2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina

2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina
Top point scorer(s)	Felipe Contepomi (17)
Top try scorer(s)	Three players tied with 1
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
Tour chronology
Previous tour	New Zealand & Australia 2006
Next tour	New Zealand & Australia 2008

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 many new players, 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.

Touring party

Complete list of Ireland personnel:^[1][2]

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

Backs

Match details

First test

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 Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe Attendance: 26,000 [3] Referee: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)

Team details

Argentina Ireland Bernardo Stortoni FB 15 FB Gavin Duffy Tomás de Vedia W 14 W Brian Carney Miguel Avramovic C 13 C Andrew Trimble Hernán 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 Leguizamón N8 8 N8 Jamie Heaslip Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe F 7 F Keith Gleeson Martín Durand F 6 F Neil Best Esteban Lozada L 5 L Malcolm O'Kelly Pablo Bouza L 4 L Trevor Hogan Santiago González 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 López Fleming 20 SH Tomás O'Leary Juan Fernández Miranda 21 FB Geordan Murphy Horacio Agulla 22 W Barry Murphy Coaches Marcelo Loffreda Eddie O'Sullivan

Second test

2 June 2007

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

Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)

Team details

Argentina Ireland Federico Serra Miras FB 15 FB Geordan Murphy Tomás de Vedia W 14 W Brian Carney Hernán 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 Leguizamón N8 8 N8 Stephen Ferris Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe F 7 F Shane Jennings Martin Durand F 6 F Alan Quinlan Rimas Álvarez Kairelis L 5 L Mick O'Driscoll Esteban Lozada L 4 L Leo Cullen Santiago González Bonorino P 3 P Bryan Young Pablo Gambarini H 2 H Frankie Sheahan Marcos Ayerza P 1 P Simon Best (capt.) Replacements Eusebio Guiñazú P 16 H Bernard Jackman Pablo Henn 17 P Tony Buckley Pablo Bouza L 18 L Malcolm O'Kelly Martín Schusterman F 19 N8 Neil Best Nicolás Fernández Miranda 20 Isaac Boss Juan Fernández Miranda 21 C Kieran Lewis Horacio Agulla 22 FB Luke Fitzgerald Coaches Marcelo Loffreda Eddie O'Sullivan

References