1965 Argentina rugby union tour of Rhodesia and South Africa

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

16	11	1	4

Test match

1 ^[1]	1	0	0

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Junior Springboks

1 ^[2]	1	0	0

The 1965 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of sixteen matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in May and June 1965.

It was the first tour of Argentinian team outside of South America. In this tour was born the nickname Pumas: for Argentinian Player. The victory against Junior Springboks, was considered historical; in the same day ("black Saturday") when Springboks was defeated in Australia

Matches

8 May 1965

Rhodesia	17 - 12	Argentina XV

Salisbury

12 May 1965

Northern Transvaal CD	25 - 13	Argentina XV

Petersburg

15 May 1965

Western Transvaal CD	11 - 38	Argentina XV

Potchefstroom

19 May 1965

SW Africa C.D.	5 - 43	Argentina XV

Windhoek

22 May 1965

Eastern Transvaal C.D.	9 - 22	Argentina XV

Ermelo

26 May 1965

Grigualand West C.D.	12 - 32	Argentina XV

Kimberley

29 May 1965

North Eastern district	6 - 17	Argentina XV

Aliwal North

1 June 1965

Border Country District	6 - 6	Argentina XV

Queenstown

3 June 1965

Eastern province CD	6 - 27	Argentina XV

Cradock

5 June 1965

South West Districts	3 - 0	Argentina XV

Oudtshoorn

9 June 1965

Southern Universities	6 - 22	Argentina XV

Cape Town

12 June 1965

Boland C.D.	12 - 20	Argentina XV

Wellington, Western Cape

16 June 1965

Orange Free State C.D.	14 - 17	Argentina XV

Welkom

19 June 1965

Junior Springboks	6 - 11	Argentina
Try: du Preez 2		Try: Espana, Loyola Pascual Con: Poggi

Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance: .000
Referee: Pieter Robbertse


Junior Springboks		Argentina
Dries Pretorius	FB	15	FB	Roberto Cazenave
J. Serfontein	W	14	W	Enrico Neri
B. Ackerman	C	13	C	Marcelo Pascual
Johan van der Schyff	C	12	C	Arturo Rodriguez Jurado
Alan Wiggett	W	11	W	Eduardo Espana
Hugh Bladen	FH	10	FH	Eduardo Poggi
Kid du Preez	SH	9	SH	Adolfo Etchegaray
Koos Claasen	N8	8	N8	Eduardo Scharemberg
Louis Slabber	F	7	F	Hector Silva
Oupa du Piesanie	F	6	F	Raul Loyola
Brian Irvine	L	5	L	Rodolfo Schmidt
E. Claassen	L	4	L	Aitor Otano (capt.)
W. Storm	P	3	P	Ronnie Foster
N.J.J. van Rensburg	H	2	H	Nicanor Gonzalez del Solar
R. Dercksen	P	1	P	Luis Garcia Yanez

23 June 1965

Natal Country District	14 - 24	Argentina XV

Durban

26 June 1965

SA Country District	31 - 11	Argentina XV

Bloemfontein

The team

Roberto Eduardo Cazenave,
Bernardo Aitor Otaño
Arturo Hilario Rodríguez Jurada
Ronaldo Foster
Nicanor César González del Solar
Enrico Neri
Eduardo Enrique Scharenberg
Adolfo Marcelo Etchegaray
Héctor Luis Silva
Guillermo Eduardo Mc Cormick
Marcelo Guillermo Pascual
Manuel María Beccar Vareta
Eduardo Juan Tomás Poggi
Agustín Silveyra
Heriberto Ricardo Handley
Luis Horacio García Yáñez
Héctor Goti
José Luis Imhoff
Eduardo España
Luis Raúl Loyola
Juan Francisco Benzi
R Golfo Schmidt
Guillermo Jiba
Jorge Hernán Dartiguelongue
Luis Moran- Gradín
Walter 0. Aniz.

Sources

Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979-80. Queen Anne Press. pp. 47–51. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.
Union Argentina de Rugby (November 1965). "MEMORIA Temporada año 1965" (.doc) (in Spanish).

Notes

↑ The match with Junior Springboks was considered an official match only by Union Argentina de Rugby
↑ Not "cap match" for South African Rugby Board

Argentina national rugby union team tours

Australia	1983 1986 1995 2000

New Zealand	1979 1989 1997 2001 2004

South Africa and Zimbabwe	1965 1971 1994 2002 2003

England	1976 1978 1990 1996 2000 2006

France	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008

Ireland	1973 1978 1990 1999 2002 2004 2008

Italy	1978 1998 2002 2005 2006 2008

Scotland	1973 1990 1999 2001 2005

Wales	1976 1998 2001

Others	1982 (Spain) 1990 (British Isles) 1992 (Romania and Spain) 1998 (Japan)

Rugby union tours of South Africa

British and Irish Lions	1891 1896 1903 1910 1924 1938 1955 1962 1968 1974 1980 1997 2009

New Zealand	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

Australia	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

Argentina	1965 (no test) 1971 (no test) 1994 2002 2003

England	1972 1984 1994 1998 2000 2007 2012

France	1958 1964 1967 1971 1975 1980 1993 2001 2005 2006

Ireland	1961 1981 1998 2004 2016

Italy	1973 (no test) 1999 2001 2008

Scotland	1999 (no test) 2003 2006

Wales	1964 1995 1998 2002 2004 2008 2014

Fiji	1996

Samoa	2003 (no test) 2007

Tonga	1997

Various selections	1978 (American Cougars) 1980 (S.A.Jaguars) 1982 (S.A.Jaguars) 1985 (Cavaliers) 1987 (South Sea Barbarians) 1989 (World XV)

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