Team: | Australia |
Destination: | Argentina |
Yearstart: | 1979 |
Captain: | Mark Loane |
Matchplayed: | 7 |
Matchwon: | 6 |
Matchdraw: | 0 |
Matchlost: | 1 |
Testplayed: | 2 |
Testwon: | 1 |
Testdraw: | 0 |
Testlost: | 1 |
Played1: | 2 |
Won1: | 1 |
Draw1: | 0 |
Lost1: | 1 |
The 1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played between October and November 1979 in Argentina by Australia. The Wallabies won six matches of seven and drew the two game test series against Los Pumas, led by Hugo Porta.[1]
It was the first tour of an Australian side in Argentina.[2] The Australian squad captain was the Queenslander Mark Loane.
Player | Match Played | Score | Total points | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tries | conv. | pen. | drop | ||||
Tony Melrose | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 27 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||
Phil Crowe | 4 | 6 | 24 | ||||
4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | ||||
Brendan Moon | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||
Roger Gould | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | |||
6 | 3 | 12 | |||||
Paddy Batch | 4 | 3 | 12 | ||||
Phillip Cox | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||
Mark Ella | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
Mark Loane | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Peter McLean | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Andrew Slack | 6 | 0 | |||||
Stan Pilecki | 5 | 0 | |||||
Greg Cornelsen | 4 | 0 | |||||
Chris Handy | 4 | 0 | |||||
Mick Mathers | 4 | 0 | |||||
Bill Ross | 4 | 0 | |||||
Peter Carson | 3 | 0 | |||||
John Coolican | 3 | 0 | |||||
Tony D'Arcy | 3 | 0 | |||||
Duncan Hall | 3 | 0 | |||||
Peter Horton | 3 | 0 | |||||
Martin Knight | 3 | 0 | |||||
Andy Stewart | 5 | 0 |