# 2022 Argentina rugby union tour of Great Britain

The 2022 Argentina rugby union tours of Great Britain is the tour by the Argentina national team on the United Kingdom that included a series of matches played in the British Isles. After playing the 10th. edition of The Rugby Championship, Argentina went on a tour to play England, Wales, and Scotland national teams.
In the first test, Argentina beat England 30–29 at Twickenham, achieving their second win in England in Los Pumas' history. The team's win also ended with a tenure of 16 years with no wins over England. Emiliano Boffelli was the key player of the match with 25 points scored.
The second test was played v Wales, who defeated Argentina 20–13 in Cardiff. It was the 22nd match between both sides, with 14 wins for Wales and 6 for Argentina.
Argentina finished the tour with a crushing defeat at the hands of Scotland, which beat them 52–29 at Murrayfield Stadium. Scotland scored 8 tries while Argentina had one player sent off (Marcos Kremer) plus three players were shown yellow cards.

## Background

It was Argentina's second tour of 2022 after the 2-test tour of New Zealand as part of the 2022 Rugby Championship, held in August and September. Argentina played six games, with 2 wins and 4 losses. Their tour of New Zealand included a first ever win on New Zealand soil, by a score of 25-18 at Christchurch, which was the second win over the All Blacks and the first as visitor team. Their second test match in against New Zealand however, resulted in a crushing 53-3 defeat.

## Match summary

| Date | Rival | Result | Score | Venue | City |
| 6 Nov | England | won | 30–29 | Twickenham | London |
| 12 Nov | Wales | lost | 13–20 | Millennium | Cardiff |
| 19 Nov | Scotland | lost | 29–52 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh |

## Match details
### First test

* 5 Nov 2022
| England | 29–30 | Argentina |
| Try: Cokanasiga 24' van Poortvliet 55' Con: Farrell 24', 55' Pen: Farrell 12', 35', 43', 60', 66' | Report | Try: Boffelli 46' Carreras 51' Con: Boffelli 51' Pen: Boffelli 10', 15', 32', 43', 62', 70' |
* Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: Andrew Brace (Scotland)
Team details :
England
Argentina
FB15Freddie Steward
W14 Jack Nowell
B13 Manu Tuilagi
B12Owen Farrell (c)
W11Joe Cokanasiga
FH10Marcus Smith
SH9Ben Youngs
N88Billy Vunipola
FL7 Tom Curry
FL6 Maro Itoje
L 5Jonny Hill
L4Alex Coles
P3Kyle Sinckler
H2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
P1Ellis Genge
Head Coach:
Eddie Jones
FB15Juan Cruz Mallía
W14 Mateo Carreras
B13 Matias Moroni
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Emiliano Boffelli
FH10Santiago Carreras
SH9Gonzalo Bertranou
N88Pablo Matera
FL7 Marcos Kremer
FL6 Juan Martín González
L 5Tomás Lavanini
L4Matías Alemanno
P3Francisco Gómez Kodela
H2 Julián Montoya (c)
P1Thomas Gallo
Head Coach:
Michael Cheika :

### Second test

* 12 Nov 2022
| Wales | 20–13 | Argentina |
| Try: Faletau 31' Williams 46' Con: Anscombe 31', 46', Pen: Anscombe 36' Priestland 62' | Report | Try: Tetaz Chaparro 68' Con: Boffelli 68' Pen: Boffelli 7', 12', |
* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Team details :
Wales
Argentina
FB15Louis Rees-Zammit
W14 Alex Cuthbert
B13 George North
B12Nick Tompkins
W11Rio Dyer
FH10Gareth Anscombe
SH9Tomos Williams
N88Taulupe Faletau
FL7 Justin Tipuric
FL6 Dan Lydiate
L 5Adam Beard
L4Will Rowlands 56'
P3Dillon Lewis
H2 Ken Owens
P1Gareth Thomas
Head Coach:
Wayne Pivac
FB15Juan Cruz Mallía
W14 Mateo Carreras
B13 Matias Moroni
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Emiliano Boffelli
FH10Santiago Carreras
SH9Gonzalo Bertranou
N88Pablo Matera (c)
FL7 Marcos Kremer
FL6 Juan Martín González
L 5Tomás Lavanini
L4Matías Alemanno
P3Francisco Gómez Kodela
H2 Agustín Creevy
P1Thomas Gallo
Head Coach:
Michael Cheika :

### Third test

* 19 Nov 2022
| Scotland | 52–29 | Argentina |
| Try: Tuipulotu 10', 54' Van der Merwe 24' Graham 27', 41', 78' Redpath 69' Hogg 74' Con: Russell 10', 24', 54', 69', 74', 78' | Report | Try: De la Fuente 15' Alemanno 36' Boffelli 51' Ruiz 80' Con: Boffelli 36', 51' Sánchez 80' Pen: Boffelli 1' |
* Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: Karl Dickson (ENG)
Team details :
Scotland
Argentina
FB15Stuart Hogg
RW14Darcy Graham
OC13Chris Harris
IC12Sione Tuipulotu 40'
LW11Duhan van der Merwe
FH10Finn Russell
SH9Ali Price
N88Jamie Ritchie (c) 23'
BF7Jack Dempsey
OF6Matt Fagerson
RL5Grant Gilchrist
LL4Jonny Gray
TP3Zander Fagerson
HK2Fraser Brown
LP1Pierre Schoeman
Head Coach:
Gregor Townsend
FB15Juan Cruz Mallía
W14 Bautista Delguy
B13 Matías Orlando
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Emiliano Boffelli
FH10Santiago Carreras
SH9Gonzalo Bertranou
N88Pablo Matera
FL7 Marcos Kremer 22'
FL6 Juan Martín González
L 5Tomás Lavanini 9'
L4Matías Alemanno 8'
P3Eduardo Bello
H2 Julián Montoya (c)
P1Thomas Gallo 22'
Head Coach:
Michael Cheika :