2008 Argentina rugby union tour

2008 Argentina rugby union tour
Manager	Alejandro Cubelli
Coach(es)	Santiago Phelan
Tour captain(s)	Felipe Contepomi
Summary	P W D L
Total	03 01 00 02
Test match	03 01 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
France	1 0 0 1
Italy	1 1 0 0
Ireland	1 0 0 0

The 2008 Argentina rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Europe by the Argentina national team. Coached by Santiago Phelan, the Argentine national side toured on France, Italy and Ireland playing a total of three matches thereof. Argentina beat Italy and lost to France and Ireland.^[1]

• Head coach: Santiago Phelan
• Assistant coach: Fabián Turnes
• Assistant coach: Marcelo Reggiardo

Date	Rival	Score	Venue	City	Ref.
8 Nov	France	6–12	Vélodrome	Marseille	[2]
15 Nov	Italy	22–14	Olympic Stadium	Turin	[3]
22 Nov	Ireland	3–17	Croke Park	Dublin	[4]

8 November 2008

France	12–6	Argentina
Pen: Skrela 29', 79', Baby 32' Drop: Skrela 11'	Report	Pen: Contempomi 27' 36'

Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 57.000 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Team details

France Argentina France Argentina  72' Maxime Medard FB 15 FB Bernardo Stortoni Julien Malzieu W 14 W Francisco Leonelli Yannick Jauzion C 13 C Gonzalo Tiesi  41' Benoit Baby C 12 C Felipe Contepomi (capt.) Cédric Heymans W 11 W Horacio Agulla David Skrela FH 10 FH Juan Martín Hernández  72' Jean-Baptiste Élissalde SH 9 SH Nicolas Vergallo  68' Louis Picamoles N8 8 N8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe Imanol Harinordoquy F 7 F Álvaro Galindo  50' Thierry Dusautoir F 6 F Martín Durand 32' to 36'  56' (capt.) Lionel Nallet L 5 L Patricio Albacete Romain Millo-Chluski L 4 L Rimas Álvarez Kairelis 67' to 68'  47' Benoit Lecouls P 3 P Juan Pablo Orlandi  58'  54' Dimitri Szarzewski H 2 H Mario Ledesma Fabien Barcella P 1 P Rodrigo Roncero Replacements  54' Benjamin Kayser H 16 Alberto Vernet Basualdo  47' Nicolas Mas P 17 P Marcos Ayerza  58'  56' Sébastien Chabal L 18 F Esteban Lozada  50'  68' Fulgence Ouedraogo N8 19 F Alejandro Campos 32-36 and 67'-68'  72' Morgan Parra SH 20 Agustin Figuerola Damien Traille 21 C Federico Martín Aramburú  41'  72' Alexis Palisson FB 22 Rafael Carballo Coaches Marc Lièvremont Santiago Phelan

15 November 2008

Italy	14–22	Argentina
Try: Masi 79' Pen: Marcato 30', 54' Drop: Marcato 45'	Report	Try: Carballo 51' Con: Contemponi 51' Pen: Contepomi 25', 39', 40', 44', 75'

Olympic Stadium, Turin Attendance: 28.000 Referee: Chris White (England)

Team details

Italy Argentina Italy Argentina Andrea Masi FB 15 FB Bernardo Stortoni Kaine Robertson W 14 W Federico Martín Aramburú  75' Matteo Pratichetti C 13 C Gonzalo Tiesi  60' Gonzalo Garcia C 12 C Felipe Contepomi (capt.) Mirco Bergamasco W 11 W Rafael Carballo 79' to 80'  62' Andrea Marcato FH 10 FH Juan Martín Hernández  51' Pablo Canavosio SH 9 SH Nicolas Vergallo  60' (capt.) Sergio Parisse N8 8 N8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe Mauro Bergamasco F 7 F Rimas Álvarez Kairelis Josh Sole F 6 F Martín Durand 48'-56'  64' 43' to 48' Marco Bortolami L 5 L Patricio Albacete  66' Carlo Del Fava L 4 L Esteban Lozada  58'  70' Carlos Nieto P 3 P Juan Pablo Orlandi  69'  64' Fabio Ongaro H 2 H Mario Ledesma  77'  52' Matías Agüero P 1 P Rodrigo Roncero 56' to 66' Replacements  64' Leonardo Ghiraldini H 16 H Alberto Vernet Basualdo  77'  52' Andrea Lo Cicero P 17 P Marcos Ayerza 48'-56'  69'  70' Salvatore Perugini P 18 L Álvaro Galindo  58' 43'-48'  66' Tommaso Reato L 19 F Alejandro Campos  64'  51' Pietro Travagli SH 20 SH Agustin Figuerola  60'  62' Luciano Orquera FH 21 W Santiago Fernandez  75' Luke McLean 22 C Horacio Agulla  60' Coaches Nick Mallett Santiago Phelan

22 November 2008

Ireland	17–3	Argentina
Try: Bowe 76' Pen: O'Gara 38' 46' 74' Drop: O' Gara 68'	report	Con: Fernandez 36'

Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 68.000 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

Team details

Ireland Argentina Ireland Argentina Geordan Murphy FB 15 FB Horacio Agulla Tommy Bowe W 14 W Francisco Leonelli  68' (capt.) Brian O'Driscoll C 13 C Federico Martín Aramburú Luke Fitzgerald C 12 C Miguel Avramovic Rob Kearney W 11 W Rafael Carballo Ronan O'Gara FH 10 FH Santiago Fernandez Tomás O'Leary SH 9 SH Nicolas Vergallo  68' Jamie Heaslip N8 8 N8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón  75' David Wallace F 7 F Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe Stephen Ferris F 6 F Martín Durand Paul O'Connell L 5 L Patricio Albacete Donncha O'Callaghan L 4 L Rimas Álvarez Kairelis  55' John Hayes P 3 P Juan Pablo Orlandi  48'  13' Jerry Flannery H 2 H Mario Ledesma Marcus Horan P 1 P Rodrigo Roncero 78' to 80' Replacements  13' Rory Best H 16 Alberto Vernet Basualdo Tony Buckley 17 P Marcos Ayerza  48' Malcolm O'Kelly 18 L Esteban Lozada  55'  75' Donnacha Ryan F 19 Álvaro Galindo Eoin Reddan 20 SH Agustin Figuerola  68' Paddy Wallace 21 Mauro Comuzzi Keith Earls 22 W Bernardo Stortoni  60' Coaches Declan Kidney Santiago Phelan