History of the Argentina national rugby union team Scotland lost the first test in 1968, but won a close second test two weeks later. The first trip of the Argentina national rugby team to the other side of the Atlantic was to Rhodesia and South Africa in 1965. The team acquired the nickname "Pumas", from a local journalist of "The Weekly Farers" after their first tour match, a defeat on 8 May by Rhodesia in Salisbury 17–12. The journalist mistook the animal that appeared on the UAR emblem (a "yaguareté") for a puma, probably because it was an unknown species in South Africa. Nevertheless, the nickname has remained
Scotland B national rugby union team Scotland B national rugby union team The Scotland national B rugby union team was one of several national rugby union teams behind the Scottish national side. It has now been disbanded. The B team played on 18 February 1989 against France B. The squad was: M Wright (Kelso); D A Stark (Ayr), B Edwards (Boroughmuir), R R W Maclean (Gloucester), W L Renwick (London Scottish); D K Shiel (Jed-Forest), J M Scott (Stewart's Melville FP); D F Milne (Heriot's FP), J A Hay (Hawick), P H Wright (Borougmuir), D S Munro (Glasgow High Kelvinside), J F Richardson (Edinburgh Academicals), G