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2022 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina

2022 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina

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In July 2022 the Scotland rugby union team toured Argentina. It was the first time since 2010 that Scotland returned to tour Argentina, and the first time since 2018 the two teams had met. Before the series had begun both teams were equal on a head-to-head record of 9–9. However Scotland had a current five game win-streak over Argentina, the most Scotland had accrued over them in their eighteen meetings. Moreover, Argentina had not beaten Scotland since their meeting in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

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Furthermore, on the World Rugby Rankings Scotland sat seventh and Argentina eighth, respectively. As Argentina had the "home advantage" they would sit above Scotland when calculating the point distribution depending on the result.[1]

Argentina's series win is the first time they had won a home test-series since beating Ireland 2–0 in 2007. It was also Argentina's first series win over Scotland since their first series in 1994 (2–0).

The Scotland captain for the first two matches was Grant Gilchrist.[2] The squad was significantly changed before the third test, leading to Hamish Watson taking over the captaincy for the last match.[3]

Fixtures

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Matches

Scotland A test

25 June 2022
16:00 CLT (UTC-04)
Chile 5–45 Scotland A
Try: Edwards 78' mReportTry: Hoyland (3) 12' c, 28' c, 45' m
Horne (2) 17' c, 22' c
McLean 79' m
Price 80' c
Con: Thompson (4/5) 13', 17', 24', 29'
Kinghorn (1/2) 80+2'
Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Santiago[4]
Attendance: 8,213
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
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Notes:

  • Despite not being a full capped test-match, this was the first time these two teams have played each other.
  • This is the first time that Chile has hosted a Tier 1 nation (outside of any competition) since hosting a France XV side in 2005.

First test

2 July 2022
16:10 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina 26–18 Scotland
Try: de la Fuente 30' m
Carreras 35' c
Bertranou 57' m
Con: Boffelli (1/3) 36'
Pen: Sánchez (2/2) 4', 18'
Boffelli (1/2) 71'		ReportTry: Bennett 49' m
Hutchinson 54' c
Con: Kinghorn (1/2) 56'
Pen: Kinghorn (2/2) 16', 26'
Estadio 23 de Agosto, San Salvador de Jujuy[5]
Attendance: 21,630
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
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Notes:

  • Tomás Cubelli (Argentina) had been named to start but withdrew ahead of the game and was replaced by Gonzalo Bertranou, who was replaced by Juan Imhoff on the bench.
  • Joel Sclavi (Argentina) made his international debut.
  • This was Argentina's first home game since they played South Africa in August 2019, nearly three years ago (1,057 days since their last home game)

Second test

9 July 2022
16:10 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina 6–29 Scotland
Pen: Boffelli (2/2) 6', 34'ReportTry: Watson 37' m
Bennett 43' c
M. Fagerson 53' c
Johnson 64' c
Con: Kinghorn (1/2) 44'
Thompson (2/2) 54', 65'
Pen: Kinghorn (1/1) 4'
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta
Attendance: 20,900
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
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Third test

16 July 2022
16:10 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina 34–31 Scotland
Try: Carreras 20' c
Chaparro 51' c
Bertranou 67' c
Boffelli 80+1' c
Con: Boffelli (4/4) 21', 53', 68', 80+2'
Pen: Boffelli (2/3) 11', 35'		ReportTry: van der Merwe (2) 13' c, 48' c
Ashman (2) 25' c, 43' c
Con: Kinghorn (4/4) 14', 27', 45', 49')
Pen: Kinghorn (1/2) 65'
Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
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Squads

Scotland

On 8 June, Scotland named a 40-man squad for their Summer tour to South America with an 'A' fixture against Chile and a three-test series against Argentina. On 17 June, Adam Hastings and Huw Jones withdrew from the squad due to injury and Johnny Matthews joined the squad. On 29 June five players left the squad following their first fixture with the Scotland A side: Matt Currie, Jamie Hodgson, Damien Hoyland, Johnny Matthews and Ben Muncaster.[6]

Coaching team:

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Argentina

Head coach: Michael Cheika

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Notes

  1. Gilchrist was the captain for the first two tests, before significant changes to the squad, prior to the third test, left him out of the team. Subsequently Watson was announced as the captain for the third test.
  2. Does not include points scored in the Scotland A test:
  3. Does not include points scored in the Scotland A test.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Men's World Rankings". world.rugby. World Rugby.
  2. [2]
    "Gilchrist To Lead Scotland In First Test Against Argentina". Scottish Rugby Union (SRU). 30 June 2022.
  3. [3]
    Cantillon, Michael (14 July 2022). "Hamish Watson captains Scotland after Gregor Townsend makes eight changes for series decider vs Argentina". Sky Sports.
  4. [4]
    "CHILE Y ESCOCIA A EN UN PARTIDO HISTÓRICO". 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Los partidos de Los Pumas como locales en 2022". 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Five leave Scotland tour squad before Argentina Test series". BBC Sport. 29 June 2022.
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