 Argentina rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2006 in England, France and Italy by Argentina national rugby union team. It was an Historical tour with the first victory against England on their "home" of Twickenham.
The Pumas won also against Italy and lose only a very well played match against France.
Results
| 11 November 2006 14:30 GMT |
| England | 18–25 | Argentina |
| Try: Sackey Balshaw Con: Hodgson Pen: Hodgson Flood | Report | Try: Todeschini Con: Todeschini Pen: Contepomi (2) Todeschini (4) |
| Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 74,027 Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand) |
| 18 November 2006 |
| Italy | 16–23 | Argentina |
| Try: Stanojevic Con: Bortolussi Pen: Bortolussi 3 | Try: Avramovic, Todeschini Con: Todeschini 2 Pen: Todeschini 3 |
| Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa |
| Italy | Argentina | |||
| David Bortolussi | FB | 15 | FB | Juan Martín Hernández |
| Pablo Canavosio | W | 14 | W | Ignacio Corleto |
| Gonzalo Canale | C | 13 | C | Miguel Avramovic |
| Mirco Bergamasco | C | 12 | C | Manuel Contepomi |
| Marko Stanojevic | W | 11 | W | Horacio Agulla |
| Ramiro Pez | FH | 10 | FH | Federico Todeschini |
| Paul Griffen | SH | 9 | SH | Nicolás Fernández Miranda |
| Sergio Parisse | N8 | 8 | N8 | Gonzalo Longo (c) |
| Mauro Bergamasco | F | 7 | F | Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe |
| Alessandro Zanni | F | 6 | F | Martín Durand |
| (c) Marco Bortolami | L | 5 | L | Patricio Albacete |
| Santiago Dellapè | L | 4 | L | Esteban Lozada |
| Martin Castrogiovanni | P | 3 | P | Martín Scelzo |
| Carlo Festuccia | H | 2 | H | Mario Ledesma |
| Andrea Lo Cicero | P | 1 | P | Marcos Ayerza |
| Replacements | ||||
| Fabio Ongaro | H | 16 | H | Alberto Vernet Basualdo |
| Carlos Nieto | P | 17 | P | Juan Gomez |
| Carlo Del Fava | 18 | Jaime Arocena Mesones | ||
| Josh Sole | F | 19 | BR | Juan Manuel Leguizamón |
| Simon Picone | SH | 20 | Nicolas Vergallo | |
| Andrea Scanavacca | FH | 21 | C | Hernán Senillosa |
| Walter Pozzebon | 22 | Pablo Gomez Cora | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Pierre Berbizier | Marcelo Loffreda |
| 25 November 2006 |
| France | 27–26 | Argentina |
| Try: Dominici 2, Fritz Con: Yachvili 3 Pen: Yachvili 2 | Try: Hernández, Longo Con: F. Contepomi 2 Pen: F. Contepomi 2, Todeschini 2 |
| Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England) |
| France | Argentina | |||
| Pepito Elhorga | FB | 15 | FB | Juan Martín Hernández |
| Christophe Dominici | W | 14 | W | José María Núñez Piossek |
| Florian Fritz | C | 13 | C | Manuel Contepomi |
| Yannick Jauzion | C | 12 | C | Felipe Contepomi |
| Cédric Heymans | W | 11 | W | Ignacio Corleto |
| Damien Traille | FH | 10 | FH | Federico Todeschini |
| Dimitri Yachvili | SH | 9 | SH | Agustín Pichot (c) |
| Elvis Vermeulen | N8 | 8 | N8 | Gonzalo Longo |
| Rémy Martin | F | 7 | F | Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe |
| Julien Bonnaire | F | 6 | F | Martín Durand |
| Loic Jacquet | L | 5 | L | Patricio Albacete |
| Lionel Nallet | L | 4 | L | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe |
| Pieter de Villiers | P | 3 | P | Omar Hasan |
| Raphaël Ibañez | H | 2 | H | Mario Ledesma |
| Olivier Milloud | P | 1 | P | Martín Scelzo |
| Replacements | ||||
| Dimitri Szarzewski | H | 16 | Alberto Vernet Basualdo | |
| Sylvain Marconnet | P | 17 | P | Marcos Ayerza |
| Thibault Privat | 18 | Esteban Lozada | ||
| Serge Betsen | F | 19 | BR | Juan Manuel Leguizamón |
| Pierre Mignoni | 20 | Juan Fernández Miranda | ||
| David Marty | C | 21 | FH | Hernán Senillosa |
| Aurélien Rougerie | 22 | Horacio Agulla | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Bernard Laporte | Marcelo Loffreda |
References
- "Robinson must be put out of his misery after lame England slump into gutter". The Guardian. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- "Rugby, testa a testa con l'Argentina ma l'Italia non-riesce a vincere" (in Italian). La repubblica. 18 November 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- "France edge to win over Argentina". BBC News. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2013.