The 1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina was a series of rugby union team matches played in June 1974 by the France national team in Argentina and Brazil.
Touring party
Manager: Laurent, Marcel Coach: Henry Fourès, Jean Desclaux
Forward Pierre Dospital, – Prop, Dax Jean Iraçabal – Prop, Bayonne Armand Vaquerin – Prop, Béziers Alain Paco, hooker Béziers Jean-Louis Ugartemendia, hooker(St. Jean de Luz) Georges Senal, lock Béziers Jean-Pierre Bastiat, lock, Béziers Alain Esteve, lock Béziers. Francis Haget, lock Agen Jean-Claude Rossignol, Prop, Brive Christian Paul, flanker, Tarbes. Victor Boffelli, flanker, Agen. Serge Lassoujade, flanker, Agen. Olivier Saïsset, flanker Béziers. Jean-Claude Skrela, flanker, Stade toulousain
Half Max Barrau, scrum half, Agen. Jacques Fouroux, scrum half, La Voulte Henri Cabrol, fly-half, Béziers. Jean-Pierre Romeu, fly-half, Montferrand
Three-quarters Roland Bertranne, Roland – center, Bagnères. Claude Dourthe center, Dax Jean-Martin Etchenique, center, Biarritz Jean-Pierre Lux – center/wing Dax, Dax Joël Pécune, center, Tarbes. Laurent Desnoyer, Laurent, wing, Brive Jean-François Gourdon, wing, Racing Club de France Jean-Michel Aguirre, full-back, Bagnères Michel Droitecourt, full-back, Montferrand
Match details Complete list of matches played in ArgentinaMemoria y Balance 1974 on UAR website and Brazil: Points scoring rules: try 4 points, conversion 2 points, penalty goal, drop goal and goal from a mark 3 points
France: 15.M.Droitecourt; 14.J.F. Gourdon, 13.R.Bertranne, 12.J.Lux, 11.L.Desnoyer; 10.J.Romeu, 9.M.Barrau (c); 7.J.Skrela, 8.O.Saisset, 6.V.Boffelli; 5.G.Senal, 4.F.Haget; 3.J.Iracabal, 2.J.Ugartemendia, 1.P.Hospital
San Isidro Club: F. Insúa; O, Rocha, A. Orzábal; J. Rodríguez Jurado, A. Anthony; J. Carracedo, R. Lucke, M. Iglesias (capt.); M. Cutler, F. González Victorica; R. Morganti, R. Matarazzo (79' E.Martínez), M. Walther, J, Otaola; A. Rodríguez Jurado. France: J. Irazabal, A. Paco, A. Vaquerin; J. Bastiat, G. Senal; V. Boffelli, C. Paul (J.Rossignol); O. Saisset (capt.); D. Fouroux, H. Cabrol; J. Pécune, R. Bertranne (C. Dourthe), J. Lux, J. Gourdon; J. Aguirre.
Cuyo: J. González, J. Crivelli, R. Fariello; A. Cat¬taneo, R. Irañeta (capt.); J. Ragazzone, J. Nasazzi, J. Navesi; L. Chacón, P. Guarrochena; M. Brandi, O. Terranova, D. Muñiz, C. Dora; J. Castro. France:; A. Vaquerin, A. Paco, P. Dospital; J. Rossignol, F. Haget; S. Lassoujade, J. Bastiat, J. Skrela; R. Astre, J. Romeu; J. Pécune (H. Cabrol), C. Dourthe (capt.), J. Etchenique, L. Desnoyers; J. Aguirre.
Buenos Aires: M.Carluccio, F.Lafuente, O'.Carbone; C, Bottarini (R.García Fernández), J.Rodríguez jurado; J.Carracedo, R.Lucke, N. Carbone (capt.) (O.Rocha); M.Cutler, F.González Victorica; F.Villamil, E.Morgan, A.Cappelletti, R.Benyon; T. Harris Smith, France: A.Vaquerin, J.Ugartemendía, P.Dospital; J.Senal, F, Haget; S.Lassoujade, J.Rossignol, V.Boffelli; M. Barrau (capt.), H.Cabrol; R.Bertranne, C.Dourthe, J.Etchenique, L.Desnoyers; M.Droitecourt.
First test
Team details Arturo Rodríguez Jurado FB15FBMichel Droitecourt Mario Walther W14W Jean-Francois Gourdon Alejandro Travaglini C13C Claude Dourthe (capt.) Roberto Matarazzo C12CJean-Pierre Lux Julio Otaola W11W Roland BertranneHugo PortaFH10FHJean-Pierre Romeu Adolfo Etchegaray SH9SH Jacques Fouroux Miguel Iglesias (capt.)F7F Victor Boffelli Raul Sanz F 8 F Jean-Pierre Bastiat Jose Fernández F6FJean-Claude Skrela Adrian Anthony L5LFrancis Haget Rito Iraneta L4L Georges Senal Arturo Orzabal P3P Jean Iracabal Osvaldo Rocha H2HAlain Paco Fernando Insúa P1PArmand Vaquerin
Rosario: S.Furno, J.Costante, E.Pavani; J.Mangiamelli, J.Giannone; E.Mainini, M. Cuesta (capt.), V.Macat; R.Castagna, J.Escalante; G.Blanco, R. del Villar, C. Blanco Ansaldi, H.Radiculé; A.Rodríguez. France: J.Iracabal, J.Ugartemendía, P, Dospital; J.Bastiat, F.Haget; O.Saisset, C.Paul, S.Lassoujade; M. Barrau (cap.), J.Romeu; L.Desnoyers, J, Etchenique, R.Bertranne, J.Gourdon; J.Aguirre.
Interior: J. Pavani (J.Viders), J.Costante, S.Fumo; J.Mangiamelli, R.Passaglia; J.Nasazzi, M. Chesta (capt.) (E.Mainini), J.Navesi; R. Castagna (64' G.Bergallo) J.Escalante; R.Tarquini, O.Terranova, L.Muñiz, C, Dora; L.Chacón France: P. Dospital, J. Ugartemendía, A. Vaquerin; J. Rossignol, G. Sena; S. Lassoujade, C. Paul, O. Saisset (capt.); R. Astre, J. Cabrol; L. Desnoyers, J. Etchenique, J. Lux, J. Gourdon; M.Droitecourt.
Second test
Team details Arturo Rodríguez Jurado FB15FBJean-Michel Aguirre Mario Walther W14W Jean-Francois Gourdon Alejandro Travaglini C13CClaude Dourthe Roberto Matarazzo C12CJean-Pierre Lux Julio Otaola W11WRoland BertranneHugo PortaFH10FHJean-Pierre Romeu Adolfo Etchegaray SH9SHJacques Fouroux Miguel Iglesias (capt.)F7F Victor Boffelli Raúl Sanz F8F Jean-Pierre BastiatJose FernándezF6F Olivier Saisset (capt.) Adrian Anthony L5LFrancis Haget Carlos Bottarini L4L Georges Senal Arturo Orzábal P3P Jean Iracabal Osvaldo Rocha H2HAlain Paco Fernando Insúa P1PArmand Vaquerin
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