1966 South African Gazelles rugby union tour in Argentina

The 1966 South African Gazelles tour in Argentina was a series of rugby union matches played in Argentina and in Chile in 1966.

1966 South African Gazelles rugby union tour in Argentina
Summary
P W D L
Total
13 13 00 00
Test match
03 03 00 00
Opponent
P W D L
 Chile
1 1 0 0
 Argentina
2 2 0 0

It was the third tour of a South African representative team to Argentina, after the two Junior Springboks tours in 1932 and 1959.

The "Gazelles" were a team of developing players in the Under-23 age group, selected by the South African Rugby Union.

Results

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Chile

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20 August 1966
Chile  3–73  SA Gazelles
Santiago de Chile

Argentina

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24 August 1966
Córdoba8–69  SA Gazelles
Try: penalty try
Con: Mezquida
Pen: Mezquida
Try: Ellis 4, Du Pisanie 2,
Nomis 2, Meiring 2,
De Villiers, Bennet,
Court
Con: Pretorius 12
Pen: Pretorius 2
Cordoba A.C., Córdoba
Referee: Lucas Glastra (Buenos Aires)

Unión Cordobesa: F. Mezquida; L. Rodríguez, J. Mancini, E. Quetglas, E. Mulle; M. Olmedo Arana, J. Del Valle; P. Demo, J. Masjoan, R. Carballo; J. Imaz (capt.), E. Corne¬lla; G. Ribetea, C. Félix, J. Coceo.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; P. Court, S. Nomis, J. Bennet, B. Meiring; J. Barnard, D. de Villiers (capt); C. Du Pisanie, J. Wilkens, J. Ellis; E. Carelse, J. Swart; B. Alberts, G. Pitzer, G. Kotze


27 August 1966
Rosario6–32  SA Gazelles
Pen: Caballero, J. SeatonTry: Gould 2, Marais
Carelse, Uys
Nozmis, Meiring
Court
Con: Gould 4
Rosario
Referee: Ricardo Colombo (Buenos Aires)

Rosario: J. Seaton; E. España, J. Benzi, A. Dogliani, J. Galán; J. Caballero, C. Cristi; J. Imhoff, J. Costante, M. Chesta; H. Ferraro, M. Bouza; R. Esmendi, R. Seaton, J. Gómez Kenny.
Gazelles: R. Gould; P. Court, I. Bond, S. Nomis, B. Meiring; P. Visagie, P. Uys; J. Ellis, A. De Waal, J.Marais; E. Claasen, G. Carelse; B. Alberts, B. Harrison, G. Kotze.


31 August 1966
Tucumán3–80  SA Gazelles
Pen: PonceTry: Ellis 4, Court 4
Gould 3, Carelse 2
Uys 2, Kotze
Swart, Wilkens
De Waal, Bennet.
Con: Pretorius 10).
San Miguel de Tucumán
Referee: Carlos A. Tozzi (Buenos Aires).

Tucumán: C. Ponce; N. Antoni, R. Ternavafio, J. Villafañe, G Casanova; E. Burgos, J. Frías Silva; J.C. Ghiringelli, J. Ghiringelli, J. Paz; H. Roldán, J. Lomáscolo; F. Poujada, R. Roldán, N. Du Plessis.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; P. Court, J. Bennet, S. Nomis, R. Gould; P. Visagie, P. Uys; J. Ellis, A. De Waal, J. Wilkens; G. Carelse, J. Swart; J. Marais, G. Pitzer, G. Kotze.


3 September 1966
Interior0–28  SA Gazelles
Try: Meiring 2, Alberts
Pitzer, De Waal
Uys, Court.
Con: Gould 2
Drop: Gould
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: César De Elizalde (Buenos Aires).

Seleccionado del Interior: J. Seaton; G. Beverino, E. Quetglas, J. Benzi, L. Rodríguez; J. Caballero, C. Cristi; J. Imhoff, M. Chesta, J. Paz; M. Bouza, E. Cornella; J. Ghiringhelli, R. Seaton, G. Ríbecca.
Gazelles: R. Gould; B. Meiring, J. Bennet, S. Nomis, P. Court; I. Bond, D. De Villiers; C. Du Pisanie,A. De Waal, J. Wilkens; G. Carelse, J. Swart; B. Alberts, G. Pitzer, J. Marais.


7 September 1966
Mar del Plata3–85  SA Gazelles
Pen: MarencoTry: Uys 4, Wilkins 3
Carelse 2, Meiring 2
Gould 2, Kotze
Harrison, Swart
Ellis.
Con: Pretorius 14
Pen: Pretorius 2
Mar del Plata
Referee: Federico Pfister (Buenos Aires).

Mar del Plata: C. Marenco; A. Verde, A. Omaña, E. Corbacho, G. Beverino; L. Prieto, E. Rodríguez; H. Cabarcos, N. Cerviño, C. Etchegaray; J. Rodríguez Jurado, R. Losada; J. García, R. Mandojana,R. Sepe.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; R. Gould, J. Bennet, I. Bond, Meiring A.; B. Visagie, D. De Villiers; C. Du Pisanie, J. Wilkens, J. Ellis; G. Carelse, J. Swart; B. Alberts, B. Harrison, G. Kotze.


10 September 1966
Second Division XV6–60  SA Gazelles
Pen: Poggi 2Try: Meiring 4, Ellis 2
De Waal 2, Uys 2
Bond, Pitzer.
Con: Pretorius 9.
Pen: Pretorius 2
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ken John (Wales)

Seleccionado de 2ª División: O. Alonso; J. Fiordalisi, A. Pagano, G. Black, A. Ceccone; E. Poggi, C.Cullen; A. Da Milano, J. Cornejo, J. Marenco; A. Lowenthal, 0. Beltrame, E. Benito, C. Massabón, A. Marenco.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; P. Court, I. Bond, J. Bennet, B. Meiring; P. Visagie, P. Uys; D. Du Pisanie, A.De Waal, J. Ellis; J. Swart, E. Claasen; J. Marais, G. Pitzer, B. Alberts.


14 September 1966
C.A. San Isidro0–37  SA Gazelles
Try: Ellis 3, Carelse
Claasen, Wilkens
Meiring, Court
/Gould
Con: Gould 5
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Jorge Comotto (Buenos Aires)

C. A. San Isidro: J. Lasalle; E. Neri, M. Molina, A. Travaglini, M. Queirolo; M. Beccar Varela, A. Etchegaray; C. Calónico, J. O'Reilly, M. Puigdeval; G. Scallan, A. Pasman; C. Montes de Oca, N.González del Solar, A. Monticelli.
Gazelles: R. Gould; P. Court, S. Nomis, J. Bennet, B. Meiring; I. Bond, P. Uys; J. Ellis, A. De Waal, J. Wilkens; E. Claasen, G. Carelse; J. Marais, B. Harrison, G. Kotze.


17 September 1966
Argentina B  6–29  SA Gazelles
Try: Cornille
Drop: Poggi
Try: Ellis 2, Carelse
Swart, Du Piesanie
Nomis, Court
Con: Pretorius
Pen: Pretorius , Meiring
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires

Argentina B D. Morgan; C. Cornille, L. Esteras, A. Pagano, A. Quetglas; E. Poggi, A. Etchegaray; G. Plesky, A. Dunn, J. Imhoff; A. Anthony, H. De Martini; W. Aniz, N. González del Solar, J. Ghiringelli.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; B. Meiring, S. Nomis, J. Bennet, P. Court; J. Barnard, P. Uys; C. Du Piesanie, A. De Waal, J. Ellis; G. Carelse, J. Swart; J. Marais, G. Pitzer, B. Alberts.


21 September 1966
Belgrano A.C.3–19  SA Gazelles
Try: CornilleTry: Ellis, Wilkens
Nomis, Meiring
Con: Pretorius 2.
Pen: Pretorius
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Carlos A. Tozzi (Buenos Aires)

Belgrano A. C..: R. Tanner; C. Cornille, L. Esteras, A. Gómez Aparicio, E. De las Carreras; C. Martínez, L. Gradín; R. Loyola, E. Elowson, H. Valenzuela; M. Cole, C. Iribarren; E. Verardo, F. Gradín, G. Mc Cormick.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; R. Gould, S. Nomis, I. Bond, B. Meiring; J. Barnard, D. De Villiers; J. Ellis, J. Wilkens, C. Du Piesanie; E. Clasen, G. Carelse; B. Alberts, B. Harrison, G. Kotze.


24 September 1966
Argentina  3–9  SA Gazelles
Pen: GradínTry: Bennet;
Pen: Pretorius
Drop: Uys
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ken John (Wales)

Argentina: M. Dumas; E. Neri, A. Rodríguez Jurado, M. Pascual, H. Goti; R. Cazenave, L. Gradín; M. Chesta, M. Bouza, R. Loyola; B. Otaño, L. García Yañez; G. Mc Cormick, R. Handley, R. Foster.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; R. Gould, J. Bennet, I. Bond, B. Meiring; J. Barnard, P. Uys; C. Du Piesanie, A. De Waal, J. Ellis; G. Carelse, J. Swart; B. Alberts, G. Pitzer, J. Marais.


28 September 1966
Club Universitario B.A.0–29  SA Gazelles
Try: De Villiers 2, Carelse
Visagie, Bond
Court;
Con: Pretorius 4,
Pen: Pretorius
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Federico Pfister

C.U.B.A.: M. Dumas; H. Goti, A. Álvarez, M. Lawson, J. Freixas; L. Zorraquín, G. Blacksley; C. Fontán, H. Miguens, J. Esteves; F. Álvarez, R. Cazabal; A. Dumas, J. Dumas, E. Gaviña.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; B. Meiring, J. Bennet, I. Bond, P. Court; P. Visagie, D. De Villiers; C. Du Piesanie, J. Wilkens, J. Marais; G. Carelse, J. Swart; B. Alberts, B. Harrison, G. Kotze.


1 October 1966
Argentina  15–20  SA Gazelles
Try: Rodríguez Jurado
Pen: Poggi, Gradín
Drop: Poggi 2,
Try: Wilkens, Bond, Meiring
Con: Pretorius
Pen: Pretorius 3
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ken John (Wales)

Argentina: M. Dumas; E. Neri, A. Rodríguez Jurado, M. Pascual, R. Cazenave; E. Poggi, L. Gradín; R. Loyola, M. Bouza, M. Chesta; B. Otaño, L. García Yañez; G. Me Cormick, R. Handley; R. Foster.
Gazelles: A. Pretorius; P. Court, I. Bond, J. Bennet, B. Meiring; J. Barnard, P. Uys; C. Du Piesanie, J. Wilkens, J. Marais; J. Swart, G. Carelse; G. Kotze, G. Pitzer, B. Alberts.


Touring party

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Player statistics

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Name matches tries conv. pen. drop Mark[1] Point
Meiring, B 11 14 1 45
Alberts, B 10 1 3
Bennet, J. 10 3 9
Carelse, G. 10 8 24
Bond, I 9 3 9
Court, P. 9 10 3
Du Piesanie, C. 9 3 9
Ellis, J 9 17 51
Marais, J. 9 1 3
Pretorius A 9 53 13 145
Swart, J 8 3 9
Kotze, G 8 2 6
Wilkens, J 8 7 21
De Waal, A 7 4 12
Gould, R 7 8 11 1 49
Nomis, S 7 5 15
Pitzer G 7 2 6
Uys P. de 7 10 1 33
Barnard, J.. 5
Claassen, E 5 1 3
De Villiers, D 5 3 9
Coley, M. 4
Harrison, B. 5 1 3
Visagie, P 5 1 3
107 64 14 2 497

Note: Totals do not include the match against Chile.

Notes

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  1. ^ Kick from Mark awarded 3 points until 1978
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