2003 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa

2003 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa
Coach(es)Marcelo Loffreda
Tour captain(s)Agustin Pichot
Summary
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Total
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Test match
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Opponent
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 South Africa
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The 2003 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of two matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in June 2003 in preparation of the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

The team

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* President: Ricardo Borcoch * Manager: Emilio Perasso

* Assistant coach: Daniel Baetti

Matches

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25 June 2003
South Africa South Africa A30–30Argentina Argentina A[1]
Try: Gaitan 2
Núñez Piossek
Con: Fernández Miranda 3
Pen: Fernández Miranda 2
Drop: Fernández Miranda		Try: Snyman 2
Sowerby
Con: James, Delport 2
Pen: Delport 3
Boland Stadium, Wellington

South Africa A: Thinus Delport, Edrich Fredericks, André Snyman, Wayne Julies, Anton Pitout, Butch James, Neil de Kock, Christo Bezuidenhout, Dale Santon, Wessel Roux, Bakkies Botha, Geo Cronjé, Piet Krause, Hendrik Gerber, Juan Smith, – replacements: John Smit, Albert van den Berg, Shaun Sowerby, Johannes Conradie, Robbie Fleck, Conrad Jantjes.

Argentina A: 15. Bernardo Stortoni, 14. Octavio Bartolucci, 13. Martín Gaitan, 12. Manuel Contepomi, 11. Hernán Senillosa, 10. Juan Fernández Miranda, 9. Matías Albina, 8. Pablo Bouza, 7. Santiago Sanz, 6. Santiago Phelan, 5. Patricio Albacete, 4. Pedro Sporleder, 3. Mauricio Reggiardo, 2. Federico Méndez, 1. Rodrigo Roncero., – replacements: Mario Ledesma, Santiago González Bonorino, Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, Rolando Martín, Nicolás Fernández Miranda, José María Núñez Piossek – No entry: Felipe Contepomi

28 June 2003
 South Africa26 – 25[2] Argentina
Try: Coetzee, Russell
Con: Koen 2
Pen: Koen 4		Try: Contepomi, Hernández
Núñez Piossek
Con: Quesada 2
Pen: Quesada 2
ESRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 34000
Referee: Nigel Williams Wales

South Africa: Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Stefan Terblanche, Marius Joubert, Gcobani Bobo, Pieter Rossouw, Louis Koen, Craig Davidson, Pedrie Wannenburg, AJ Venter, Corné Krige (capt.), Victor Matfield, Quinton Davids, Cobus Visagie, Danie Coetzee, Robbi Kempson, – replacements: Richard Bands, Lawrence Sephaka, Selborne Boome, Bobby Skinstad, Joost van der Westhuizen, Trevor Halstead, Brent Russell

Argentina: 15. Juan Martín Hernández, 14. José María Núñez Piossek, 13. José Orengo, 12. Felipe Contepomi, 11. Diego Albanese, 10. Gonzalo Quesada, 9. Nicolás Fernández Miranda, 8. Gonzalo Longo (capt), 7. Rolando Martín, 6. Lucas Ostiglia, 5. Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, 4. Ignacio Fernández Lobbe, 3. Mauricio Reggiardo, 2. Mario Ledesma, 1. Roberto Grau, – replacements: 16. Federico Méndez, 17. Santiago González Bonorino, 18. Patricio Albacete, 19. Santiago Phelan, 20. Matias Albina, 21. Hernán Senillosa, 22. Bernardo Stortoni

The "Provincias Argentina" tour

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A second level national team called Provincias Argentinas, made a short tour of two match just before the major team tour.

14 June 2003
Mpumalanga Pumas71–14Argentina Provincias Argentinas
Witbank
21 June 2003
Orange Free State64–20Argentina Provincias Argentinas
Bloemfontein

References

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  1. ^ Is usual for Union Argentina de Rugby, to call as "Argentina A" (instead of Argentina XV) the first national team when he plays against "A" selection of other nation. In this way a player that made his debut in this match couldn't from now on be eligible for other country.
  2. ^ "Koen denies brave Pumas historic win". The Guardian. 28 June 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

Sources

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