1997 Australia rugby union tour

1997 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina and Great Britain
Summary	P W D L
Total	07 05 01 01
Test match	04 02 01 01
Opponent	P W D L
Argentina	2 1 0 1
England	1 0 1 0
Scotland	1 1 0 0

The 1997 Wallabies Spring Tour was a series of matches played in October and November 1997 in Argentina and the Great Britain by the Australia national rugby union team.

Matches

Summary

Complete list of matches played by the Wallabies:

  Test matches

#	Date	Rival	City	Venue	Score
1	25 Oct	Tucumán RU	Tucumán	Atlético Tucumán	16–15
2	29 Oct	Rosario RU	Rosario	Duendes	40–29
3	1 Nov	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Ferro Carril Oeste	23–15
4	5 Nov	Buenos Aires RU	Los Polvorines, GBA	Buenos Aires CRC	40–17
5	8 Nov	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Ferro Carril Oeste	16–18
6	15 Nov	England	Twickenham	Twickenham Stadium	15–15
7	22 Nov	Scotland	Edinburgh	Murrayfield Stadium	37–8

Balance

Pl	W	D	L	Ps	Pc
7	5	1	1	187	117

Match details

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1 Nov 1997

Argentina	15–23	Australia
Pen: Giannantonio (5)		Try: Finnegan Pen: David Knox (6)

Ferro Carril Oeste Referee: Bertie Smith (Ireland)

Argentina

Australia

Argentina: Ezequiel Jurado; Diego Albanese, Eduardo Simone, Fabián Turnes, Diego Giannantonio; Lisandro Arbizu, Agustin Pichot; Pablo Camerlinckx; Miguel Ruiz, Rolando Martín; Alejandro Allub, Pedro Sporleder (captain); Mauricio Reggiardo, Mario Ledesma (Martín Scelzo), Roberto Grau.
Australia: Stephen Larkham (Mítch Hardy); Ben Tune, Tim Horan, Pat Howard y Joe Roff; David Knox, George Gregan; Troy Coker (Willie Ofahengaue); Brett Robinson, Owen Finnegan (Willie Ofahengaue); John Eales (captain), Warwick Waugh; Andrew Blades, Michael Foley, Richard Harry.

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8 Nov 1997

Argentina	18–16	Australia
Try: Pichot, Martin Pen: Giannantonio (2) Drop: Giannantonio		Try: Finnegan, Tune Pen: David Knox (2)

Ferro Carril Oeste Referee: Dave McHugh (Ireland)

Argentina

Australia

Argentina: Ezequiel Jurado; Diego Albanese, Eduardo Simone, Fabián Turnes, Diego Giannantonio; Lisandro Arbizu, Agustin Pichot; Pablo Camerlinckx; Miguel Ruiz, Rolando Martín; Alejandro Allub, Pedro Sporleder (captain); Mauricio Reggiardo (Omar Hasan), Mario Ledesma, Roberto Grau.
Australia: Stephen Larkham; Ben Tune, Tim Horan, Pat Howard y Joe Roff; David Knox (Mitch Hardy), George Gregan; Troy Coker (Willie Ofahengaue); Brett Robinson, Owen Finnegan; John Eales (captain), Warwick Waugh; Andrew Blades, Michael Foley, Richard Harry.

Bibliography

Mick Cleary, ed. (1998). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1998–99. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7653-6.