1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina

1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina
1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina
Manager	Geoff Cooke
Tour captain(s)	Will Carling
Summary
P	W
Total
07	03
Test match
02	01
Opponent
P	W
Argentina
2	1

The 1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in July and August 1990 in Argentina by the England national rugby union team. It was the second tour of Argentina by England and was apparently arranged without the tour manager Geoff Cooke's knowledge and at an inconvenient time of the year for the England players in July and August.^[1] For this reason, eight England players declined the invitation to make the trip, and the only seasoned internationals on the tour were Will Carling, Richard Hill, Wade Dooley, Brian Moore, Jeff Probyn and Peter Winterbottom.

It was also notable in that it was the first series between Argentina and a Home Nation since 1981, as the Home Nations were prohibited from playing Argentina in the aftermath of the Falklands War in 1982 and represented a start of a warming period of relations between the United Kingdom and Argentina.

Touring party

Manager: Geoff Cooke
Assistant Manager: J.J. Elliott
Coach: Roger Uttley
Captain: Will Carling (Harlequins) 17 Caps

Player	Matches played	Score				Total points
Player	Matches played	Tries	Conv.	Pen.	Drop	Total points
Steve Bates (Bath – 1 cap – Half-back)	1					0
John Buckton (Saracens – 1 cap – Three-quarter)	5	1				4
Will Carling (Harlequins – 17 caps – Three-quarter)	4	1				4
Graham Childs (Northern – No caps – Three-quarter)	2					0
Wade Dooley (Preston – 34 caps – Forward)	4					0
David Egerton (Bath – 6 caps – Forward)	4	1				4
Nigel Heslop (Orrell – No caps – Three-quarter)	4	2				8
Richard Hill (Bath – 14 caps – Half-back)	5					0
Simon Hodgkinson (Nottingham – 6 caps – Full-back)	4	1	2	16		56
Paul Hull (Bristol – No caps – Full-back)	3					0
Bob Kimmins (Orrell – No caps – Forward)	3	2				8
Jason Leonard (Saracens – No caps – Forward)	4					0
John Liley (Leicester – No caps – Full-back)	4	1	1	3		15
Mark Linnet (Moseley – 1 cap – Forward)	3					0
Brian Moore (Nottingham – 23 caps – Forward)	4					0
Dewi Morris (Orrell – 5 caps – Half-back)	1					0
John Olver (Harlequins – No caps – Forward)	3	1				4
Chris Oti (London Wasps – 7 caps – Three-quarter)	6	1				4
David Pears (Harlequins – No caps – Half-back)	5		3	4		18
Matt Poole (Leicester – No caps – Forward)	3					0
Jeff Probyn (London Wasps – 15 caps – Forward)	4					0
Nigel Redman (Bath – 8 caps – Forward)	4					0
Andy Robinson (Bath – 7 caps – Forward)	3	1				4
Tim Rodber (Northampton – No caps – Forward)	3					0
Dean Ryan (London Wasps – No caps – Forward)	4	2				8
Michael Skinner (Harlequins – 10 caps – Forward)	4					0
Gavin Thompson (Harlequins – No caps – Three-quarter)	3					0
Victor Ubogu (Bath – No caps – Forward)	3					0
Tony Underwood (Leicester – No caps – Three-quarter)	3					0
Peter Winterbottom (Harlequins – 35 caps – Forward)	4					0

Matches

Test matches

N°	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	City
1	14 July	C.A. Banco Nación	21–29	Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires
2	18 July	Tucumán R.U.	19–14	Atlético Tucumán	S.M. Tucumán
3	21 July	Buenos Aires R.U.	23–26	Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires
4	24 July	Cuyo R.U.	21–22	Independiente Rivadavia	Mendoza
5	28 July	Argentina	25–12	Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires
6	31 July	Córdoba R.U.	15–12	Estadio Córdoba^{[n 1]}	Córdoba
7	4 August	Argentina	13–15	Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires

Notes

^ Not held in the main ground but in a field located behind it.

Match details

Complete list of matches played in Argentina:^[1]^[2]

Legend: ALU=Alumni, ARU=Australia RU, BAC=Belgrano Athletic Club, BCR=Buenos Aires CRC, BN=Banco Nacón, CASI=C.A. San Isidro, CP=Club Pucará, CUBA=Club Universitario B.A., CUY=Unión de Rugby de Cuyo, HC=Hindú Club, LP=La Plata RC, NEW=Club Newman, PUY=Club Pueyrredón, SIC=San Isidro Club, UAR=Argentine Rugby Union, URT=Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

14 July

Club Banco Nación	29–21	England
Try: Gentile Gómez Pen: Porta (5) Drop: Porta (2)		Try: Robinson Liley Buckton Kimmins Con: Pears Pen: Pears

Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires
Referee: Jorge Cohen (Argentina)

Banco Nación: P. Soto; G. Benedetto, R. Zanero, P. Pérez, C. Gentile; H. Porta (capt.), F. Gómez; F. Rubio, P. Di Nisio, P. Franchi; R. Etchegoyen, E. Gallo; A. Marrón, O. Cando, G. Inganni
England: J. Liley; N. Heslop, W. Carling (capt.), J. Buckton, C. Oti; D. Pears, R. Hill; D. Egerton, A. Robinson, M. Skinner; M. Poole, R. Kimmins; M. Linnett, B. Moore, V. Ubogu

18 July

Tucumán RU	14–19	England
Try: M. Terán G. Terán Pen: Martínez Riera (2)		Try: Olver Pen: Hodgkinson (3) Pears (2)

Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán
Referee: J. L. Rolandi (Argentina)

Tucumán: F. Williams; M. Terán, P. Gauna, J. Gianotti, G. Terán; J. Martínez Riera, P. Merlo; J. Santamarina, P. Bunader, P. Garretón; O. Fascioli, A. Macome; J. Coria, R. Le Fort, L. Molina
England: S. Hodgkinson (J. Liley); T. Underwood, J. Buckton, G. Thompson, C. Oti; D. Pears, C. Morris; D. Winterbottom, T. Rodber, D. Ryan; W. Dooley, N. Redman; J. Probyn, J. Olver, J. Leonard

21 July

Buenos Aires RU	26–23	England
Try: Cubelli S. Ezcurra Laborde Con: Angaut Pen: Angaut (4)		Try: Ryan Carling Egerton Heslop Con: Pears (2) Pen: Pears

Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires
Referee: Efraim Sklar (Argentina)

Buenos Aires: G. Angaut (LP; G. Jorge (CP, E. Laborde (CP, H. García Simón (PUY), S. Ezcurra (CUBA); L. Arbizu (BAC), A. Zanoni (PUY); R. Villalonga (ALU), P. Di Nisio (BN), E. Ezcurra (NEW); E. Etchegoyen (BN), G. Llanes (LP; H. Ballatore (ALU), A. Cubelli (BAC) (capt.), L. Lonardi (SIC).
England: D. Pears; N. Heslop, W. Carling (capt.), G. Thompson, C. Oti; P. Hull, R. Hill; D. Winterbottom, D. Egerton, D. Ryan; W. Dooley, N. Redman; V. Ubogu, J. Olver, J. Leonard.

24 July 1990

Cuyo RU	22–21	England
Try: A. Filizzola Bertranou Con: G. Filizzola Pen: G. Filizzola Drop: G. Filizzola		Pen: Hodgkinson (7)

Independiente Rivadavia, Mendoza
Referee: Marcelo Firpo (Argentina)

Cuyo: F. Lola; E. Saurina, C. Cipitelli (capt.), Carbonell, M. Roby; G. Filizzola, A. Orrico; M. Bertranou, M. Baeck, A. Filizzola; Gómez, Pascual; J. Acevedo, A. Gutiérrez, F. Méndez
England: J. Liley; T. Underwood, J. Buckton, G. Childs, P. Hull; S. Hodgkinson, R. Hill; A. Skinner, T. Rodber, A. Robinson; M. Poole, R. Kimmins; J. Probyn, B. Moore (capt.), M. Linnet

28 July 1990

Argentina	12–25	England
Pen: Vidou (4)		Try: Ryan Oti Con: Hodgkinson Pen: Hodgkinson (5)

Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires
Referee: Brian Kinsey (Australia)

Argentina

England

Argentina: A. Scolni (ALU); H. Vidou (BCR), M. Loffreda (capt.; SIC), D. Cuesta Silva (SIC), (S. Salvat (ALU); R. Madero (SIC), F. Gómez (BN); P. Bertranou (CUY), M. Baeck (CUY), P. Garretón (URT); A. Iachetti (HC), E. Branca (CASI); L. Molina (URT), J. J. Angelillo (SIC), A. Rocca (BCR)
England: S. Hodgkinson; N. Heslop; W. Carling (capt.), J. Buckton, C. Oti; D. Pears, R. Hill; D. Ryan, P. Winterbottom, M. Skinner; W. Dooley, N. Redman; J. Probyn, B. Moore, J. Leonard

31 July 1990

Córdoba RU	12–15	England
Pen: Cosa (4)		Try: Kimmins Con: Liley Pen: Liley (3)

Córdoba Stadium (Cancha Auxiliar), Córdoba
Referee: Miguel Peyrone (Argentina)

Córdoba: J. Cosa; M. Ambroggio, P. Garzón (capt.), M. Gil, N. Andreossi; H. Herrera, H. de Marco; L. Bedoya, S. Irazoqui, D. Tobal; J. Simes, C. Montenegro; G. Rivero, C. Hernández, A. Mammana
England: J. Liley; C. Oti, G. Childs, G. Thompson, T. Underwood; P. Hull, S. Bates; A. Robinson, D. Egerton, J. Rodber; M. Poole, R. Kimmins; V. Ubogu, J. Olver, M. Linnet

4 August 1990

Argentina	15–13	England
Pen: Vidou (5)		Try: Hodgkinson Heslop Con: Hodgkinson Pen: Hodgkinson