1978 Argentina rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Italy

1978 Argentina rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Italy
Coach(es)	Ángel Guastella
Tour captain(s)	Hugo Porta
Summary	P W D L
Total	08 05 01 03
Test match	02 00 01 01
Opponent	P W D L
England [1]	1 0 1 0
Italy	1 0 0 1

The 1978 Argentina rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Italy was a series of nine matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in September and October 1978.^[2]

Six of the nine matches were played in England, with the tourists going on to play one match each in Wales, Ireland and Italy. The tour featured the first ever test match between Argentina and Italy.

Argentina won five matches, lost three and drew one. The draw came against England,^[3] although England did not award full international caps for the fixture.^{[citation needed]}

The tour captain, Hugo Porta, played all nine games, scored 94 of the team's 157 points on tour and, according to Rothmans Rugby Yearbook, "established himself as one of the world's great players" on the tour.^[4]

Team Manager: Ángel Guastella

The squad that played England at Twickenham

The test v Italy

Full back

• Martín Sansot (Pueyrredón – Buenos Aires)

Three-quarters

• Marcelo Campo (Old Georgian)
• Adolfo Cappelletti (Banco Nación)
• Marcelo Loffreda (San Isidro Club)
• Rafael Madero (San Isidro Club)
• Alejandro Puccio (C.A. San Isidro)
• Javier Trucco (Universitario B.A.)
• Eduardo Sanguinetti (Universitario B.A.)

Half-backs

• Alejandro Cerioni (Pueyrredón)
• Alejandro Cubelli (Belgrano A.C.)
• Javier Escalante (Duendes
• Tomás Landajo (Pueyrredón)
• Hugo Porta (Banco Nación)
• Alfredo Soares Gache (San Isidro Club)

Forwards

• Alejandro Iachetti (Hindú)
• Hugo Nicola (Curupaytí)
• Ricardo Passaglia (La Tablada)
• Guillermo Paz (Alumni)
• Tomás Petersen (San Isidro Club)
• Topo Rodriguez (Tala)
• Ronaldo Seaton (Atlético del Rosario)
• Carlos Serrano (Hindú)
• Héctor Silva (Los Tilos)
• Gabriel Travaglini (C.A. San Isidro)
• Rodolfo Ventura (Newman)

Complete list of matches played by Argentina:^[2]

Southern Counties: I.Gale. Clive Rees, B.Reynolds, D.Course-, R.Ellis Jones; J.Wright e I.George; G.Sharpe, R.Jackson, J.Coock, J.Mawle, John Orwin, Paul Rendall, A.Jenkins, Gary Pearce.
Argentina: M.Sansot; A.Puccio, R.Madero, M.Loffreda, A.Cappelletti; H.Porta (capt.), R.Landajo; C.Serreno, H.Silva, T.Petersen; A.Iachetti, G.Travaglini; H.Nicola; R..Seaton, A.Cerioni.

London Division: K.M.Bushell; R.O.Demming; N.R.French, Clive Woodward, Derek Wyatt; Nick Preston, M.R.Conner; T.C.Claston, P.d'A.Keith-Roach (capt.) A.J.Cutter, Neil Mantell, Maurice Colclough, A.C.Alexander, Bob Mordell, Andy Ripley.
Argentina: M.Sansot; A.Puccio, M.Loffreda, R.Madero, A.Cappelletti; H.Porta (capt.), R.Landajo; H.Silva, T.Pe¬tersen, G.Paz; G.Travaglini, A.Iachetti; H.Nicola, A.Cubelli, A.Cerioni.

North of England: D.Boyd; Peter Squires, Tony Bond, W.Lyon, Mike Slemen; John Horton, Malcolm Young; Fran Cotton; K.Pacey, J.Bell, Bill Beaumont (capt.), J.Buttler, Peter Dixon, P.Moss, K.Higgins.
Argentina: M.Sansot; M.Campo, J.Trueco, R.Madero, A.Cappelletti; H.Porta (capt.), R.Landajo; T.Petersen, C.Serrano, H.Silva; A.Iachetti, R.Passaglia; H.Nicola, R.Sea¬ton, E.Rodríguez.

North Midlands: P.J.Mumford.C.Perry, A.Watson-Jones, M.K.Swain, M.A.Hall; Les Cusworth, P.C.Bullock; T.F.Corless, G.N.J.Cox, J.J.Moore, B.Aire, N.J.Bekewell, J.C.White, T.Clarke, D.Nutt.
Argentina: M.Sansot; M.Campo, M.Lofreda, R.Madero, A.Cappelletti; H.Porta (capt.), A.Soares Gache; G.Paz, C.Serrano, G.Travaglini; R.Passaglia, A.Iachetti; H.Nicola, R.Seaton, A.Cerioni.

English Students: Marcus Rose; J.Basnett, A.Harrower, Clive Woodward, P.Asquith; 1.Wilkins, M.Conner; S.Wilkes, M.Howe, J.Doubleday, Paul Ackford, Steve Bainbridge, Toby Allchurch, Nick Jeavons, Peter Polledri.
Argentina: E.Sanguinetti; M.Campo, J.Escalante, R.Madero, A.Cappelletti; H.Porta (capt.), R.Landajo; G.Paz, G.Travaglini, H.Silva; R.Passaglia, A.Iachetti; H.Nicola, A.Cubelli, A.Cerioni.

14 October

England	13–13	Argentina
Try: Gifford, Squires Con: Bushell Drop: Horton		Try: Campo, Passaglia Con: Porta Pen: Porta

Twickenham, London Referee: Clive Norling (Wales)

Wales "B": I.Walsh; Elgan Rees, N.Hutchings, Peter Morgan, R.Ellis¬Jones; D.Barry, Gerald Williams; D.Jones, G.Davies, D.Lewis, Richard Moriarty, Steve Sutton, Gareth Williams, Ch.Seldon, Paul Ringer.
Argentina: M.Sansot; M.Campo, M.Loffreda, R.Madero, A.Cappelletti; H.Porta (capt.), A.Soares Gache; T.Peter¬sen, C.Serrano, G, Travaglini; R.Passaglia, A.lachetti; H.Nicola, A.Cubelli, A.Cerioni.

Leinster: F.Ennis; Terry Kennedy, P.Andrucetti, Paul McNaughton, Freddie McLennan; M.Quinn, John Moloney (capt.); Phil Orr, John Cantrell, M.Fitzpatrick, Willie Duggan, E.O'Raffertty, Fergus Slattery, Shay Deering, Mike Gibson.
Argentina: M.Sansot; M.Campo, J.Trucco, R.Madero, A.Cappelletti; H.Porta (capt.), Landajo; H.Silva, T.Petersen, G.Travaglini; R.Passaglia, A.lachetti; H.Nicola, A.Cubelli, A.Cerioni.

24 October

Italy	19–6	Argentina
Try: R Francescato, Ghizzoni Con: Zuin Pen: Zuin 2 Drop: Zuin		Pen: Porta Drop: Porta

Mario Battaglini, Rovigo Referee: Sergio Tavelli (Italy)

Italy: 15.Rocco Caligiuri, 14.Massimo Mascioletti, 13.Nello Francescato, 12.Rino Francescato, 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Loredano Zuin, 9.Angelo Visentin, 8.Elio de Anna, 7.Fiorenzo Blessano, 6.Paolo Mariani, 5.Adriano Fedrigo, 4.Fulvio di Carlo, 3.Ambrogio Bona (capT.), 2.Claudio Robazza, 1.Anacleto Altigieri – Replacement: Narciso Zanella
Argentina 15.Eduardo Sanguinetti, 14.Martín Sansot, 13.Javier Escalante, 12.Rafael Madero, 11.Marcelo Campo, 10.Hugo Porta (cap), 9.Alfredo Soares Gache, 8.Gabriel Travaglini, 7.Tomás Petersen, 6.Carlos Serrano, 5.Ricardo Passaglia, 4.Alejandro Iachetti, 3.Alejandro Cerioni, 2.Alejandro Cubelli, 1.Rodolfo Ventura – Replacement: Adolfo Cappelletti, Hugo Nicola

• Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80. Queen Anne Press. pp. 47–51. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.