2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina

2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	02 00 00 02
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 0 0 2

Main article: 2007 mid-year rugby union tests

The 2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2007 in Argentina by Ireland national rugby union team.

The Irish team, was very renewed, Eddie O'Sullivan tested a lot of new player, and stars like Ronan O'Gara, Brian O'Driscoll remain at home, to rest before the starting of training for 2007 Rugby World Cup. In the first match, Irish lose a tight match, but had a bad defeat in the second.

Matches

26 May 2007

Argentina	22–20	Ireland
Try: Senillosa Con: F. Contepomi Pen: F. Contepomi (4) Drop: F. Contepomi	report	Tries: Carney c Penalty try c Con: Wallace (2) Pen: Wallace Duffy

Estadio B. G. Estanislao López, Santa Fe Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Lyndon Bray

Italy		Canada
Bernardo Stortoni	FB	15	FB	Gavin Duffy
Tomas de Vedia	W	14	W	Brian Carney
Miguel Avramovic	C	13	C	Andrew Trimble
Hernan Senillosa	C	12	C	Kieran Lewis
Francisco Leonelli	W	11	W	Tommy Bowe
(capt.) Felipe Contepomi	FH	10	FH	Paddy Wallace
Nicolas Vergallo	SH	9	SH	Isaac Boss
Juan Manuel Leguizamon	N8	8	N8	Jamie Heaslip
Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe	F	7	F	Keith Gleeson
Martin Durand	F	6	F	Neil Best
Esteban Lozada	L	5	L	Malcolm O'Kelly
Pablo Bouza	L	4	L	Trevor Hogan
Santiago Gonzalez Bonorino	P	3	P	Simon Best (capt.)
Alberto Vernet Basualdo	H	2	H	Jerry Flannery
Marcos Ayerza	P	1	P	Bryan Young
		Replacements
Matias Cortese		16	H	Bernard Jackman
Pablo Cardinali	P	17	P	Tony Buckley
James Diego Stuart		18	L	Mick O'Driscoll
Genaro Fessia	F	19	F	Stephen Ferris
Lucio Lopez Fleming		20	SH	Tomas O'Leary
Juan Fernandez Miranda		21	FB	Geordan Murphy
Horacio Agulla		22	W	Barry Murphy
		Coaches
Marcelo Loffreda				Eddie O'Sullivan

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2 June 2007

Argentina	16–0	Ireland
Try: M. Contepomi c Con: Todeschini Pen: Todeschini (3)	report

Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kelvin Deaker

Italy		Canada
Federico Serra Miras	FB	15	FB	Geordan Murphy
Tomas de Vedia	W	14	W	Brian Carney
Hernan Senillosa	C	13	C	Barry Murphy
Manuel Contepomi	C	12	C	Gavin Duffy
Francisco Leonelli	W	11	W	Rob Kearney
Federico Todeschini	FH	10	FH	Jeremy Staunton
Nicolas Vergallo	SH	9	SH	Eoin Reddan
Juan Manuel Leguizamon	N8	8	N8	Stephen Ferris
Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe	F	7	F	Shane Jennings
Martin Durand	F	6	F	Alan Quinlan
Rimas Alvarez Kairelis	L	5	L	Mick O'Driscoll
Esteban Lozada	L	4	L	Leo Cullen
Santiago Gonzalez Bonorino	P	3	P	Bryan Young
Pablo Gambarini	H	2	H	Frankie Sheahan
Marcos Ayerza	P	1	P	Simon Best (capt.)
		Replacements
Eusebio Guinazu	P	16	H	Bernard Jackman
Pablo Henn		17	P	Tony Buckley
Pablo Bouza	L	18	L	Malcolm O'Kelly
Martin Schusterman	F	19	N8	Neil Best
Nicolas Fernandez Miranda		20		Isaac Boss
Juan Fernandez Miranda		21	C	Kieran Lewis
Horacio Agulla		22	FB	Luke Fitzgerald
		Coaches
Marcelo Loffreda				Eddie O'Sullivan

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Touring party

• Manager: Eddie O'Sullivan
• Captain: Simon Best

Backs

Isaac Boss (Ballymena RFC/Ulster) Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Brian Carney (Clonakilty RFC/Munster) Gavin Duffy (Galwegians RFC/Connacht) Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster) Kieran Lewis (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) Barry Murphy (UL Bohemians/Munster)

Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin RFC/Munster) Eoin Reddan (London Wasps) Jeremy Staunton (London Wasps) Andrew Trimble (Ballymena RFC/Ulster) Paddy Wallace (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)

Forwards

Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Peter Bracken (London Wasps) Tony Buckley (Shannon RFC/Munster) Leo Cullen (Leicester Tigers) Stephen Ferris (Dungannon RFC/Ulster) Jerry Flannery (Shannon RFC/Munster) Keith Gleeson (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf RFC/Leinster)

Trevor Hogan (Shannon RFC/Leinster) Bernard Jackman (Clontarf RFC/Leinster) Shane Jennings (Leicester Tigers) Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) Malcolm O'Kelly (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) Alan Quinlan (Shannon RFC/Munster) Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster) Bryan Young (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)