The 2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2006 in Argentina by the

Wales national rugby union team The Wales national rugby union team ( cy, Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in men's international rugby union. Its governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played thei ...

. Wales was managed by new coach

Gareth Jenkins Gareth John James Jenkins (born 11 September 1951) is a former Welsh rugby union rugby player, and former head coach of the Welsh national team. After a long and distinguished career at Llanelli RFC, Jenkins was appointed Wales coach in 2006, s ...

, nominated a month before to replace

Mike Ruddock Mike Ruddock, OBE (born 5 September 1959) is a Welsh rugby union coach who is currently an interim consultant for Ospreys, having previously coached Lansdowne FC . Ruddock was the Director of Rugby at the Worcester Warriors until his resignatio ...

Results

First test

The first test was played in

Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn (; cy, Porth Madryn), also known as ''Madryn'', is a city in the province of Chubut in Argentine Patagonia. It is the capital of the Viedma Department, and has about 93,995 inhabitants according to the last census in 2010. Puer ...

, where there is a community of Welsh descent which was originally part of the

Welsh settlement in Argentina Y Wladfa (, "The Colony"), also occasionally Y Wladychfa Gymreig (, "The Welsh Settlement"), refers to the establishment of settlements by Welsh immigrants in Patagonia, beginning in 1865, mainly along the coast of the lower Chubut Valley. In ...

in the second half of the 19th century. Argentina after an equilibrate match. There were debuts for Wales: I. Evans, Hibbard,

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, and Alun-Wyn Jones

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

: 15. Juan Martin Hernandez, 14. Jose Nunez Piossek, 13. Gonzalo Tiesi, 12. Rafael Carballo, 11.

Lucas Borges Lucas Borges (born 17 February 1980, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player who played for Benetton Rugby in the Italian Super 10 (now Top12) and the Argentina national rugby union team. His usual position is on the wing. Borges made ...

, 10. Federico Todeschini, 9. Agustin Pichot (capt.), 8.

Gonzalo Longo Gonzalo Matías Longo Elía (born 14 March 1974 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine rugby union footballer. His position was number eight. He played for San Isidro Club, from 1992/93 to 2000/01. He won the Nacional de Clubes in 1992/93 and ...

, 7. Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6. Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 5. Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 4. Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3.

Martin Scelzo Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

, 2.

Mario Ledesma Mario Ledesma Arocena (born 17 May 1973 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played in Argentina's successful 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign and had a professional playing career in France s ...

, 1. Rodrigo Roncero, – ''replacements:'' 17.

Marcos Ayerza Marcos Ayerza (born January 12, 1983 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine rugby union rugby player who played loose-head prop for the Leicester Tigers and his national team. His passion and aggression on the field earned him the nickname "El Toro ...

, 21.

Francisco Leonelli Francisco Leonelli (born 3 May 1978) is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for Saracens F.C. in the Guinness Premiership. He has represented the Argentina national team, having previously playing for the under-19s and under-21 ...

– ''No entry :'' 16.

Pablo Gambarini Pablo Martin Gambarini (born 5 May 1980) is an Argentine former professional rugby union player who played as a hooker. Born in Tucumán Province, he played for Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán before joining Club Atlético San Isidro (CASI) ...

, 18.

Santiago Sanz Santiago Sanz is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair racing events. Santiago has competed in four Paralympics, winning a total of four medals. At his debut in the 2000 Paralympics, he won a silver ...

, 19.

Martin Schusterman Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

, 20. Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, 22.

Federico Serra Miras Federico Serra Miras (born 3 October 1979, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player. He has played a number of times for the Argentina national rugby union team. He made his debut for the Pumas in 2003 against Chile and has gone on to ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

: 15.

Lee Byrne Lee Byrne (born 1 June 1980) is a Welsh former professional rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. Club career Byrne started his career playing rugby union for Bridgend Athletic RFC; and Tondu RFC, as a full ...

, 14. Mark Jones, 13. Jamie Robinson, 12. Matthew Watkins, 11.

Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams, (born 26 February 1977) is a Welsh rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion. Williams is the record t ...

, 10. Nicky Robinson, 9. Mike Phillips, 8.

Alix Popham Alix Jon Popham (born 17 October 1979) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played as a number eight or flanker. Born in Newport, he began his career with Newport RFC in 1998, before moving to Leeds Tykes in 2002. He spent three years in E ...

, 7.

Gavin Thomas Gavin Michael Thomas (born 22 October 1977) is a Welsh former international rugby union player who played as a Flanker (rugby union), flanker. He played his club rugby for Tondu RFC, Tondu, Bridgend Ravens, Bridgend, Bath Rugby, Bath, the Ospreys ...

, 6. Alun-Wyn Jones, 5. Ian Evans, 4.

Ian Gough Ian Gough (born 10 November 1976) is a former Wales international rugby union rugby player. His usual position was lock forward. He made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team against South Africa in 1998, and was a regular thereafter, ...

, 3. Adam R. Jones, 2.

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, 1.

Duncan Jones Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films ''Moon'' (2009), ''Source Code'' (2011), ''Warcraft'' (2016), and ''Mute'' (2018). For ''Moon'', ...

(capt.), – ''replacements:'' 16.

Richard Hibbard Richard Hibbard (born 13 December 1983) is a Wales international rugby player currently playing for the Dragons. Hibbard was born in Neath, Wales. He’s married with 3 children. A hooker, he started playing rugby at age grade levels at clubs ...

, 18.

John Yapp John Yapp (born 9 April 1983) is a Welsh international rugby union player, currently with Edinburgh. He first played for Cardiff during the Christmas period in 2002. He made his first team debut against Ebbw Vale on Boxing Day at the age of 18. ...

, 19.

Gareth Delve Gareth Leon Delve (born 30 December 1982) is a former Wales international rugby union player, and former captain of Gloucester. In late 2010, he moved to Australia where he went on to captain the Melbourne Rebels. His usual position is number 8 ...

, 21.

, 22.

Chris Czekaj Chris Czekaj (born 14 December 1985) is a retired Wales international rugby union player, who played fullback or wing. He most recently played for Merthyr RFC, and spent most of his career with Cardiff Blues. He represented Wales and Wales U21. ...

– ''No entry:'' 17. Rhys M. Thomas, 20.

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Second test

The second test was played in Buenos Aires and Argentina won more easily

: 15. Juan Martin Hernandez, 14.

, 13. Gonzalo Tiesi, 12.

Felipe Contepomi Felipe Contepomi (born 20 August 1977) is an Argentine rugby coach who is currently the backs coach at Leinster Rugby. He was a rugby union footballer who played fly-half or centre; his last club was Club Newman, in the first division of the U ...

, 11.

, 10. Federico Todeschini, 9. Agustin Pichot (capt.), 8.

, 7. Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6. Martin Durand, 5. Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 4. Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3.

, 2.

, 1. Rodrigo Roncero, – ''replacements:'' 16.

, 17.

, 18.

Manuel Carizza Manuel Nicolás Carizza (born 23 August 1984 in Rosario) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who usually plays as a lock. He currently plays for French Top 14 side . He started his career with Argentine club Jockey Club de Rosario until he ...

, 19.

, 20. Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, 21. Jose Nunez Piossek, 22.

: 15.

, 14. Mark Jones, 13. Jamie Robinson, 12.

, 11.

, 10. Nicky Robinson, 9. Mike Phillips, 8.

, 7.

, 6. Alun-Wyn Jones, 5. Ian Evans, 4.

, 3. Adam R. Jones, 2.

Huw Bennett Huw Bennett (born 11 June 1983) is a former Wales international rugby union hooker, who played most of his rugby career for the Ospreys. Starting his club rugby in Clevedon, Somerset, Bennett has since represented both Wales and England at var ...

, 1.

(capt.), – ''replacements:'' 16.

, 17. Rhys M. Thomas, 19.

, 20.

, 22. Matthew Watkins – ''No entry:'' 18.

, 21. Nathan Brew

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Wales national rugby team tours 2006 in Argentine rugby union

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History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Wales