# 2022 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina

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.
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.
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. The squad was significantly changed before the third test, leading to Hamish Watson taking over the captaincy for the last match.

## Fixtures

| Date and time | Date and time | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
| 25 June 2022 | 16:00 CLT (UTC−4) | Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago | Chile | 5–45 | Scotland A |
| 2 July 2022 | 16:10 ART (UTC−3) | Estadio 23 de Agosto, San Salvador de Jujuy | Argentina | 26–18 | Scotland |
| 9 July 2022 | 16:10 ART (UTC−3) | Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta | Argentina | 6–29 | Scotland |
| 16 July 2022 | 16:10 ART (UTC−3) | Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero | Argentina | 34–31 | Scotland |

## Matches
### Scotland A test

* 25 June 2022 16:00 CLT (UTC−04)
| Chile | 5–45 | Scotland A |
| Try: Edwards 78' m | Report | Try: 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 Attendance: 8,213 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Francisco Urroz |
| RW | 14 | Nicolas Garafulic |
| OC | 13 | Pablo Casas |
| IC | 12 | Iñaki Ayarza | 48' |
| LW | 11 | Matías Garafulic |
| FH | 10 | Rodrigo Fernández (c) |
| SH | 9 | Marcelo Torrealba | 54' |
| N8 | 8 | Alfonso Escobar | 48' |
| OF | 7 | Ignacio Silva | 40' |
| BF | 6 | Santiago Edwards |
| RL | 5 | Clemente Saavedra | 11' |
| LL | 4 | Santiago Pedrero |
| TP | 3 | Vittorio Lastra | 59' |
| HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant | 25' |
| LP | 1 | Javier Carrasco | 40' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Diego Escobar | 25' |
| PR | 17 | Salvador Lues | 40' |
| PR | 18 | Iñaki Gurruchaga | 59' |
| LK | 19 | Thomas Orchard | 11' |
| FL | 20 | Raimundo Martínez | 40' |
| SH | 21 | José Larenas | 48' |
| FH | 22 | Santiago Videla | 48' |
| CE | 23 | Nicolás Herreros | 54' |
| Coach: ||
| Pablo Lemoine ||
| FB | 15 | Ollie Smith |
| RW | 14 | Damien Hoyland |
| OC | 13 | Matt Currie | 68' |
| IC | 12 | Sione Tuipulotu |
| LW | 11 | Rufus McLean |
| FH | 10 | Ross Thompson | 68' |
| SH | 9 | George Horne | 68' |
| N8 | 8 | Matt Fagerson | 54' |
| OF | 7 | Luke Crosbie (c) |
| BF | 6 | Ben Muncaster |
| RL | 5 | Scott Cummings | 54' |
| LL | 4 | Jamie Hodgson |
| TP | 3 | Javan Sebastian | 58' |
| HK | 2 | Dave Cherry | 54' |
| LP | 1 | Jamie Bhatti | 68' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Johnny Matthews | 54' |
| PR | 17 | Pierre Schoeman | 68' |
| PR | 18 | Murphy Walker | 58' |
| LK | 19 | Glen Young | 54' |
| FL | 20 | Magnus Bradbury | 54' |
| SH | 21 | Ali Price | 68' |
| FH | 22 | Blair Kinghorn | 68' |
| CE | 23 | Mark Bennett | 68' |
| Coach: ||
| Gregor Townsend ||
* Assistant referees:
* Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)
* Talal Chaudhry (Canada)
* Television match official:
* Lucas Galan (Argentina)
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' | Report | Try: 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 Attendance: 21,630 Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Juan Cruz Mallía |
| RW | 14 | Santiago Cordero |
| OC | 13 | Matías Orlando | 66' |
| IC | 12 | Jerónimo de la Fuente | 57' |
| LW | 11 | Emiliano Boffelli |
| FH | 10 | Nicolás Sánchez | 21' |
| SH | 9 | Gonzalo Bertranou |
| N8 | 8 | Pablo Matera |
| BF | 7 | Marcos Kremer | 60' |
| OF | 6 | Juan Martín González |
| RL | 5 | Matias Alemanno | 73' |
| LL | 4 | Guido Petti |
| TP | 3 | Francisco Gomez Kodela | 57' |
| HK | 2 | Julián Montoya (c) | 60' |
| LP | 1 | Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro | 57' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Agustin Creevy | 60' |
| PR | 17 | Mayco Vivas | 57' |
| PR | 18 | Joel Sclavi | 57' |
| LK | 19 | Lucas Paulos | 73' |
| N8 | 20 | Facundo Isa | 60' |
| WG | 21 | Juan Imhoff | 66' |
| FH | 22 | Santiago Carreras | 21' |
| CE | 23 | Matías Moroni | 57' |
| Coach: ||
| Michael Cheika ||
| FB | 15 | Rory Hutchinson |
| RW | 14 | Darcy Graham |
| OC | 13 | Mark Bennett |
| IC | 12 | Sam Johnson |
| LW | 11 | Duhan van der Merwe |
| FH | 10 | Blair Kinghorn | 61' |
| SH | 9 | Ali Price | 68' |
| N8 | 8 | Matt Fagerson |
| BF | 7 | Luke Crosbie | 54' |
| OF | 6 | Magnus Bradbury |
| RL | 5 | Jonny Gray | 68' |
| LL | 4 | Grant Gilchrist (c) |
| TP | 3 | Zander Fagerson | 61' |
| HK | 2 | George Turner | 61' |
| LP | 1 | Pierre Schoeman | 61' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Ewan Ashman | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Rory Sutherland | 61' |
| PR | 18 | Javan Sebastian | 61' |
| LK | 19 | Sam Skinner | 68' |
| FL | 20 | Rory Darge | 54' |
| SH | 21 | Ben White | 68' |
| FH | 22 | Ross Thompson |
| CE | 23 | Sione Tuipulotu | 61' |
| Coach: ||
| Gregor Townsend ||
* Assistant referees:
* Mathieu Raynal (France)
* Pierre Brousset (France)
* Television match official:
* Marius Jonker (South Africa)
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' | Report | Try: 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)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Emiliano Boffelli |
| RW | 14 | Santiago Cordero |
| OC | 13 | Matías Orlando |
| IC | 12 | Jerónimo de la Fuente | 68' |
| LW | 11 | Juan Imhoff | 75' |
| FH | 10 | Santiago Carreras |
| SH | 9 | Gonzalo Bertranou | 71' |
| N8 | 8 | Rodrigo Bruni | 46' |
| BF | 7 | Marcos Kremer |
| OF | 6 | Juan Martín González |
| RL | 5 | Matias Alemanno | 67' |
| LL | 4 | Guido Petti |
| TP | 3 | Francisco Gomez Kodela | 54' |
| HK | 2 | Julián Montoya (c) | 54' |
| LP | 1 | Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro | 49' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Agustin Creevy | 54' |
| PR | 17 | Mayco Vivas | 49' |
| PR | 18 | Joel Sclavi | 54' |
| LK | 19 | Lucas Paulos | 67' |
| N8 | 20 | Facundo Isa | 46' |
| SH | 21 | Felipe Ezcurra | 71' |
| FH | 22 | Domingo Miotti | 75' |
| CE | 23 | Matías Moroni | 68' |
| Coach: ||
| Michael Cheika ||
| FB | 15 | Rory Hutchinson | 38' |
| RW | 14 | Darcy Graham |
| OC | 13 | Mark Bennett |
| IC | 12 | Sam Johnson |
| LW | 11 | Duhan van der Merwe |
| FH | 10 | Blair Kinghorn |
| SH | 9 | Ben White | 53' |
| N8 | 8 | Matt Fagerson |
| BF | 7 | Hamish Watson | 69' |
| OF | 6 | Rory Darge |
| RL | 5 | Grant Gilchrist (c) | 64' |
| LL | 4 | Sam Skinner |
| TP | 3 | Zander Fagerson | 64' |
| HK | 2 | Dave Cherry | 58' |
| LP | 1 | Pierre Schoeman | 64' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | George Turner | 58' |
| PR | 17 | Jamie Bhatti | 64' |
| PR | 18 | Javan Sebastian | 64' |
| LK | 19 | Scott Cummings | 64' |
| FL | 20 | Andy Christie | 69' |
| SH | 21 | Ali Price | 53' |
| FH | 22 | Ross Thompson | | 49' |
| WG | 23 | Kyle Rowe | 38' | 49' |
| Coach: ||
| Gregor Townsend ||
* Assistant referees:
* Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
* Pierre Brousset (France)
* Television match official:
* Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Notes:
* Hamish Watson (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap.
* Kyle Rowe (Scotland) made his international debut.

### 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' | Report | Try: 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)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Juan Cruz Mallía |
| RW | 14 | Bautista Delguy | 49' |
| OC | 13 | Matías Orlando |
| IC | 12 | Matías Moroni |
| LW | 11 | Emiliano Boffelli |
| FH | 10 | Santiago Carreras |
| SH | 9 | Lautaro Bazán | 62' |
| N8 | 8 | Facundo Isa | 68' |
| BF | 7 | Santiago Grondona |
| OF | 6 | Pablo Matera (c) |
| RL | 5 | Tomás Lavanini | 49' |
| LL | 4 | Guido Petti |
| TP | 3 | Joel Sclavi | 50' |
| HK | 2 | Agustin Creevy | 59' |
| LP | 1 | Thomas Gallo | 50' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Ignacio Ruiz | 59' |
| PR | 17 | Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro | 50' |
| PR | 18 | Francisco Gómez Kodela | 50' |
| FL | 19 | Marcos Kremer | 49' |
| FL | 20 | Juan Martín González | 68' |
| SH | 21 | Gonzalo Bertranou | 62' |
| FH | 22 | Tomás Albornoz |
| CE | 23 | Lucio Cinti | 49' |
| Coach: ||
| Michael Cheika ||
| FB | 15 | Ollie Smith | 75' |
| RW | 14 | Rufus McLean |
| OC | 13 | Mark Bennett |
| IC | 12 | Sione Tuipulotu |
| LW | 11 | Duhan van der Merwe |
| FH | 10 | Blair Kinghorn |
| SH | 9 | Ali Price |
| N8 | 8 | Matt Fagerson |
| BF | 7 | Hamish Watson (c) | 74' |
| OF | 6 | Rory Darge |
| RL | 5 | Jonny Gray |
| LL | 4 | Scott Cummings | 69' |
| TP | 3 | Zander Fagerson |
| HK | 2 | Ewan Ashman | 53' |
| LP | 1 | Rory Sutherland | 53' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dave Cherry | 53' |
| PR | 17 | Pierre Schoeman | 53' |
| PR | 18 | Javan Sebastian |
| LK | 19 | Glen Young | 69' |
| FL | 20 | Andy Christie | 74' |
| SH | 21 | George Horne |
| FH | 22 | Ross Thompson | 75' |
| CE | 23 | Sam Johnson |
| Coach: ||
| Gregor Townsend ||
* Assistant referees:
* Mathieu Raynal (France)
* Tual Trainini (France)
* Television match official:
* Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Notes:
* Lautaro Bazán and Ignacio Ruiz (Argentina) and Ollie Smith and Glen Young (Scotland) made their international debuts.
* Matías Orlando (Argentina) and Zander Fagerson (Scotland) earned their 50th test caps.

## 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.
Coaching team:
* Head coach: Gregor Townsend
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
| Ewan Ashman | Hooker | (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 22) | 2 | Sale Sharks |
| Dave Cherry | Hooker | (1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (aged 31) | 5 | Edinburgh |
| George Turner | Hooker | (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (aged 29) | 25 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Jamie Bhatti | Prop | (1993-09-08)8 September 1993 (aged 28) | 22 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Zander Fagerson | Prop | (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 26) | 47 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Pierre Schoeman | Prop | (1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 28) | 9 | Edinburgh |
| Javan Sebastian | Prop | (1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 27) | 1 | Scarlets |
| Rory Sutherland | Prop | (1992-08-24)24 August 1992 (aged 29) | 18 | Worcester Warriors |
| Murphy Walker | Prop | (1999-10-25)25 October 1999 (aged 22) | 0 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Scott Cummings | Lock | (1996-12-03)3 December 1996 (aged 25) | 21 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Grant Gilchrist (c) | Lock | (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 31) | 53 | Edinburgh |
| Jonny Gray | Lock | (1994-03-24)24 March 1994 (aged 28) | 67 | Exeter Chiefs |
| Sam Skinner | Lock | (1995-01-31)31 January 1995 (aged 27) | 20 | Exeter Chiefs |
| Glen Young | Lock | (1994-11-04)4 November 1994 (aged 27) | 0 | Edinburgh |
| Magnus Bradbury | Back row | (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 26) | 18 | Edinburgh |
| Andy Christie | Back row | (1999-03-27)27 March 1999 (aged 23) | 1 | Saracens |
| Luke Crosbie | Back row | (1997-04-22)22 April 1997 (aged 25) | 1 | Edinburgh |
| Rory Darge | Back row | (2000-02-23)23 February 2000 (aged 22) | 4 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Matt Fagerson | Back row | (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 23) | 21 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Hamish Watson | Back row | (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 30) | 49 | Edinburgh |
| George Horne | Scrum-half | (1995-05-12)12 May 1995 (aged 27) | 17 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Ali Price | Scrum-half | (1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 29) | 51 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Ben White | Scrum-half | (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 24) | 4 | London Irish |
| Blair Kinghorn | Fly-half | (1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 25) | 31 | Edinburgh |
| Ross Thompson | Fly-half | (1999-04-10)10 April 1999 (aged 23) | 1 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Mark Bennett | Centre | (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 29) | 24 | Edinburgh |
| Rory Hutchinson | Centre | (1996-01-29)29 January 1996 (aged 26) | 5 | Northampton Saints |
| Sam Johnson | Centre | (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 (aged 29) | 24 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Sione Tuipulotu | Centre | (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 25) | 5 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Darcy Graham | Wing | (1997-06-21)21 June 1997 (aged 25) | 27 | Edinburgh |
| Rufus McLean | Wing | (2000-03-02)2 March 2000 (aged 22) | 2 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Kyle Rowe | Wing | (1998-02-08)8 February 1998 (aged 24) | 0 | London Irish |
| Duhan van der Merwe | Wing | (1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (aged 27) | 16 | Worcester Warriors |
| Ollie Smith | Fullback | (2000-08-07)7 August 2000 (aged 21) | 0 | Glasgow Warriors |

### Argentina

Head coach: Michael Cheika
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
| Agustin Creevy | Hooker | (1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 37) | 88 | London Irish |
| Julián Montoya (c) | Hooker | (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 28) | 76 | Leicester Tigers |
| Ignacio Ruiz | Hooker | (2001-01-03)3 January 2001 (aged 21) | 1 | Jaguares XV |
| Thomas Gallo | Prop | (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 (aged 23) | 5 | Benetton |
| Francisco Gómez Kodela | Prop | (1985-07-07)7 July 1985 (aged 36) | 22 | Lyon |
| Santiago Medrano | Prop | (1996-05-06)6 May 1996 (aged 26) | 32 | Western Force |
| Joel Sclavi | Prop | (1994-06-25)25 June 1994 (aged 28) | 3 | La Rochelle |
| Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro | Prop | (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 33) | 70 | Benetton |
| Mayco Vivas | Prop | (1998-06-02)2 June 1998 (aged 24) | 6 | Jaguares XV |
| Matías Alemanno | Lock | (1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 30) | 64 | Gloucester |
| Marcos Kremer | Lock | (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 24) | 46 | Stade Français |
| Tomás Lavanini | Lock | (1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 29) | 67 | Clermont |
| Lucas Paulos | Lock | (1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 24) | 6 | Brive |
| Rodrigo Bruni | Back row | (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 28) | 4 | Brive |
| Juan Martín González | Back row | (2000-11-14)14 November 2000 (aged 21) | 11 | London Irish |
| Santiago Grondona | Back row | (1998-07-25)25 July 1998 (aged 23) | 6 | Exeter Chiefs |
| Facundo Isa | Back row | (1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 28) | 39 | Toulon |
| Pablo Matera | Back row | (1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 28) | 81 | Crusaders |
| Joaquín Oviedo | Back row | (2001-07-17)17 July 2001 (aged 20) | 0 | Perpignan |
| Lautaro Bazán | Scrum-half | (1996-02-24)24 February 1996 (aged 26) | 1 | Rovigo Delta |
| Gonzalo Bertranou | Scrum-half | (1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 28) | 39 | Dragons |
| Tomás Cubelli | Scrum-half | (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 33) | 81 | Biarritz |
| Nicolás Sánchez | Fly-half | (1988-10-26)26 October 1988 (aged 33) | 93 | Stade Français |
| Benjamín Urdapilleta | Fly-half | (1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 36) | 16 | Castres |
| Lucio Cinti | Centre | (2000-02-23)23 February 2000 (aged 22) | 7 | London Irish |
| Jerónimo de la Fuente | Centre | (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 31) | 66 | Perpignan |
| Lucas Mensa | Centre | (1996-05-24)24 May 1996 (aged 26) | 2 | Stade Montois |
| Matías Moroni | Centre | (1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 31) | 60 | Newcastle Falcons |
| Matías Orlando | Centre | (1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 30) | 44 | Newcastle Falcons |
| Santiago Cordero | Wing | (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 28) | 46 | Bordeaux |
| Juan Imhoff | Wing | (1988-03-11)11 March 1988 (aged 34) | 39 | Racing 92 |
| Juan Cruz Mallia | Wing | (1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 25) | 3 | Toulouse |
| Emiliano Boffelli | Fullback | (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 27) | 43 | Edinburgh |
| Santiago Carreras | Fullback | (1998-03-30)30 March 1998 (aged 24) | 21 | Gloucester |