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1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America

Irish's rugby national selection Tour of matches

Field	Value
team	Ireland
yearstart	1952
matchplayed	9
matchwon	6
matchdraw	2
matchlost	1
testplayed	2
testwon	1
testdraw	1
testlost	0
opponent1
played1	2
won1	1
draw1	1
lost1	0
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The 1952 Ireland rugby union tour of South America, was a series of rugby matches played in Chile and Argentina. This tour by the Ireland national rugby union team coincided with the death of Eva Peron, the wife of Juan Peron, the President of Argentina. As a result, it was almost cancelled. Eva Peron died on 26 July, six days after the Irish squad had departed Dublin. However, after playing their first game in Santiago, Chile, the team travelled onto Buenos Aires 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 Argentina.

Touring party

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

Backs

M. Birthistle (Old Belvedere)
Richard Chambers (Instonians)
Robin Gregg (Queen's University)
John Hewitt (Instonians)
Mick Hillary (University College Dublin)
J.T. Horgan (University College Cork)
Mick Lane (University College Cork)
Jack Notley (Wanderers)
John O'Meara (University College Cork)

Forwards

Fuzzy Anderson (Queen's University)
D. Crowley (Cork Constitution)
Michael Dargan (Old Belvedere)
Ronnie Kavanagh (University College Dublin)
Patrick Kavanagh (University College Dublin)
Des O'Brien (Cardiff)
Archie O'Leary (Cork Constitution)
William O'Neill (University College Dublin)
Paddy Lawlor (Clontarf)
Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
John Smith (Collegians)
Paul Traynor (Clontarf)

W.J. Hewitt and Miguel Angel Sarandón posing together in Argentina

Match details

First test

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				GPS Hogan

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Second test

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				GPS Horgan

|}

References

[http://uar.com.ar/wp-content/themes/wpbootstrap/pdf/1950/1952.pdf Memoria y Balance 1952] on UAR website
''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany'' (2007): Ciaran Cronin
"www.irishrugby.ie".

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