2013 England rugby union tour of Argentina

2013 England rugby union tour of Argentina
Coach(es)	Stuart Lancaster
Tour captain(s)	Tom Wood
Top point scorer(s)	Freddie Burns (51)
Top try scorer(s)	Billy Vunipola (4)
Top test point scorer(s)	Freddie Burns (31)
Top test try scorer(s)	Marland Yarde (2)
Summary	P W D L
Total	04 04 00 00
Test match	02 02 00 00
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	South Africa 2012
Next tour	New Zealand 2014

In June 2013, England played a two-test series against Argentina as part of the 2013 mid-year rugby test series.^[1] This series was part of the second year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.

England played the Pumas over a two-week period, playing in Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta (8 June) and playing at Estadio José Amalfitani in the capital city of Buenos Aires (15 June). The first test was their first encounter since England's 13–9 victory over Argentina during the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and was the first time they have met in Argentina since 2009, the last time Argentina beat England. England won both matches of the series, completing their first series victory in Argentina since the 1981 England rugby union tour of Argentina, and winning both matches of a series in Argentina for the first time.^[2]

Ahead of the test series, England played their annual uncapped fixture against the Barbarians at Twickenham,^[3] and a fixture against the South American XV side, which was made up of representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away
26 May 2013	Twickenham Stadium, London	England	40–12	Barbarians
2 June 2013	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo	Sudamérica XV	21–41	England
8 June 2013	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	Argentina	3–32	England
15 June 2013	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	Argentina	26–51	England

England's 32-man squad for fixtures against the Barbarians and the two-test tour to Argentina plus a mid-week match against South American XV.^[4] Full-back Alex Goode and uncapped centre Joel Tomkins withdrew from the squad due to injury. They were replaced by uncapped players Stephen Myler and Luther Burrell.^[5]

Ed Slater and Calum Clark was ruled out of the tour due to injury and Kearnan Myall was added to the squad for the tour.^[6]

Haydn Thomas featured in the squad to face the Barbarians.

Alex Corbisiero left the squad ahead of the first test as he was called up for the British and Irish Lions.^[7] Corbisiero was not replaced.

• Head coach: Stuart Lancaster
• Caps and ages are to Barbarians match (26 May 2013)

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Rob Buchanan	Hooker	(1991-05-13)13 May 1991 (aged 22)	0	Harlequins
David Paice	Hooker	(1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 29)	6	London Irish
Rob Webber	Hooker	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 26)	3	Bath
Alex Corbisiero	Prop	(1988-08-30)30 August 1988 (aged 24)	18	London Irish
Paul Doran-Jones	Prop	(1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 28)	4	Northampton Saints
Joe Marler	Prop	(1990-07-07)7 July 1990 (aged 22)	10	Harlequins
Henry Thomas	Prop	(1991-10-30)30 October 1991 (aged 21)	0	Sale Sharks
David Wilson	Prop	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 28)	26	Bath
Dave Attwood	Lock	(1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 26)	2	Bath
Joe Launchbury	Lock	(1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 22)	9	London Wasps
Courtney Lawes	Lock	(1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 24)	20	Northampton Saints
Kearnan Myall	Lock	(1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 26)	0	Sale Sharks
Tom Johnson	Flanker	(1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 30)	5	Exeter Chiefs
Matt Kvesic	Flanker	(1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 21)	0	Worcester Warriors
Tom Wood (c)	Flanker	(1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 26)	18	Northampton Saints
Ben Morgan	Number 8	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 24)	10	Gloucester
Billy Vunipola	Number 8	(1992-11-03)3 November 1992 (aged 20)	0	London Wasps
Lee Dickson	Scrum-half	(1985-03-29)29 March 1985 (aged 28)	7	Northampton Saints
Haydn Thomas	Scrum-half	(1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 30)	0	Exeter Chiefs
Richard Wigglesworth	Scrum-half	(1983-06-09)9 June 1983 (aged 29)	12	Saracens
Freddie Burns	Fly-half	(1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 23)	1	Gloucester
Stephen Myler	Fly-half	(1984-07-21)21 July 1984 (aged 28)	0	Northampton Saints
Luther Burrell	Centre	(1987-12-06)6 December 1987 (aged 25)	0	Northampton Saints
Kyle Eastmond	Centre	(1989-07-17)17 July 1989 (aged 23)	0	Bath
Jonathan Joseph	Centre	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 21)	4	London Irish
Billy Twelvetrees	Centre	(1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 24)	4	Gloucester
Jonny May	Wing	(1990-04-01)1 April 1990 (aged 23)	0	Gloucester
David Strettle	Wing	(1983-07-23)23 July 1983 (aged 29)	13	Saracens
Christian Wade	Wing	(1991-05-15)15 May 1991 (aged 22)	0	London Wasps
Marland Yarde	Wing	(1992-04-20)20 April 1992 (aged 21)	0	London Irish
Mike Brown	Fullback	(1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 27)	16	Harlequins
Ben Foden	Fullback	(1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 27)	30	Northampton Saints

Argentina 28-man squad for the 2013 England rugby union tour of Argentina and single test against Georgia^[8]

• Head coach: Santiago Phelan
• Caps and ages are to Barbarians match (26 May 2013)

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Martín García Veiga	Hooker	(1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 26)	3	Buenos Aires
Mauricio Guidone	Hooker	(1988-01-28)28 January 1988 (aged 25)	7	La Plata
Bruno Postiglioni	Hooker	(1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 26)	7	La Plata
Maximiliano Bustos	Prop	(1986-04-02)2 April 1986 (aged 27)	1	Montpellier
Francisco Gómez Kodela	Prop	(1985-07-07)7 July 1985 (aged 27)	8	Biarritz
Pablo Henn	Prop	(1982-07-15)15 July 1982 (aged 30)	8	CA Brive
Guillermo Roan	Prop	(1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 24)	4	Cavalieri Prato
Julio Farías Cabello	Lock	(1978-09-19)19 September 1978 (aged 34)	19	London Welsh
Mariano Galarza	Lock	(1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 26)	8	La Plata Uni.
Esteban Lozada	Lock	(1982-01-08)8 January 1982 (aged 31)	19	Agen
Tomás Vallejos	Lock	(1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 28)	4	Pampas XV
Rodrigo Báez	Flanker	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 24)	5	Liceo
Tomás de la Vega	Flanker	(1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 22)	6	CUBA
Tomás Leonardi	Flanker	(1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 25)	15	Southern Kings
Benjamín Macome	Number 8	(1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 27)	8	Tucumán
Tomás Cubelli	Scrum-half	(1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 23)	11	Belgrano
Martín Landajo	Scrum-half	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 24)	17	C.A.S.I.
Nicolás Vergallo	Scrum-half	(1983-04-20)20 April 1983 (aged 30)	31	Southern Kings
Felipe Contepomi (c)	Fly-half	(1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 35)	79	Stade Français
Benjamín Madero	Fly-half	(1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 24)	2	San Isidro
Gabriel Ascárate	Centre	(1987-10-20)20 October 1987 (aged 25)	5	Carcassonne
Matías Orlando	Centre	(1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 21)	3	Huirapuca
Gonzalo Tiesi	Centre	(1985-04-24)24 April 1985 (aged 28)	33	London Welsh
Benjamín Urdapilleta	Centre	(1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 27)	8	Oyonnax
Belisario Agulla	Wing	(1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 25)	8	Agen
Manuel Montero	Wing	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 21)	7	Club Pucará
Martín Bustos Moyano	Fullback	(1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 27)	1	Montpellier
Tomás Carrió	Fullback	(1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 24)	3	Duendes

26 May 2013 13:00 BST (UTC+01)

England	40–12	Barbarians
Try: Burns 1' c Yarde 43' c Eastmond 55' m Wade 61' c Twelvetrees 66' m Con: Burns (3/4) 1', 44', 62' Pen: Burns (3/3) 4', 11', 24'	Report[9]	Try: Brits 70' m Daly 77' c Con: Evans (1/2) 78'

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 60,601 Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

Team details

England Barbarians FB 15 Mike Brown  52' RW 14 Christian Wade OC 13 Jonathan Joseph IC 12 Billy Twelvetrees LW 11 Marland Yarde FH 10 Freddie Burns  64' SH 9 Richard Wigglesworth  47' N8 8 Ben Morgan  47' OF 7 Matt Kvesic BF 6 Tom Johnson RL 5 Dave Attwood  47' LL 4 Joe Launchbury TP 3 David Wilson  47' HK 2 Rob Webber (c)  60' LP 1 Alex Corbisiero  57' Replacements: HK 16 David Paice  60' PR 17 Joe Marler  57' PR 18 Henry Thomas  47' LK 19 Kearnan Myall  47' N8 20 Billy Vunipola  47' SH 21 Haydn Thomas  47' CE 22 Kyle Eastmond  52' WG 23 Jonny May  64' Coach: Stuart Lancaster FB 15 Elliot Daly RW 14 Timoci Nagusa  60' OC 13 Casey Laulala IC 12 Mike Tindall (c) LW 11 Takudzwa Ngwenya FH 10 James Hook  64' SH 9 Dwayne Peel  50' N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy  60' OF 7 Jonathan Poff BF 6 Alessandro Zanni RL 5 Marco Wentzel LL 4 Jim Hamilton  57' TP 3 James Johnston  64' HK 2 Matthew Rees  46' LP 1 Andrea Lo Cicero  46' Replacements: HK 16 Schalk Brits  46' PR 17 Duncan Jones  46' PR 18 Paul James  64' LK 19 Dean Mumm  57' FL 20 Sam Jones  60' SH 21 Dimitri Yachvili  50' FH 22 Nick Evans  64' WG 23 Rowan Varty  60' Coach: Dai Young Man of the Match: Joe Launchbury Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales) Paul Dix (England) Television match official: David Grashoff (England)

2 June 2013 15:30 UYT (UTC-3)

Sudamérica XV	21–41	England
Try: Penalty try 17' c Sansot 43' c Magno 68' c Con: Madero (3/3) 18', 44', 69'	Report[10]	Try: Foden (2) 20' m, 47' m Vunipola (3) 29' c, 32' c, 35 m Wood 39' c Doran-Jones 58' m Con: Myler (3/7) 30', 33', 40'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay

Team details

South American XV England FB 15 Tomás Carrió RW 14 Belisario Agulla OC 13 Francisco Sansot  61' IC 12 Juan Pablo Socino LW 11 Leandro Leivas  67' FH 10 Benjamín Madero SH 9 Tomás Cubelli (c)  70' N8 8 Antonio Ahualli  65' OF 7 Javier Ortega Desio BF 6 Tomás de la Vega RL 5 Pablo Huete  54'  63' LL 4 César Fruttero  63' TP 3 Mario Sagario  49'  54'  63' HK 2 Arturo Ávalo  49' LP 1 Bruno Postiglioni  49' Replacements: PR 16 Alejo Corral  49' PR 17 Oscar Durán 53' to 63'  49' HK 18 Nicolás Klappenbach  49' FL 19 Diego Magno  63' FL 20 Juan Gaminara  65' SH 21 Agustín Ormaechea  70' CE 22 Moisés Duque  61' CE 23 Santiago Gibernau  67' Coach: Pablo Lemoine FB 15 Ben Foden RW 14 Jonny May 18' to 28' OC 13 Luther Burrell IC 12 Kyle Eastmond  60' LW 11 David Strettle FH 10 Stephen Myler SH 9 Richard Wigglesworth  51' N8 8 Billy Vunipola  73' OF 7 Tom Johnson BF 6 Tom Wood (c)  49' RL 5 Kearnan Myall LL 4 Courtney Lawes  60' TP 3 Henry Thomas  49' HK 2 David Paice  49' LP 1 Joe Marler  64'  73' Replacements: HK 16 Rob Buchanan  49' PR 17 Alex Corbisiero 71' to end'  64' PR 18 Paul Doran-Jones  49' LK 19 Dave Attwood  60' FL 20 Matt Kvesic  49' SH 21 Lee Dickson  51' FH 22 Freddie Burns CE 23 Jonathan Joseph  60' Coach: Stuart Lancaster Touch judges: Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Carlos Poggi (Argentina)

8 June 2013 16:10 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	3–32	England
Pen: Moyano (1/4) 40'	Report[11]	Try: Strettle 17' m Twelvetrees 25' c Morgan 31' c Vunipola 80' c Con: Burns (3/4) 26', 32', 80' Pen: Burns (2/2) 8', 11'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

Team details

Argentina England FB 15 Martín Bustos Moyano RW 14 Matías Orlando  58' OC 13 Gonzalo Tiesi IC 12 Felipe Contepomi (c) LW 11 Manuel Montero FH 10 Benjamín Urdapilleta  58' SH 9 Martín Landajo  67' N8 8 Tomás Leonardi OF 7 Benjamín Macome BF 6 Julio Farías Cabello  71' RL 5 Mariano Galarza LL 4 Esteban Lozada  61' TP 3 Maximiliano Bustos  66' HK 2 Martín García Veiga  54' LP 1 Pablo Henn  50' Replacements: HK 16 Mauricio Guidone  54' PR 17 Guillermo Roan  50' PR 18 Francisco Gómez Kodela  66' LK 19 Tomás Vallejos  61' FL 20 Tomás de la Vega  71' SH 21 Nicolás Vergallo  67' CE 22 Gabriel Ascárate  58' WG 23 Belisario Agulla  58' Coach: Santiago Phelan FB 15 Mike Brown  74' RW 14 Christian Wade OC 13 Jonathan Joseph  65' IC 12 Billy Twelvetrees LW 11 David Strettle FH 10 Freddie Burns SH 9 Lee Dickson  53' N8 8 Ben Morgan  67' OF 7 Matt Kvesic BF 6 Tom Wood (c) RL 5 Dave Attwood  53' LL 4 Joe Launchbury TP 3 David Wilson  74' HK 2 Rob Webber  67' LP 1 Joe Marler  74' Replacements: HK 16 David Paice  67' PR 17 Henry Thomas  74' PR 18 Paul Doran-Jones  74' LK 19 Courtney Lawes 69' to 79'  53' N8 20 Billy Vunipola  67' SH 21 Richard Wigglesworth  53' FH 22 Kyle Eastmond  65' FB 23 Ben Foden  74' Coach: Stuart Lancaster Man of the Match: Ben Morgan (England) Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales) Christie du Preez (South Africa) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

15 June 2013 16:10 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	26–51	England
Try: Montero 49' c Leonardi 69' c Con: Moyano (2/2) 50', 70' Pen: Moyano (4/4) 3', 10', 21', 26'	Report[12]	Try: Penalty try (2) 30' c, 40' c Burns 36' m Webber 53' m Yarde (2) 57' c, 73' c Eastmond 64' c Con: Burns (4/6) 30', 40', 58', 65' Myler (1/1) 74' Pen: Burns (2/3) 7', 24'

Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Team details

Argentina England FB 15 Martín Bustos Moyano 39' to 49' RW 14 Belisario Agulla OC 13 Gonzalo Tiesi IC 12 Gabriel Ascárate  72' LW 11 Manuel Montero  66' FH 10 Felipe Contepomi (c) SH 9 Nicolás Vergallo  59' N8 8 Tomás Leonardi OF 7 Benjamín Macome BF 6 Rodrigo Baez  59' RL 5 Mariano Galarza LL 4 Julio Farías Cabello  52' TP 3 Maximiliano Bustos  66' HK 2 Martín García Veiga LP 1 Guillermo Roan  40' Replacements: PR 16 Mauricio Guidone  55' PR 17 Pablo Henn  40'  55' PR 18 Francisco Gómez Kodela  66' LK 19 Esteban Lozada  52' FL 20 Tomás de la Vega  59' SH 21 Tomás Cubelli  59' FH 22 Benjamín Madero  72' CE 23 Matías Orlando  66' Coach: Santiago Phelan FB 15 Mike Brown  59' RW 14 Jonny May OC 13 Jonathan Joseph IC 12 Kyle Eastmond LW 11 Marland Yarde FH 10 Freddie Burns  65' SH 9 Lee Dickson  55' N8 8 Ben Morgan  59' OF 7 Matt Kvesic BF 6 Tom Wood (c) RL 5 Dave Attwood  50' LL 4 Joe Launchbury TP 3 David Wilson  75' HK 2 Rob Webber  61' LP 1 Joe Marler  65' Replacements: HK 16 David Paice  61' PR 17 Paul Doran-Jones  65' PR 18 Henry Thomas  75' LK 19 Courtney Lawes  50' N8 20 Billy Vunipola  59' SH 21 Richard Wigglesworth  55' FH 22 Stephen Myler  65' FB 23 Ben Foden  59' Coach: Stuart Lancaster Man of the Match: Marland Yarde (England) Touch judges: Marius Jonker (South Africa) Christie du Preez (South Africa) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: Winger Christian wade was named in the starting XV, but was withdrawn following a British and Irish Lions call-up First test series win for England in Argentina since 1981[13]

• 2013 mid-year rugby test series
• History of rugby union matches between Argentina and England