# 2021 Argentina rugby union tours of Europe

The 2021 Argentina rugby union tours of Europe were two tours by the Argentina national team on Europe that included a series of matches played in the continent. The first tour was in July, 2021, and was composed of three matches in Romania and Wales, as preparation for the 2021 Rugby Championship. Argentina played one match v Romania and two v Wales national teams.
The second tour started in November, 2021, after the Pumas concluded their participation in the Rugby Championship with no successful results (having lost the six matches played). The squad visited France, Italy, and Ireland to play a series of test matches in those countries. The tests v France and Italy had been scheduled for July 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Touring party

Players that were called up for both tours, were: Matías Alemanno, Gonzalo Bertranou, Emiliano Boffelli, Facundo Bosch, Rodrigo Bruni, Santiago Carreras, Santiago Chocobares, Santiago Cordero, Tomás Cubelli, Jerónimo De la Fuente, Bautista Delguy, Felipe Ezcurra, Facundo Gigena, Francisco Gorrisen, Francisco Gómez Kodela, Juan Imhoff, Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer, Tomás Lavanini, Tomás Lezana, Pablo Matera, Santiago Medrano, Domingo Miotti, Julián Montoya (captain), Matías Moroni, Matías Orlando, Guido Petti, Enrique Pieretto, Nicolás Sánchez, Santiago Socino, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, and Federico Wgrzyn.
For the tour of November, Santiago Grondona, Tomás Cubelli and Facundo Isa returned to the team, apart from the addition of youth players Facundo Cordero and Ignacio Ruiz, which made their debuts with Los Pumas. Players selected that were not part of the first tour were Eduardo Bello, Mateo Carreras, Lucio Cinti, Facundo Cordero, Thomas Gallo, Gonzalo García, Juan Martín González, Santiago Grondona, Juan Cruz Mallía, Lucas Mensa, and Ignacio Ruiz.
On the other hand, Agustín Creevy, Juan Imhoff, and Benjamín Urdapilleta were left behind for the tour.

## First tour
### Match summary

| Date | Rival | Res. | Score | Venue | City |
| 3 Jul | Romania | won | 24–17 | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | Bucharest |
| 10 Jul | Wales | draw | 20–20 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff |
| 17 Jul | Wales | won | 33–11 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff |

### Match details

* 3 Jul
| Romania | 17–24 | Argentina |
| Try: Căpățînă Pen: Melinte (4) | Report | Try: Bruni, Cordero, González Con: Miotti |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Team details :
Romania
Argentina
FB15Ionel Melinte
W14 Ionuț Dumitru
B13 Taylor Gontineac
B12Alexandru Bucur
W11Nicolas Onuțu
FH10Daniel Plai
SH9Gabriel Rupanu
N88Andre Gorin
FL7 Cristi Boboc
FL6 Cristi Chirică
L 5Adrian Moțoc
L4Florian Roșu
P3Alexandru Țăruș
H2 Eugen Căpățână
P1Alexandru Savin
Head Coach:
Andy Robinson
FB15Santiago Cordero
W14 Bautista Delguy
B13 Matias Moroni
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Juan Imhoff
FH10Nicolás Sánchez
SH9Tomás Cubelli
N88Rodrigo Bruni
FL7 Francisco Gorrissen
FL6 Pablo Matera
L 5Tomás Lavanini
L4Marcos Kremer
P3Enrique Pieretto
H2 Julián Montoya
P1Facundo Gigena
Head Coach:
Mario Ledesma :
* 10 July 1:00 PM
| Wales | 20–20 | Argentina |
| Try: Rowlands (51'), Williams (71') Con: Evans (52', 72') Pen: Sheedy (18', 27') | Report | Try: Matera (39'), De la Fuente (46') Con: Sánchez (41', 47') Pen: Sánchez (16', 35') |
* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Team details :
Wales
Argentina
FB15Hallam Amos
W14 Jonah Holmes
B13 Willis Halaholo
B12Jonathan Davies
W11Owen Lane
FH10Callum Sheedy
SH9Kieran Hardy
N88Aaron Wainwright
FL7 James Botham
FL6 Josh Turnbull
L 5Will Rowlands
L4Ben Carter
P3Dillon Lewis
H2 Elliot Dee
P1Nicky Smith
Head Coach:
Wayne Pivac
FB15Juan Cruz Mallia
W14 Santiago Carreras
B13 Matias Moroni
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Santiago Cordero
FH10Nicolás Sánchez
SH9Tomás Cubelli
N88Rodrigo Bruni
FL7 Facundo Isa
FL6 Pablo Matera
L 5Marcos Kremer
L4Guido Petti
P3Francisco Gómez Kodela
H2 Julián Montoya
P1Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
Head Coach:
Mario Ledesma :
* 17 July 3:00 PM
| Wales | 11–33 | Argentina |
| Try: Lane (8') Pen: Evans (31', 51') | Report | Try: Moroni (11'), Cubelli (78'), Matera (79') Con: Sánchez (12', 29', 80') Pen: Sánchez (26', 57', 65', 76') |
* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Team details :
Wales
Argentina
FB15Hallam Amos
W14 Owen Lane
B13 Nick Tompkins
B12Jonathan Davies
W11Tom Rogers
FH10Jarrod Evans
SH9Tomos Williams
N88Ross Moriarty
FL7 James Botham
FL6 Josh Turnbull
L 5Will Rowlands
L4Ben Carter
P3Leon Brown
H2 Elliot Dee
P1Gareth Thomas
Head Coach:
Wayne Pivac
FB15Santiago Carreras
W14 Bautista Delguy
B13 Santiago Chocobares
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Matias Moroni
FH10Nicolás Sánchez
SH9Tomás Cubelli
N88Rodrigo Bruni
FL7 Facundo Isa
FL6 Pablo Matera
L 5Marcos Kremer
L4Guido Petti
P3Francisco Gómez Kodela
H2 Julián Montoya
P1Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
Head Coach:
Mario Ledesma :

## Second tour
### Match summary

| Date | Rival | Res. | Score | Venue | City |
| 6 Nov | France | lost | 20–29 | Stade de France | Paris |
| 13 Nov | Italy | won | 37–16 | Stadio Comunale di Monigo | Treviso |
| 21 Nov | Ireland | lost | 7–53 | Aviva Stadium | Dublin |

### Match details

* 6 November 5:00 PM
| France | 29–20 | Argentina |
| Try: Flament (50'), Mauvaka (71') Con: Jaminet (51', 72') Pen: Jaminet (3', 19', 35', 65', 80') | Report | Try: Cubelli (22'), Carreras (78') Con: Boffelli (23'), Sánchez (78') Pen: Boffelli (48', 60') |
* Stade de France, Paris
Team details :
France
Argentina
FB15Melvyn Jaminet
W14 Damian Penaud
B13 Gael Fickou
B12Romain Ntamack
W11Gabin Villière
FH10Matthieu Jalibert
SH9Antoine Dupont
N88Anthony Jelonch
FL7 Cameron Woki
FL6 François Cros
L 5Paul Willemse
L4Thibaud Flament
P3Mohamed Haouas
H2 Julien Marchand
P1Cyril Baille
Head Coach:
Fabien Galthié
FB15Emiliano Boffelli
W14 Bautista Delguy
B13 Matias Moroni
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Mateo Carreras
FH10Santiago Carreras
SH9Tomás Cubelli
N88Facundo Isa
FL7 Marcos Kremer
FL6 Pablo Matera
L 5Tomás Lavanini
L4Guido Petti
P3Francisco Gómez Kodela
H2 Julián Montoya
P1Thomas Gallo
Manager:
Mario Ledesma :
* 13 November 10:00 AM
| Italy | 16–37 | Argentina |
| Try: Varney (47') Con: Garbisi (49') Pen: Garbisi (32', 42', 51') | Report | Try: Kremer (9'), González (28'), Moroni (42'), Cordero (55'), Bosch (76') Con: Boffelli (10', 30', 43') Pen: Boffelli (15'), Sánchez (64') |
* Stadio Comunale, Treviso
Team details :
Italy
Argentina
FB15Matteo Minozzi
W14 Edoardo Padovani
B13 Juan Ignacio Brex
B12Luca Morisi
W11Monty Ioane
FH10Paolo Garbisi
SH9Stephen Varney
N88Giovanni Licata
FL7 Michele Lamaro
FL6 Sebastian Negri
L 5David Sisi
L4Giovanni Licata
P3Marco Riccioni
H2 Gianmarco Lucchesi
P1Ivan Nemer
Head Coach:
Kieran Crowley
FB15Emiliano Boffelli
W14 Santiago Cordero
B13 Matias Moroni
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Monty Ioane
FH10Santiago Carreras
SH9Tomás Cubelli
N88Facundo Isa
FL7 Juan Martín González
FL6 Pablo Matera
L 5Tomás Lavanini
L4Marcos Kremer
P3Francisco Gómez Kodela
H2 Julián Montoya
P1Thomas Gallo
Manager:
Mario Ledesma :
* 21 November
| Ireland | 53–7 | Argentina |
| Try: Porter (23'), Doris (36'), van der Flier (56'), Sheehan (66'), Healy (73'), Beirne (75') Con: Carbery (23', 36') Pen: Carbery (19', 48', 56', 66', 73') | | Try: Carreras (2') Con: Boffelli (2') |
* Aviva Stadium, Dublin Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Team details :
Ireland
Argentina
FB15Hugo Keenan
W14 Robert Baloucoune
B13 Garry Ringrose
B12Robbie Henshaw
W11James Lowe
FH10Joey Carbery
SH9Conor Murray
N88Josh van der Flier
FL7 Peter O'Mahony
FL6 Caelan Doris
L 5James Ryan (c)
L4Iain Henderson
P3 Tadhg Furlong
H2 Rónan Kelleher
P1Andrew Porter
Head Coach:
Andy Farrell
FB15Emiliano Boffelli
W14 Santiago Cordero
B13 Matias Moroni
B12Jerónimo de la Fuente
W11Lucio Cinti
FH10Santiago Carreras
SH9Tomás Cubelli
N88Marcos Kremer
FL7 Santiago Grondona
FL6 Pablo Matera
L 5Tomás Lavanini
L4Guido Petti
P3Francisco Gómez Kodela
H2 Julián Montoya (c)
P1Thomas Gallo
Manager:
Mario Ledesma :