1960s: The birth of Los Pumas History of the Argentina national rugby union team
former player angel guastella coach of argentina during 1965 tour.
the following year argentina again showed dominance on continental level, winning south american tournament held in montevideo, beating brazil 60–0, uruguay 36–3 , chile 11–3. in 1964 new version of south american tournament played in san pablo , argentina again achieved huge victories on uruguay (25–6), brazil (30–5) , chile (30–8).
in late 1960s 4 home unions began tours argentina, , after wales struggled in both tests in buenos aires in 1967 became clear argentina difficult place win series. scotland lost first test in 1968, won close second test 2 weeks later.
marcelo pascual diving in ingoal of junior springboks on june 19, 1965, during tour on south africa. match considered beginning of new era national rugby team.
the first trip of argentina national rugby team other side of atlantic rhodesia , south africa in 1965. team acquired nickname pumas, local journalist of weekly farers after first tour match, defeat on 8 may rhodesia in salisbury 17–12. journalist mistook animal appeared on uar emblem (a yaguareté) puma, because unknown species in south africa. nevertheless, nickname has remained mark of identity team since then. after defeats salisbury , northern transvaal, first win came against western transvaal, against south west africa country districts , against southern universities. pumas scored landmark win of 11–6 against junior springboks on june 19 @ ellis park stadium. line-up historic day roberto cazenave; enrico neri, marcelo pascual, arturo rodríguez jurado (h), eduardo españa; eduardo poggi, adolfo etchegaray; raúl loyola, héctor silva, eduardo scharenberg; rodolfo schmidt, aitor otaño (c); ronnie foster, nicanor gonzález del solar, luis garcía yáñez.
agustín silvera, player of argentina.
that victory on junior springboks praised media, being considered first landmark of argentine rugby since beginning of sport in country. argentina played total of 16 matches, 11 won , 4 lost on 2 months. players welcomed home buenos aires huge crowd.
a match organised against french champions section paloise, although match remembered uproar , misconduct of both teams rather argentine victory. oxford & cambridge arrived, team pumas had never beaten. first match finished level @ 19–19 , second saw university students triumph 9–3. 1965 ended match against chile, pumas won 23–11.
in 1966, gazelles –a kind of junior springboks b team– arrived in argentina. visitors took 2 victories 9–3 , 20–15. in september 1967, argentina played in buenos aires in south american championship victories on uruguay 38–6 , chile 18–0. wales arrived in buenos aires in 1968 , first time in history pumas able triumph in series, winning first match 9–5 , drawing second 9–9. first great decade in argentine rugby came close arrival of scotland in 1969. first match saw big argentine victory 20–3, in second game visitors narrowly won 6–3.
in 1968 wales toured on argentina play 6 games. argentina defeated wales in first test 9–6, following line-up: 15.jorge seaton, 14.mario walther, 13.arturo rodriguez jurado, 12.marcelo pascual, 11.alejandro travaglini, 10.jorge dartiguelongue, 9.adolfo etchegaray, 7.miguel chesta, 8.hector silva, 6.raul loyola, 5.aitor otano, 4.adrian anthony, 3.marcelo farina, 2.ricardo handley, 1.luis garcia yanez. second test finished in 9–9 tie.
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