# 2008 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina

The 2008 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in Argentina by the Scotland national team. It consisted of two tests v. the Argentine side, with one win for both teams.

## Players

In May 2008, the Scottish Rugby Union announced the list of players to tour to Argentina:

## Summary

Complete list of matches played by Scotland in Argentina:
Test matches
| # | Date | Rival | City | Venue | Score |
| 1 | 7 June | Argentina | Rosario | Gigante de Arroyito | 15–21 |
| 2 | 14 June | Argentina | Buenos Aires | José Amalfitani Stadium | 26–14 |
Balance :
| Pl | W | D | L | Ps | Pc |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 35 |

## Match details
### First test

* 7 June 2008
| Argentina | 21–15 | Scotland |
| Try: Tejeda Tiesi Con: Todeschini Pen: Todeschini (4) | report | Pen: Paterson (5) |
* Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
| Argentina | Scotland |
| Argentina | | Scotland |
| Bernardo Stortoni | FB | 15 | FB | Chris Paterson |
| José María Núñez Piossek | W | 14 | W | Simon Danielli |
| Gonzalo Tiesi | C | 13 | C | Ben Cairns |
| (capt.) Felipe Contepomi | C | 12 | C | Graeme Morrison |
| Tomás de Vedia | W | 11 | W | Thom Evans |
| Federico Todeschini | FH | 10 | FH | Dan Parks |
| Nicolas Vergallo | SH | 9 | SH | Mike Blair (capt.) |
| Juan Manuel Leguizamón | N8 | 8 | N8 | Johnnie Beattie |
| Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe | F | 7 | F | Ally Hogg |
| Martín Durand | F | 6 | F | Alasdair Strokosch |
| Esteban Lozada | L | 5 | L | Scott Macleod |
| Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | L | 4 | L | Matt Mustchin |
| Santiago González Bonorino | P | 3 | P | Euan Murray |
| Alvaro Tejeda | H | 2 | H | Ross Ford |
| Marcos Ayerza | P | 1 | P | Allan Jacobsen |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Pablo Gambarini | H | 16 | | Dougie Hall |
| Juan Gomez | P | 17 | P | Alasdair Dickinson |
| James Stuart | | 18 | L | Alastair Kellock |
| Alejandro Campos | F | 19 | F | Kelly Brown |
| Alfredo Lalanne | | 20 | SH | Rory Lawson |
| Santiago Fernandez | | 21 | | Phil Godman |
| Hernán Senillosa | | 22 | W | Simon Webster |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Santiago Phelan | | | | Frank Hadden |

### Second test

* 14 June 2008
| Argentina | 14–26 | Scotland |
| Try: Agulla, I. Fernández Lobbe Con: Todeschini (2) | report | Try: Ford, Morrison Con: Paterson (2) Pen: Paterson (4) |
* José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires Referee: A. Rolland (Ireland)
| Argentina | Scotland |
| Argentina | | Scotland |
| Bernardo Stortoni | FB | 15 | FB | Hugo Southwell |
| Lucas Borges | W | 14 | W | Simon Webster |
| Gonzalo Tiesi | C | 13 | C | Ben Cairns |
| (capt.) Felipe Contepomi | C | 12 | C | Graeme Morrison |
| Horacio Agulla | W | 11 | W | Chris Paterson |
| Federico Todeschini | FH | 10 | FH | Phil Godman |
| Nicolas Vergallo | SH | 9 | SH | Mike Blair (capt.) |
| Juan Manuel Leguizamón | N8 | 8 | N8 | Ally Hogg |
| Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe | F | 7 | F | John Barclay |
| Martín Durand | F | 6 | F | Alasdair Strokosch |
| Esteban Lozada | L | 5 | L | Scott Macleod |
| Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | L | 4 | L | Matt Mustchin |
| Santiago González Bonorino | P | 3 | P | Euan Murray |
| Alvaro Tejeda | H | 2 | H | Ross Ford |
| Marcos Ayerza | P | 1 | P | Allan Jacobsen |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Pablo Gambarini | | 16 | H | Dougie Hall |
| Juan Gomez | P | 17 | P | Alasdair Dickinson |
| James Stuart | L | 18 | L | Alastair Kellock |
| Álvaro Galindo | F | 19 | N8 | Kelly Brown |
| Alfredo Lalanne | | 20 | SH | Rory Lawson |
| Federico Martín Aramburú | C | 21 | FH | Dan Parks |
| Federico Serra Miras | FB | 22 | C | Nick de Luca |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Santiago Phelan | | | | Frank Hadden |