1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina

1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina
Summary	P W D L
Total	8 8 0 0
Test match	2 2 0 0
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 2 0 0

The 1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina was a series of rugby union team matches played in June 1974 by France in Argentina and Brasil.

Results

(Points scoring rules: try 4 points, conversion 2 points, penalty goal, drop goal and goal from a mark 3 points)

1 June 1974

Brazil	7–99	France XV

São Paulo

8 June 1974

San Isidro Club	10–34	France XV
Try: scrum; Pen: Cutler 2		Try: Gourdon 3, Senal, Paco Boffelli, Vaquerin; Con: Cabrol 3

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Niño.

San Isidro Club: F. Insúa; O, Rocha, A. Orzábal; J. Rodríguez Jurado, A. Anthony; J. Carracedo, R. Lucke, M. Iglesias (capt.); M. Cutler, F. González Victorica; R. Morganti, R. Matarazzo (79' E.Martínez), M. Walther, J, Otaola; A. Rodríguez Jurado.
France: J. Irazabal, A. Paco, A. Vaquerin; J. Bastiat, G. Senal; V. Boffelli, C. Paul (J.Rossignol); O. Saisset (capt.); D. Fouroux, H. Cabrol; J. Pecune, R. Bertranne (C. Dourthe), J. Lux, J. Gourdon; J. Aguirre.

12 June 1974

Cuyo	4–59	France XV
Try: Fariello		Try: Pecune 3, Desnoyers 2, Cabrol 2 Aguirre, Haget, Dourthe; Con: Romeu 5 Pen: Romeu 2 Drop: Romeu

Mendoza Referee: César de Elizalde.

Cuyo: J. González, J. Crivelli, R. Fariello; A. Cat¬taneo, R. Irañeta (capt.); J. Ragazzone, J. Nasazzi, J. Navesi; L. Chacón, P. Guarrochena; M. Brandi, O. Terranova, D. Muñiz, C. Dora; J. Castro.
France: A. Vaquerin, A. Paco, P. Dospital; J. Rossignol, F. Haget; S. Lassoujade, J. Bastiat, J. Skrela; R. Astre, J. Romeu; J. Pecune (H. Cabrol), C. Dourthe (capt.), J. Etchenique, L. Desnoyers; J. Aguirre.

16 June 1974

Buenos Aires	9–31	France XV
Pen: Cutler, González Victorica, Harris Smith		Try: Desnoyers 2, Boffelli, Cabrol Etchenique, Vaquerin; Con: Cabrol 2

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Armando Zungri.

Buenos Aires: M.Carluccio, F.Lafuente, O'.Carbone; C, Bottarini (R.García Fernández), J.Rodríguez jurado; J.Carracedo, R.Lucke, N. Carbone (capt.) (O.Rocha); M.Cutler, F.González Victorica; F.Villamil, E.Morgan, A.Cappelletti, R.Benyon; T. Harris Smith,
France: A.Vaquerin, J.Ugartemendía, P.Dospital; J.Senal, F, Haget; S.Lassoujade, J.Rossignol, V.Boffelli; M. Barrau (capt.), H.Cabrol; R.Bertranne, C.Dourthe, J.Etchenique, L.Desnoyers; M.Droitecourt.

20 June 1974

Argentina	15–20	France
Try: Rodriguez Jurado Con: Porta Pen: Porta 3		Try: Bertranne, Dourthe, Foroux Con: Romeu Pen: Romeu 2

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Ron Lewis (Wales)

23 June 1974

Rosario	10–21	France XV
Try: Mainini, Chesta Con: Rodríguez		Try: Aguirre, Gourdon Desnoyers, Bertranne Con: Romeu Pen: Romeu

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Referee: Ricardo Colombo,

Rosario: S.Furno, J.Costante, E.Pavani; J.Mangiamelli, J.Giannone; E.Mainini, M. Cuesta (capt.), V.Macat; R.Castagna, J.Escalante; G.Blanco, R. del Villar, C. Blanco Ansaldi, H.Radiculé; A.Rodríguez.
France: J.Iracabal, J.Ugartemendía, P, Dospital; J.Bastiat, F.Haget; O.Saisset, C.Paul, S.Lassoujade; M. Barrau (cap.), J.Romeu; L.Desnoyers, J, Etchenique, R.Bertranne, J.Gourdon; J.Aguirre.

26 June 1974

Interior	12–61	France XV
Try: Muñiz Con: Viders Pen: Escalante 2		Try: Gourdon 4, Lassoujade 4 Saisset, A.Vaquerin; Con: Cabrol 9 Pen: Cabrol

Lawn Tennis Club, San Miguel de Tucumán Referee: Florencio Varela.

Interior: J. Pavani (J.Viders), J.Costante, S.Fumo; J.Mangiamelli, R.Passaglia; J.Nasazzi, M. Chesta (capt.) (E.Mainini), J.Navesi; R. Castagna (64' L.Chacón) J.Escalante; R.Tarquini, O.Terranova, L.Muñiz, C, Dora; L.Chacón.
France: P. Dospital, J. Ugartemendía, A. Vaquerin; J. Rossignol, G. Sena; S. Lassoujade, C. Paul, O. Saisset (capt.); R. Astre, J. Cabrol; L. Desnoyers, J. Etchenique, J. Lux, J. Gourdon; M.Droitecourt.

29 June 1974

Argentina	27–31	France
Try: Walther Con: Porta Pen: Porta 7		Try: Bertranne, Dourthe, Gordon 2 Con: Romeu 3 Pen: Romeu 3

Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ron Lewis (Wales)

Touring party

• Manager: Laurent, Marcel
• Coach Henri Foures, Jean Desclaux
• Forward
  • Pierre Dospital, – Prop, Dax
  • Jean Iracabal – Prop, Bayonne
  • Armand Vaquerin – Prop, Béziers
  • Alain Paco, hooker Béziers
  • Jean Loius Ugartemendia, hooker(St. Jean de Luz)
  • Jean-Pierre Bastiat, lock, Béziers
  • Alain Esteve, lock Béziers.
  • Francis Haget, lock Agen
  • Jean Claude Rossignol, Prop, Brive
  • Cristian Paùl, flanker, Tarbes.
  • Victor Boffelli, flanker, Agen.
  • Serge Lassoujade, flanker, Agen.
  • Olivier Saisset, flanker Béziers.
  • Jean-Claude Skrela, flanker, Stade toulousain
• Half
  • Max Barrau, scrum half, Agen.
  • Jacques Fouroux, scrum half, La Voulte
  • Henri Cabrol, fly-half, Béziers.
  • Jean-Pierre Romeu, fly-half, Montferrand
• Three-quarters
  • Roland Bertranne, Roland – center, Bagneres.
  • Claude Dourthe center, Dax
  • Jean-Martin Etchenique, center, Biarritz
  • Jean-Pierre Lux – center/wing Dax, Dax
  • Joel Pecune, center, Tarbes.
  • Laurent Desnoyers, Laurent, wing, Brive
  • Jean-Francois Gourdon, wing, Racing Club de France
  • Jean-Miguel Aguirre, full-back, Bagneres.
  • Michel Droitecourt, full-back, Montferrand

References

• Union Argentina de Rugby (December 1974). "MEMORIA Temporada año 1974" (.pdf) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.