1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia

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1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia
Coach(es)Les Cusworth
Tour captain(s)Phil de Glanville
Summary
P W D L
Total
07 05 00 02
Test match
03 01 00 02
Opponent
P W D L
 Argentina
2 1 0 1
 Australia
1 0 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tourSouth Africa 1994
Next tourAustralasia and South Africa 1998

The 1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia was a series of matches played in 1997 in Argentina and Australia by the England national rugby union team.[1]

Over a total of 7 matches (6 in Argentina and one in Australia), England played three test (two vs Argentina, 1 win and 1 loss),[2] and one v Australia).

Touring party

Matches summary

  •   Test matches
N° Opposing Team Score Date Venue City
1
 Córdoba 38–21 21 May 1997 Estadio Olímpico Córdoba
2
 Buenos Aires 21–23 24 May 1997 BACRC Stadium Los Polvorines
3
 Argentina A 58–17 27 May 1997 BACRC Stadium Los Polvorines
4
  Argentina 46–20 31 May 1997 Ferro C. Oeste Buenos Aires
5
 Cuyo 37–8 3 June 1997 Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza
6
  Argentina 13–33 7 June 1997 Ferro C. Oeste Buenos Aires
7
  Australia 6–25 12 July 1997 Football Stadium Sydney

Match details

in Argentina

21 May
Córdoba21–38England
Try: Simes, Barrea
Con: Luna
Pen: Luna (3)		ReportTry: Bracken (2), Glanville, Redrnan
Con: Catt (5)
Pen: Catt
Estadio Olímpico, Córdoba
Referee: Eduardo Blengio (Uruguay)

Córdoba: Facundo Soler; José Luna. Germán Sagrera, Julián Légora, Gerardo Tomalino; Horacio Herrera, Christian Barrea; Damián Rotondo; Lucio Bedoya (Ohanián), Martín Viola (Luico Bedoya); José Simes, Eduardo Giaimo (Martín Fissore); Damián Muñoz, Guillermo Bernardi (c), Agustín Rodríguez Araya (Zárate).
England: Jim Mallinder; Jon Sleightholme, Phil de Glanville (c), Nick Greenstock, Adedayo Adebayo; Mike Catt, Kyran Bracken; Chris Sheasby (Tony Diprose); Rory Jenkins, Ben- Clarke; Nigel Redrnan, Martin Haag; Rob Hardwick, Phil Greening, Darren Garforth

24 May
Buenos Aires23–21England
Try: Solar
Pen: Cilley (5)
Drop: Cilley		ReportTry: Clarke, de Glanville, Mallinder
Pen: King (2)
BACRC Stadium, Los Polvorines
Referee: Ian Rogers (South Africa)

Buenos Aires: Diego Cuesta Silva; Tomás Solari, José Orengo, Eduardo Simone, Octavio Bartolucci; José Cilley, Nicolás Fernández Miranda; Pablo Camerlinckx; Cristián Viel, Ignacio Fernández Lobbe; Roberto Petti, Pedro Sporleder; Marcelo Urbano, Juan José Angelillo (e), Federico Werner.
England: Jim Mallinder; Jon Sleightholme, Nick Greenstock, Phil de Glanville (c)(Kyran Bracken), Adedayo Adebayo; Alex King (Mark Mapletoft), Andy Gomarsall; Tony Diprose; Ben Clarke (Martin Corry), Steve Ojornoh; Nigel Redrnan, Dave Baldwin; Kevin Yates, Richard Cockerill, John Mallett

27 May
Argentina A17–58England
Try: Viel, Légora, Cilley
Con: Cilley
Pen: Cilley		ReportTry: Rees (2), Baxendell (2), Gomarsall, Haag, Catt, O'Leary
Con: Mapletoft (6)
Pen: Mapletoft (2)
BACRC Stadium, Los Polvorines
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Argentina A: Federico Todeschini; Germán Todeschini, Julián Légora, Fernando del Castillo, Federico Schacht; José Cilley (c), Christian Barrea (Leandro Lobrauco); Cristián Viel; Roberto Travaglini, Gonzalo García; José Simes, Guillermo Ugartemendía (Raúl Pérez); Omar Hasan, Mario Ledesma, Fernando Díaz Alberdi (Federico Werner)
England: Mark Mapletoft; Darren O'Leary, Jos Baxendell, Matt Allen, David Rees; Alex King (Mike Catt), Andy Gornarsall; Tony Diprose (e); Rory Jenkins (Steve Ojornoh), Martin Corry; Danny Grewcock, Martin Haag; Darren Garforth, Richard Cockerill, Kevin Yates (Rob Hardwick)

31 May
Argentina 20–46 England
Try: Arbizu, Solar, Quesada
Pen: Quesada
Drop: Quesada		ReportTry: Adebayo (2), Greenstock, Diprose, Catt
Con: Catt (5)
Pen: Catt (2)
Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
Referee: lan Rogers (South Africa)
3 June
Cuyo8–37England
Try: Brandi
Pen: Gioeni		ReportTry: Mallinder (2), Grewcock, Baxendell, Gamarsall, Mapletoft
Con: Mapletoft (2)
Pen: Mapletoft (2)
Independiente Rivadavia, Mendoza
Referee: Johan Meuwesen (South Africa)

Cuyo: Martín Castro; Matías Brandi, Federico Serpa, Leandro Speroni, Sergio Cantú (Enrique Gatti); Adrián Gioeni, Manuel Díaz; Juan Chiapetta; Miguel Bertranou (c), Fermín Rodríguez, Gonzalo Correa Llano, Roberto Marchiori (Carlos Bajach); Federico Stoerman, Juan Pablo Arnut (Alejandro Avila), Federico Bartolini.
England: Mark Mapletoft; Daren O'Leary, Matt Allen, Jos Baxendell, Adedayo Adebayo (Jim Mallinder); Alex King, Andy Gomarsall; Chris Sheasby (c)(Martin Corry); Rory Jenkins, Steve Ojornoh; David Baldwin, Danny Grewcock; Robin Hardwick, Steve Diamond, Will Green

7 June
Argentina 33–13 England
Try: Soler (2), Grau, Simone
Con: Quesada (2)
Pen: Quesada (3)		ReportTry: Grewcock, Alex King
Pen: Mapletoft
Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

in Australia

12 July
Australia 25–6 England
Football Stadium, Sydney

References

  1. ^ Memoria y Balance 1997 on UAR
  2. ^ Inglaterra sorprendió y aplastó a Los Pumas, Clarín, 1 June 1997
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