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1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia

Field	Value
team	England
yearstart	1997
coach	Les Cusworth
captain	Phil de Glanville
matchplayed	7
matchwon	5
matchdraw	0
matchlost	2
testplayed	3
testwon	1
testdraw	0
testlost	2
opponent1
played1	2
won1	1
draw1	0
lost1	1
opponent2
played2	1
won2	0
draw2	0
lost2	1
previous	[South Africa 1994](1994-england-rugby-union-tour-of-south-africa)
next	[Australasia and South Africa 1998](1998-england-rugby-union-tour-of-australasia-and-south-africa)

The 1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia was a series of matches played in 1997 in Argentina and Australia by the England national rugby union team.

Over a total of 7 matches (6 in Argentina and one in Australia), England played three tests (two vs Argentina, 1 win and 1 loss), and one v Australia).

Touring party

Manager: Jack Rowell
Coach: Les Cusworth
Captain: Phil de Glanville

Matches summary

Test matches

Opposing team	Score	Date	Venue	City
Córdoba	38–21	21 May 1997	Estadio Olímpico	Córdoba
Buenos Aires	21–23	24 May 1997	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines
Argentina A	58–17	27 May 1997	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines
	46–20	31 May 1997	Ferro C. Oeste	Buenos Aires
Cuyo	37–8	3 June 1997	Independiente Rivadavia	Mendoza
	13–33	7 June 1997	Ferro C. Oeste	Buenos Aires
	6–25	12 July 1997	Football Stadium	Sydney

Match details

in Argentina

Córdoba: Facundo Soler; José Luna. Germán Sagrera, Julián Légora, Gerardo Tomalino; Horacio Herrera, Christian Barrea; Damián Rotondo; Lucio Bedoya (Ohanián), Martín Viola (Luico Bedoya); José Simes, Eduardo Giaimo (Martín Fissore); Damián Muñoz, Guillermo Bernardi (c), Agustín Rodríguez Araya (Zárate).

England: Jim Mallinder; Jon Sleightholme, Phil de Glanville (c), Nick Greenstock, Adedayo Adebayo; Mike Catt, Kyran Bracken; Chris Sheasby (Tony Diprose); Rory Jenkins, Ben- Clarke; Nigel Redrnan, Martin Haag; Rob Hardwick, Phil Greening, Darren Garforth

Buenos Aires: Diego Cuesta Silva; Tomás Solari, José Orengo, Eduardo Simone, Octavio Bartolucci; José Cilley, Nicolás Fernández Miranda; Pablo Camerlinckx; Cristián Viel, Ignacio Fernández Lobbe; Roberto Petti, Pedro Sporleder; Marcelo Urbano, Juan José Angelillo (e), Federico Werner.

England: Jim Mallinder; Jon Sleightholme, Nick Greenstock, Phil de Glanville (c)(Kyran Bracken), Adedayo Adebayo; Alex King (Mark Mapletoft), Andy Gomarsall; Tony Diprose; Ben Clarke (Martin Corry), Steve Ojornoh; Nigel Redrnan, Dave Baldwin; Kevin Yates, Richard Cockerill, John Mallett

Argentina A: Federico Todeschini; Germán Todeschini, Julián Légora, Fernando del Castillo, Federico Schacht; José Cilley (c), Christian Barrea (Leandro Lobrauco); Cristián Viel; Roberto Travaglini, Gonzalo García; José Simes, Guillermo Ugartemendía (Raúl Pérez); Omar Hasan, Mario Ledesma, Fernando Díaz Alberdi (Federico Werner)

England: Mark Mapletoft; Darren O'Leary, Jos Baxendell, Matt Allen, David Rees; Alex King (Mike Catt), Andy Gornarsall; Tony Diprose (e); Rory Jenkins (Steve Ojornoh), Martin Corry; Danny Grewcock, Martin Haag; Darren Garforth, Richard Cockerill, Kevin Yates (Rob Hardwick)

Team details

Cuyo: Martín Castro; Matías Brandi, Federico Serpa, Leandro Speroni, Sergio Cantú (Enrique Gatti); Adrián Gioeni, Manuel Díaz; Juan Chiapetta; Miguel Bertranou (c), Fermín Rodríguez, Gonzalo Correa Llano, Roberto Marchiori (Carlos Bajach); Federico Stoerman, Juan Pablo Arnut (Alejandro Avila), Federico Bartolini.

England: Mark Mapletoft; Daren O'Leary, Matt Allen, Jos Baxendell, Adedayo Adebayo (Jim Mallinder); Alex King, Andy Gomarsall; Chris Sheasby (c)(Martin Corry); Rory Jenkins, Steve Ojornoh; David Baldwin, Danny Grewcock; Robin Hardwick, Steve Diamond, Will Green

Team details

in Australia

References

"''Memoria y Balance 1997''".
[https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/inglaterra-sorprendio-aplasto-pumas_0_HyOzibbAKe.html Inglaterra sorprendió y aplastó a Los Pumas], ''Clarín'', 1 June 1997

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