1973 Argentina rugby union tour of Ireland and Scotland Football Union cancelled a tour of the English national team in Argentina, worried about the political situation in the South American country. 1973 Argentina rugby union tour of Ireland and Scotland The 1973 Argentina rugby union tour of Scotland and Ireland was a series of eight matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team (the Pumas) in Scotland and Ireland in October and November 1973. The Pumas won only of two of their matches, lost four and drew the others; they lost both of their international matches, against Ireland and Scotland. Neither Ireland nor Scotland regarded the matches as
History of the England national rugby union team History of the England national rugby union team The History of the England national rugby union team covers the period since 1871, when the England national rugby union team played Scotland in the first ever rugby union international. The game of rugby union developed out of the game of football that was played at Rugby School from the mid-18th century. In the first half of the 19th century, the game began to spread, as ex-pupils of Rugby, and other public schools, introduced it into the universities. At Cambridge University, in 1839, a game was organised between Old Rugbeians and Old