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2014 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina

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In June 2014, Ireland played a two-test series against Argentina.^[1] This was Ireland's first test series against Argentina since 2007, in which Argentina won that series 2–0. However, Ireland did go into this series on the back of a Six Nations Championship victory, and three consecutive win over Argentina. Including a record winning margin of 22, the last time these two teams faced each other.^[2] The tour is part of the third year on the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.

Quick Facts Coach(es), Tour captain(s) ...

2014 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina

Coach(es)

Joe Schmidt

Tour captain(s)

Paul O'Connell

Top test point scorer(s)

Johnny Sexton (24)

Top test try scorer(s)

5 players with 1 try

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

02	02	00	00

Test match

02	02	00	00

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Argentina

2	2	0	0

Tour chronology

Previous tour

Canada & USA 2013

Next tour

South Africa 2016

Ireland won the series 2–0, the first time they had won a test series in Argentina, and won the Admiral Brown Cup for the second time.^[3]^[4]

Fixtures

More information Date and time, Venue ...

Date and time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
7 June 2014, 15:40 ART (UTC-03)	Estadio Centenario, Resistencia	Argentina	17–29	Ireland
14 June 2014, 15:40 ART (UTC-03)	Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán	Argentina	17–23	Ireland

Squads

Note: Caps and ages are to 7 June, pre first test.

Ireland

On 19 May 2014, Ireland announced a 30-man squad for their 2014 tour of Argentina.^[5]

On 21 May 2014, Paddy Jackson was ruled out of the tour due to injury. He was replaced by Ian Madigan.^[6]

On 1 June 2014, Keith Earls and Martin Moore were ruled out of the tour due to injuries. Earls was replaced by Noel Reid, while Moore was replaced by Rodney Ah You.^[7] Both these replacements were promoted from the Emerging Ireland side that is participating in the 2014 IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest.

Head coach: Joe Schmidt

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

More information Player, Position ...

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Rory Best	Hooker	(1982-08-15)15 August 1982 (aged 31)	75	Ulster
Damien Varley	Hooker	(1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 30)	2	Munster
Rob Herring	Hooker	(1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 24)	0	Ulster
Rodney Ah You	Prop	(1988-10-27)27 October 1988 (aged 25)	0	Connacht
James Cronin	Prop	(1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 23)	0	Munster
Dave Kilcoyne	Prop	(1988-12-14)14 December 1988 (aged 25)	8	Munster
Jack McGrath	Prop	(1989-10-11)11 October 1989 (aged 24)	8	Leinster
Martin Moore	Prop	(1991-03-01)1 March 1991 (aged 23)	5	Leinster
Mike Ross	Prop	(1979-12-21)21 December 1979 (aged 34)	39	Leinster
Iain Henderson	Lock	(1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 22)	10	Ulster
Paul O'Connell (c)	Lock	(1979-10-20)20 October 1979 (aged 34)	92	Munster
Devin Toner	Lock	(1986-06-29)29 June 1986 (aged 27)	15	Leinster
Robbie Diack	Flanker	(1985-11-12)12 November 1985 (aged 28)	0	Ulster
Chris Henry	Flanker	(1984-10-17)17 October 1984 (aged 29)	14	Ulster
Jordi Murphy	Flanker	(1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 23)	2	Leinster
Rhys Ruddock	Flanker	(1990-11-13)13 November 1990 (aged 23)	2	Leinster
Jamie Heaslip	Number 8	(1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 30)	65	Leinster
Conor Murray	Scrum-half	(1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 25)	27	Munster
Kieran Marmion	Scrum-half	(1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 22)	0	Connacht
Eoin Reddan	Scrum-half	(1980-11-20)20 November 1980 (aged 33)	54	Leinster
Paddy Jackson	Fly-half	(1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 22)	9	Ulster
Ian Madigan	Fly-half	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 25)	8	Leinster
Johnny Sexton	Fly-half	(1985-07-11)11 July 1985 (aged 28)	43	Racing Métro
Darren Cave	Centre	(1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 27)	5	Ulster
Robbie Henshaw	Centre	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 20)	3	Connacht
Luke Marshall	Centre	(1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 23)	5	Ulster
Noel Reid	Centre	(1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 24)	0	Leinster
Keith Earls	Wing	(1987-10-02)2 October 1987 (aged 26)	39	Munster
Fergus McFadden	Wing	(1986-06-17)17 June 1986 (aged 27)	26	Leinster
Andrew Trimble	Wing	(1984-10-20)20 October 1984 (aged 29)	55	Ulster
Simon Zebo	Wing	(1990-03-16)16 March 1990 (aged 24)	6	Munster
Felix Jones	Fullback	(1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 26)	6	Munster
Rob Kearney	Fullback	(1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 28)	54	Leinster

Argentina

Argentina 33-man Squad for their June tests against Ireland and Scotland, plus the uncapped match against a South American XV side.^[8]

Head coach: Daniel Hourcade

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

More information Player, Position ...

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Matías Cortese	Hooker	(1985-10-01)1 October 1985 (aged 28)	4	Liceo Naval
Santiago Iglesias	Hooker	(1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 21)	5	Uni Tucumán
Julián Montoya	Hooker	(1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 20)	1	Newman
Tetaz Chaparro	Prop	(1989-11-06)6 November 1989 (aged 24)	4	La Plata
Matías Díaz	Prop	(1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 21)	6	Highlanders
Ramiro Herrera	Prop	(1989-02-14)14 February 1989 (aged 25)	0	Castres
Lucas Noguera Paz	Prop	(1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 21)	1	Lince R.C.
Bruno Postiglioni	Prop	(1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 27)	9	La Plata
Matías Alemanno	Lock	(1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 22)	1	Tablada
Manuel Carizza	Lock	(1984-08-23)23 August 1984 (aged 29)	40	Stormers
Tomás Lavanini	Lock	(1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 21)	4	Hindú
Lucas Ponce	Lock	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 23)	1	CUBA
Rodrigo Báez	Flanker	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 25)	8	Liceo Naval
Lisandro Ahualli de Chazal	Flanker	(1988-12-29)29 December 1988 (aged 25)	3	Uni Tucumán
Javier Ortega Desio	Flanker	(1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 23)	4	Estudiantes (P)
Tomás de la Vega	Flanker	(1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 23)	9	CUBA
Antonio Ahualli de Chazal	Number 8	(1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 26)	1	San Isidro
Benjamín Macome	Number 8	(1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 28)	17	Stade Français
Tomás Cubelli	Scrum-half	(1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 24)	22	Belgrano
Felipe Ezcurra	Scrum-half	(1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 21)	1	Hindú
Martín Landajo (c)	Scrum-half	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 25)	27	C.A.S.I.
Santiago González Iglesias	Fly-half	(1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 25)	4	Alumni
Nicolás Sánchez	Fly-half	(1988-10-26)26 October 1988 (aged 25)	17	Bordeaux Bègles
Gabriel Ascárate	Centre	(1987-10-20)20 October 1987 (aged 26)	11	Glasgow Warriors
Jerónimo de la Fuente	Centre	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 23)	1	Duendes
Matías Moroni	Centre	(1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 23)	0	CUBA
Javier Rojas	Centre	(1991-04-15)15 April 1991 (aged 23)	4	Uni Tucumán
Manuel Montero	Wing	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 22)	10	Pucará
Ramiro Moyano	Wing	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 24)	5	Lince R.C.
Matías Orlando	Wing	(1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 22)	7	Huirapuca
Lucas González Amorosino	Fullback	(1985-11-02)2 November 1985 (aged 28)	29	Oyonnax
Santiago Cordero	Fullback	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 20)	4	Regatas
Joaquín Tuculet	Fullback	(1989-08-08)8 August 1989 (aged 24)	7	Bordeaux Bègles

Matches

First Test

7 June 2014
15:40 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	17–29	Ireland
Try: Montero 30' c De la Vega 78' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) 31' González Iglesias (1/1) 79' Pen: Sánchez (1/2) 26'	Report^[9]	Try: Henry 34' m Sexton 42' m Trimble 57' c Con: Sexton (1/3) 58' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 9', 18' Madigan (2/2) 67', 70'

Estadio Centenario, Resistencia^[10]
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)

More information Team details ...

Team details

Argentina

Ireland


FB	15	Joaquín Tuculet			73'
RW	14	Santiago Cordero		64'	73'
OC	13	Jerónimo de la Fuente
IC	12	Gabriel Ascárate
LW	11	Manuel Montero
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez		69'
SH	9	Martín Landajo (c)		63'
N8	8	Benjamín Macome	28' to 38'
OF	7	Tomás de la Vega
BF	6	Rodrigo Baez		63'
RL	5	Tomás Lavanini
LL	4	Manuel Carizza		40'
TP	3	Ramiro Herrera		56'
HK	2	Matías Cortese		58'
LP	1	Lucas Noguera Paz		75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Julián Montoya		58'
PR	17	Bruno Postiglioni		75'
PR	18	Tetaz Chaparro		56'
LK	19	Matías Alemanno		40'
FL	20	Javier Ortega Desio		63'
SH	21	Tomás Cubelli		63'
FH	22	Santiago González Iglesias		69'
FB	23	Lucas González Amorosino		64'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade


FB	15	Felix Jones
RW	14	Andrew Trimble
OC	13	Darren Cave
IC	12	Luke Marshall	56'
LW	11	Simon Zebo
FH	10	Johnny Sexton	63'
SH	9	Conor Murray	58'
N8	8	Jordi Murphy	58'
OF	7	Chris Henry
BF	6	Robbie Diack
RL	5	Paul O'Connell (c)	67'
LL	4	Iain Henderson
TP	3	Mike Ross	67'
HK	2	Rory Best	67'
LP	1	Jack McGrath	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Damien Varley	67'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	60'
PR	18	Rodney Ah You	67'
LK	19	Devin Toner	67'
N8	20	Jamie Heaslip	58'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion	58'
FH	22	Ian Madigan	63'
WG	23	Fergus McFadden	56'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

Ramiro Herrera made his international debut for Argentina.
Rodney Ah You, Robbie Diack and Kieran Marmion made their international debuts for Ireland.
This was Ireland's first victory over Argentina, when playing on Argentine soil, in a fully test capped match.

Second Test

14 June 2014
15:40 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	17–23	Ireland
Try: Tuculet 24' c González Amorosino 79' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) 25' González Iglesias (1/1) 79' Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 16'	Report^[11]	Try: Zebo 50' c Madigan 72' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 51' Madigan (1/1) 73' Pen: Sexton (3/5) 4', 9', 31'

Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán^[10]
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

More information Team details ...

Team details

Argentina

Ireland


FB	15	Joaquín Tuculet		55' to 65'
RW	14	Lucas González Amorosino
OC	13	Jerónimo de la Fuente
IC	12	Gabriel Ascárate		60'
LW	11	Manuel Montero
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez			65'
SH	9	Martín Landajo (c)		63'
N8	8	Antonio Ahualli de Chazal		11'	19'	63'
OF	7	Tomás de la Vega
BF	6	Rodrigo Báez
RL	5	Tomás Lavanini		69'
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
TP	3	Ramiro Herrera		51'	68'
HK	2	Matías Cortese	8' to 18'			26'
LP	1	Lucas Noguera Paz			68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Santiago Iglesias		11'	19'	26'	63'
PR	17	Bruno Postiglioni					63'
PR	18	Matías Díaz		51'
LK	19	Matías Alemanno		69'
FL	20	Javier Ortega Desio				63'
SH	21	Tomás Cubelli		63'
FB	22	Santiago González Iglesias		60'
WG	23	Matías Orlando		55'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade


FB	15	Rob Kearney
RW	14	Andrew Trimble	15' to 25'
OC	13	Fergus McFadden
IC	12	Darren Cave		73'
LW	11	Simon Zebo
FH	10	Johnny Sexton		64'
SH	9	Eoin Reddan		77'
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip
OF	7	Chris Henry		63'
BF	6	Rhys Ruddock
RL	5	Paul O'Connell (c)
LL	4	Devin Toner		42'
TP	3	Mike Ross		73'
HK	2	Rory Best		73'
LP	1	Dave Kilcoyne		57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Herring		77'
PR	17	James Cronin		73'
PR	18	Jack McGrath		57'
LK	19	Iain Henderson		42'
FL	20	Jordi Murphy		63'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion		77'
FH	22	Ian Madigan		64'
CE	23	Noel Reid		73'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

James Cronin, Rob Herring and Noel Reid made their international debuts for Ireland.
This was Ireland's first test series victory over Argentina, and with it, they retain the Admiral Brown Cup.

Statistics

Key

Con: Conversions
Pen: Penalties
DG: Drop goals
Pts: Points

More information Name, Played ...

Tour statistics

Name	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Johnny Sexton	2	1	2	5	0	24	–	–
Ian Madigan	2	1	1	2	0	13	–	–
Jordi Murphy	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Andrew Trimble	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	–
Simon Zebo	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Rory Best	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Darren Cave	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Jamie Heaslip	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Iain Henderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Chris Henry	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Dave Kilcoyne	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Kieran Marmion	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Fergus McFadden	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Jack McGrath	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Paul O'Connell	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Mike Ross	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Devin Toner	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Rodney Ah You	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
James Cronin	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Robbie Diack	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Rob Herring	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Felix Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Rob Kearney	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Luke Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Conor Murray	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Eoin Reddan	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Noel Reid	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Rhys Ruddock	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Damien Varley	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Keith Earls	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Robbie Henshaw	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Paddy Jackson	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Martin Moore	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–

Test series statistics

Name	Team	Tries	Con	Pen	Pts
Johnny Sexton	Ireland	1	2	6	24
Ian Madigan	Ireland	1	1	2	13
Nicolás Sánchez	Argentina	0	2	2	10
Lucas González Amorosino	Argentina	1	0	0	5
Chris Henry	Ireland	1	0	0	5
Manuel Montero	Argentina	1	0	0	5
Andrew Trimble	Ireland	1	0	0	5
Joaquín Tuculet	Argentina	1	0	0	5
Tomás de la Vega	Argentina	1	0	0	5
Simon Zebo	Ireland	1	0	0	5
Santiago González Iglesias	Argentina	0	2	0	4

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