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The 1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America , was a series of rugby matches played in Chile and Argentina. This tour by the Ireland national rugby union team coincided with the death of Eva Peron, the wife of Juan Peron, the President of Argentina. As a result, it was almost cancelled. Eva Peron died on 26 July, six days after the Irish squad had departed Dublin. However, after playing their first game in Santiago, Chile, the team travelled onto Buenos Aires and completed the tour as planned.[1]
They finished with a record of played 9, won 6, drew 2 and 1 defeat. The tour also featured the first full rugby internationals between Ireland and Argentina .[2] [3]
Touring party Manager: G.P.S. Hogan Secretary: R.W. Jeffares, Jr Referee: O.B. Glasgow Captain: Des O'Brien Backs Forwards W.J. Hewitt and Miguel Angel Sarandón posing together in Argentina
Match details First test Team details Julio Genoud FB 15 FB Robin Gregg Edmundo Caffarone W 14 W Mick Lane Enrique Fernández del Casal C 13 C Richard Chambers Alfredo Palma C 12 C John Notley Julián Santiago W 11 W Michael Hillary Ricardo Giles FH 10 FH William Hewitt Guillermo Ehrman SH 9 SH John O'Meara Miguel Sarandon N8 8 N8 Jim McCarthy Alberto Conen F 7 F Patrick Kavanagh Rodolfo Grosse F 6 F Michael Dargan Lucas Glastra L 5 L Patrick Lawlor Emilio Domínguez L 4 L P.P. Traynor Normando Tompkins P 3 P W.J. O'Neill Carlos Swain H 2 H Fuzzy Anderson Ricardo Follett P 1 P John Smith Coaches GPS Hogan
Second test Team details Enrique Fernández del Casal FB 15 FB Robin Gregg Edmundo Caffarone W 14 W Patrick Kavanagh Gastón Recagno C 13 C Richard Chambers Alfredo Palma C 12 C John Notley Antonio Salinas W 11 W Michael Hillary Ricardo Giles FH 10 FH William Hewitt Guillermo Ehrman SH 9 SH John O'Meara Ezequiel Holmberg N8 8 N8 Jim McCarthy Rodolfo Grosse F 7 F Des O'Brien (c) Alberto Conen F 6 F Michael Dargan Luis Maurette L 5 L P.P. Traynor Emilio Domínguez L 4 L James Kavanagh Normando Tompkins P 3 P W.J. O'Neill Carlos Swain H 2 H Fuzzy Anderson Ricardo Follett P 1 P John Smith Coaches GPS Horgan
References ^ Memoria y Balance 1952 on UAR website ^ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin ^ "www.irishrugby.ie". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2008 . Ireland national rugby union team
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