1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina

1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	06 03 02 01
Test match	02 01 01 00
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 1 1 0

The 1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to Argentina. The tour also took in five matches against Argentine regional and invitational teams with one test against South Africa. This was the first official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere.

It was the first Welsh tour in Argentina: before onlySoutHA frica, Ireland and France national teams, visit Argentina and South America.

Depstite the fact that the Welsh Rugby Union didn't considered them as official, the two match against Argentina national team were real test matches.

It was a big surprise that the "Pumas" won the series with a victory and a draw.

Results

7 September 1968

Belgrano A.C.	11–24	Wales XV
Try: Martínez Con: Rosati Pen: Rosati 2		Try: Gray 2, Highes, Ball, Dawes; Con: Dawes 3 Pen: Dawes

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: Carlos A. Tozzi (Buenos Aires)

Belgrano: H. Rosati; C. Cornille, C. Martínez, G. Escobar, E. de las Carreras; F. Forrester, L. Gradín; A. Gómez Aparicio, E. Elowson, L. Loyola; M. Cole, L. Tahier; G. Luchetti, F. Gradín (cap.), E. Verardo.
Wales XV: J. Williams; A. Morgan, J. Dawes (cap.), G. Ball, L. Daniel; P. Bennet, G. Turner; T. Gray, D. Highes, D. Morris; L. Baxter, R. Mainwaring; B. Butler, N. Gales, J. Lloyd.

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11 September 1968

Interior	3–12	Wales XV
Pen: Seaton		Try: Ferguson, Grayz Butler, Morgan Con: Ferguson

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Niño (Buenos Aires)

Seleccionado del Interior: J. Seaton; E. España, R. Taquini, J. Benzi, A. Quetglas; R. Villavicencio, O. Aletta da Silva; J. Imhoff, M. Chesta, J. L. Imhoff (cap.); M. Campra, H. Suárez; F. Landó, J. Fradua, S. Furno.
Wales XV: J. Williams; S. Ferguson, G. Ball, G. Dawes (cap.), A. Morgan; R. Phillips, T. Evans, A. John, J. Jeffery, A. Gray; M. Witshire, W. Mainwaring; W. Williams, B. Rees, L. Butler.

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14 September 1968

Argentina	9–5	Wales XV
Try: Loyola Pen: Seaton 2		Try: Turner Con: Dawes

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: R. Colombo

Argentina: 15.Jorge Seaton, 14.Mario Walther, 13.Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, 12.Marcelo Pascual, 11.Alejandro Travaglini, 10.Jorge Dartiguelongue, 9.Adolfo Etchegaray, 7.Miguel Chesta, 8.Hector Silva, 6.Raul Loyola, 5.Aitor Otano, 4.Adrian Anthony, 3.Marcelo Farina, 2.Ricardo Handley, 1.Luis Garcia Yanez
Wales XV: 15.JPR Williams, 14.Laurie Daniel, 13.Glen Ball, 12.John Dawes, 11.Andy Morgan, 10.Phil Bennett, 9.Glyn Turner, 8.Dennis Hughes, 7.Tony Gray, 6.Dai Morris, 5.Billy Mainwaring, 4.Lyn Baxter, 3.Brian Butler, 2.Brian Rees, 1.John Lloyd

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21 September 1968

Argentina B	8–8	Wales XV
Try: Pére, Travaglini Con: Gradín		Try: Daniel 2 Con: Daniel)

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: Bruno Bertelli (Buenos Aires)

Seleccionado "B”': D. Morgan; N. Pérez, J. Benzi, R. Villavicencio, A. Travaglini; C. Martínez, L. Gradín (cap.); G. Plesky, H. Miguens, J. Imhoff; L. Varela, R. Sellarés; R. Casabal, C. Massabó, A. Abella. Wales XV: J. Williams; L. Daniel, S. Dawes (cap.), G. Ball, A. Morgan; R. Phillips, G. Turner; A. Gray, D. Hughes, W. Morris, W. Mainwarling, M. Witshire; W. Williams, N. Gale, D. Lloyd.

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25 September 1968

Argentina C	6–9	Wales XV
Pen: O 'Reilly		Pen: Ferguson, Dawes, Bennet

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: César De Elizalde

Seleccionado "C”: Pagano (cap.); N. Pérez, E. Reynolds, P. Grossi, J. Fiordalisi; G. Pimentel, A. Gómez Aparicio; J. O ́Reilly, E. Elowson, m. Morgan; R. Castro, J. Ferraiuolo; M. Carluccio, E. Toribio, H. Nicola.
Wales XV: J. Williams; S. Ferguson, G. Ball, S. Dawes (cap.), A. Morgan; P. Bennet, T. Evans; A. John, D. Hughes, J. Jefrey; M. Wilshire, L. Baxter; w. Williams, B. Rees, B. Butler.

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28 September 1968

Argentina	9–9	Wales XV
Try: by scrum Pen: Seaton 2		Try: Ferguson Pen: Ferguson 2

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: Ken John (England) Carlos Tozzi (Argentina) from 25'

Argentina:15.Jorge Seaton, 14.Mario Walther, 13.Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, 12.Marcelo Pascual, 11.Nestor Perez, 10.Jorge Dartiguelongue, 9.Adolfo Etchegaray, 7.Hector Silva cap., 8.Miguel Chesta, 6.Raul Loyola, 5.Aitor Otano, 4.Adrian Anthony, 3.Marcelo Farina, 2.Ricardo Handley, 1.Luis Garcia Yanez
Wales XV:15.JPR Williams, 14.Laurie Daniel, 13.Glen Ball, 12.John Dawes cap., 11.Stuart Ferguson, 10.Bob Phillips, 9.Glyn Turner, 8.Dennis Hughes, 7.Tony Gray, 6.Dai Morris, 5.Billy Mainwaring, 4.Max Wiltshire, 3.John Lloyd, 2.Norman Gale, 1.Walter Williams,

Bibliography

• memorias del UAR 1968 (spanish)