The 1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America, was a series of rugby matches played in Chile and Argentina. This tour by the

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coincided with the death of

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, the wife of Juan Peron, the

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. As a result, it was almost cancelled. Eva Peron died on 26 July, six days after the Irish squad had departed

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. However, after playing their first game in

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, the team travelled onto

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and completed the tour as planned. 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

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Touring party

*Manager: G.P.S. Hogan *Secretary: R.W. Jeffares, Jr *Referee: O.B. Glasgow *Captain: Des O’Brien

Backs

* M. Birthistle (

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) * Richard Chambers (

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) * Robin Gregg ( Queen's University) * William Hewitt (

) * Michael Hillary (

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) * J.T. Horgan (

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) * Mick Lane (

) * John Notley ( Wanderers) * John O'Meara (

)

Forwards

*Fuzzy Anderson ( Queen's University) *D. Crowley (

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) *

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) *James Ronald Kavanagh (

) *Patrick Kavanagh (

) *Des O'Brien (

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) *Archie O'Leary (

) *W.J. O'Neill (

) *Patrick Lawlor ( Clontarf) *Jim McCarthy (

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) *John H. Smith (

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) *P.P. Traynor ( Clontarf) Hewitt sarandon rugby

Match details

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First test

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Second test

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References

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