1966 South African Gazelles rugby union tour in Argentina

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

13	13	0	0

Test match

3	3	0	0

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Chile

1	1	0	0

Argentina

2	2	0	0

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

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" where the Under-23 selection of South African rugby union.

Results

20 August 1966

Chile	3–73	SA Gazelles

Santiago de Chile

24 August 1966

Córdoba	8–69	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 Atl. 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

Rosario	6–32	SA Gazelles
		Try: 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

Tucumán	3–80	SA Gazelles
Pen: Ponce		Try: 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

Interior	0–28	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 Plata	3–85	SA Gazelles
		Try: 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 XV	6–60	SA Gazelles
Pen: Poggi 2		Try: 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 Isidro	0–37	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: Cornille		Try: 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: Gradín		Try: 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.

Player statistics

Name	matches	tries	conv.	pen.	drop	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

↑ Kick from Mark awarded 3 points until 1978

External links

Union Argentina de Rugby – Memorias 1966

South Africa rugby union tours

Springboks tours	Britain, Ireland and France (1906-07) Britain, Ireland and France (1912-13) Australia and New Zealand (1921) Britain and Ireland (1931-32) Australasia (1937) Europe (1951-52) Europe (1960-61) Scotland and Ireland (1965) Australasia (1965) Britain and Ireland (1969-70) Australia (1971) South America (1980) New Zealand and USA (1981) Europe (1992) Australia (1993) Argentina (1993) New Zealand (1994) Britain and Ireland (1994) Argentina and Europe (1996) Europe (1997) Britain & Ireland (1998) Argentina, Britain & Ireland (2000) France & England (2001) Europe (2002) Britain, Ireland and Argentina (2004) Argentina and Europe (2005) Ireland and England (2006) Wales (2007) Great Britain (2008)

Junior Springboks	Argentina (1932) * South America (1959)

Gazelles	Argentina (1966) Argentina (1972)

Rugby union tours of Argentina

British Lions	1910 1927 1936

New Zealand	1976 1985 1991 2001 2006

Australia	1979 1987 1997 2002

South Africa	1932 (Junior Springboks) 1959 (Junior Springboks) 1966 (Gazelles) 1972 (Gazelles) 1993 1996 2000 2004 2005

England	1981 1990 1997 2002 2013 2017

France	1949 1954 1960 1974 1977 1985 1986 1988 1992 1996 1998 2002 2003 2012

Ireland	1952 1970 2000 2007

Italy	1989 2001 2005 2007 2008

Romania	1973

Scotland	1969 1994 2008

Wales	1968 1999 2004 2006

Asia and Oceanian team	1980 1993 2003 2005 2005

Other team	1948 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1956 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1965 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1965 (Section Paloise) 1971 (Oxford-Cambridge) 1994 (New Zealand Development)

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