2014 Scotland rugby union tour of the Americas and South Africa

In June 2014, the Scotland rugby union team played single test matches against four countries; Argentina, Canada, South Africa and the United States. The opening three tests, United States, Canada and Argentina, coincided with the June international window, whereas the test against South Africa fell outside the international window. This meant players playing outside Scotland at club level were not permitted to be released by their clubs to represent Scotland against South Africa; Scotland effectively picked two separate squads, one for the USA and Canada games, the other for Argentina and South Africa.[1]

2014 Scotland rugby union tour of the Americas and South Africa
Coach(es)Vern Cotter
Tour captain(s)Greig Laidlaw
Grant Gilchrist
Top test point scorer(s)Greig Laidlaw (20)
Top test try scorer(s)Stuart Hogg (2)
Summary
P W D L
Total
04 03 00 01
Test match
04 03 00 01
Opponent
P W D L
 Argentina
1 1 0 0
 Canada
1 1 0 0
 South Africa
1 0 0 1
 United States
1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tourAus, Fij & Sam 2012
Next tourJapan 2016

The tour was the start of Vern Cotter's period in charge. Head coach Andy Robinson had resigned in November 2012, and the Scottish Rugby Union had appointed the subsequent interim coach Scott Johnson as Director of Rugby. Scotland lost their match to South Africa but won all three of their Americas tests.

Fixtures
Date and time Venue Home Score Away
7 June 2014, 19:30 CDT (UTC-05) BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston United States  6–24  Scotland
14 June 2014, 14:10 EDT (UTC-04) BMO Field, Toronto Canada  17–19  Scotland
20 June 2014, 16:20 ART (UTC-03) Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba Argentina  19–21  Scotland
28 June 2014, 17:00 SAST (UTC+02) Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth South Africa  55–6  Scotland

Squads

On 20 May, Head Coach Vern Cotter named two squads for the tour; a 27-man squad for the North America leg and a 25-man squad for the Argentina-South Africa leg - 9 players were initially named in both squads.[1] The reasoning was for Cotter to look at as many players as possible. It also meant that players playing outside Scotland at club level, were not selected in the Argentina-South Africa squad, which was predominantly made up of Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby players.

Jack Cuthbert, Matt Scott, Ross Rennie and Ryan Wilson were not considered due to injury.

Head Coach: Vern Cotter

North America leg

On 1 June, Grayson Hart was added to the North America squad, in addition to the Argentina-South Africa squad, to cover the injured Chris Cusiter. While Mark Bennett was also added to the North America squad to cover the injured Alex Dunbar, who was ruled out of whole tour.[2]

On 2 June, Tom Heathcote and Ruaridh Jackson swapped positions on tour. Jackson was moved to the North America squad, and Heathcote was moved to the Argentina-South Africa squad.[3]

On 9 June, Tim Swinson and Peter Horne were added to the North America squad, in addition to the Argentina-South Africa squad, to cover the injured Duncan Taylor and Jim Hamilton.[4]

Note: Caps and ages are to pre United States match - 7 June 2014.

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Kevin Bryce Hooker (1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 25) 0 Glasgow Warriors
Scott Lawson Hooker (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 32) 43 Newcastle Falcons
Pat MacArthur Hooker (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 27) 4 Glasgow Warriors
Alex Allan Prop (1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 22) 0 Glasgow Warriors
Geoff Cross Prop (1982-12-11)11 December 1982 (aged 31) 28 London Irish
Moray Low Prop (1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 29) 26 Exeter Chiefs
Gordon Reid Prop (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 27) 0 Glasgow Warriors
Kyle Traynor Prop (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (aged 28) 4 Bristol
Grant Gilchrist Lock (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 23) 4 Edinburgh
Richie Gray Lock (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 24) 37 Castres
Jim Hamilton Lock (1982-11-17)17 November 1982 (aged 31) 55 Saracens
Tim Swinson Lock (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 27) 7 Glasgow Warriors
Kelly Brown Flanker (1982-06-08)8 June 1982 (aged 31) 63 Saracens
Blair Cowan Flanker (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 (aged 28) 0 London Irish
Kieran Low Flanker (1991-01-27)27 January 1991 (aged 23) 1 London Irish
Alasdair Strokosch Flanker (1983-02-21)21 February 1983 (aged 31) 38 Perpignan
Johnnie Beattie Number 8 (1985-11-21)21 November 1985 (aged 28) 30 Castres
David Denton Number 8 (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 24) 22 Edinburgh
Chris Cusiter Scrum-half (1982-06-13)13 June 1982 (aged 31) 68 Sale Sharks
Grayson Hart Scrum-half (1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 25) 0 Edinburgh
Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 28) 29 Gloucester
Ruaridh Jackson Fly-half (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 26) 23 London Wasps
Finn Russell Fly-half (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 21) 0 Glasgow Warriors
Mark Bennett Centre (1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 21) 0 Glasgow Warriors
Alex Dunbar Centre (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 24) 8 Glasgow Warriors
Max Evans Centre (1983-09-28)28 September 1983 (aged 30) 42 Castres
Peter Horne Centre (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 24) 2 Glasgow Warriors
Duncan Taylor Centre (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 24) 10 Saracens
Sean Lamont Wing (1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 33) 86 Glasgow Warriors
Sean Maitland Wing (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 25) 9 Glasgow Warriors
Tim Visser Wing (1987-05-29)29 May 1987 (aged 27) 12 Edinburgh
Stuart Hogg Fullback (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 21) 20 Glasgow Warriors

Argentina-South Africa leg

On 2 June, Tom Heathcote and Ruaridh Jackson swapped positions on tour. Jackson was moved to the North America squad, and Heathcote was moved to the Argentina-South Africa squad.[3]

On 15 June, Kieran Low and Blair Cowan was added to the Argentina-South Africa squad to face Argentina to cover the injured Kelly Brown and Alasdair Strokosch, who were under assessment to feature in the Argentina match.[5]

On 16 June, Nick De Luca was added to the Argentina-South Africa squad to cover the backs.[6]

On 21 June, Adam Ashe, Tyrone Holmes and Euan Murray were added to the squad ahead of the final tour match against South Africa.[7]

Note: Caps and ages are to pre Argentina match - 20 June 2014.

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Kevin Bryce Hooker (1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 25) 1 Glasgow Warriors
Ross Ford Hooker (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 30) 75 Edinburgh
Pat MacArthur Hooker (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 27) 5 Glasgow Warriors
Geoff Cross Prop (1982-12-11)11 December 1982 (aged 31) 30 London Irish
Alasdair Dickinson Prop (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 (aged 30) 34 Edinburgh
Moray Low Prop (1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 29) 28 Exeter Chiefs
Euan Murray Prop (1980-08-07)7 August 1980 (aged 33) 59 Glasgow Warriors
Gordon Reid Prop (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 27) 2 Glasgow Warriors
Jon Welsh Prop (1986-10-13)13 October 1986 (aged 27) 2 Glasgow Warriors
Grant Gilchrist Lock (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 23) 6 Edinburgh
Jonny Gray Lock (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 20) 3 Glasgow Warriors
Tim Swinson Lock (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 27) 7 Glasgow Warriors
Blair Cowan Flanker (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 (aged 28) 2 London Irish
Chris Fusaro Flanker (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 24) 2 Glasgow Warriors
Rob Harley Flanker (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 24) 4 Glasgow Warriors
Tyrone Holmes Flanker (1986-04-15)15 April 1986 (aged 28) 0 Glasgow Warriors
Kieran Low Flanker (1991-01-27)27 January 1991 (aged 23) 3 London Irish
Adam Ashe Number 8 (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 20) 0 Glasgow Warriors
David Denton Number 8 (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 24) 22 Edinburgh
Grayson Hart Scrum-half (1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 26) 1 Edinburgh
Henry Pyrgos Scrum-half (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 24) 10 Glasgow Warriors
Tom Heathcote Fly-half (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 22) 3 Edinburgh
Duncan Weir Fly-half (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 23) 13 Glasgow Warriors
Nick De Luca Centre (1984-02-01)1 February 1984 (aged 30) 41 Biarritz
Alex Dunbar Centre (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 24) 8 Glasgow Warriors
Peter Horne Centre (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 24) 3 Glasgow Warriors
Dougie Fife Wing (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 23) 1 Edinburgh
Sean Maitland Wing (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 25) 11 Glasgow Warriors
Tommy Seymour Wing (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 25) 8 Glasgow Warriors
Stuart Hogg Fullback (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 21) 22 Glasgow Warriors
Peter Murchie Fullback (1986-01-07)7 January 1986 (aged 28) 2 Glasgow Warriors

Matches

United States
7 June 2014
19:30 CDT (UTC-05)
United States  6–24  Scotland
Pen: Wyles (2/3) 11', 51'
 Report[8] Try: Visser 15' c
Penalty try 30' c
Hogg 66' c
Con: Laidlaw (3/3) 16', 31', 67'
Pen: Laidlaw (1/2) 6'
United States
Scotland
FB15Chris Wyles
RW14Blaine Scully
OC13Seamus Kelly
IC12Andrew Suniula 19'
LW11Luke Hume
FH10Shalom Suniula
SH9Mike Petri 70'
N88Cam Dolan
OF7Scott LaValla
BF6Todd Clever (c) 77' to 79'
RL5Hayden Smith 29' 39' 53'
LL4Louis Stanfill 63'
TP3Eric Fry 40'
HK2Phil Thiel 18'
LP1Olive Kilifi 29' to 39' 52'
Replacements:
HK16Tom Coolican 18'
PR17Nicholas Wallace 29' 39' 40'
PR18Titi Lamositele 52'
LK19Tai Tuisamoa 63'
FL20Danny Barrett 53'
CE21Folau Niua 19'
CE22Chad London 77' 79'
WG23Tim Maupin 70'
Coach:
Mike Tolkin
FB15Stuart Hogg 74'
RW14Sean Maitland
OC13Sean Lamont
IC12Duncan Taylor 62'
LW11Tim Visser
FH10Finn Russell
SH9Greig Laidlaw (c)
N88Johnnie Beattie
OF7Blair Cowan
BF6Alasdair Strokosch 62'
RL5Jim Hamilton 37'
LL4Richie Gray
TP3Geoff Cross 44'
HK2Scott Lawson 62'
LP1Gordon Reid 55'
Replacements:
HK16Pat MacArthur 62'
PR17Alex Allan 55'
PR18Moray Low 44'
LK19Grant Gilchrist 37'
FL20Kieran Low 62'
SH21Grayson Hart
FH22Ruaridh Jackson 74'
CE23Max Evans 62'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Man of the Match:
Stuart Hogg (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
Chris Assmus (Canada)
Television match official:
Andrew Hosie (Canada)

Notes:

Canada
14 June 2014
14:10 EDT (UTC-04)
Canada  17–19  Scotland
Try: Hassler 22' m
Con: Pritchard (0/1)
Pen: Pritchard (4/5) 20', 43', 51', 70'
 Report[10] Try: Gilchrist 27' c
Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 28'
Pen: Laidlaw (3/3) 2', 38', 71'
Hogg (1/1) 60'
BMO Field, Toronto [9][11]
Attendance: 18,788
Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Canada
Scotland
FB15James Pritchard
RW14Jeff Hassler 43'
OC13Ciaran Hearn
IC12Nick Blevins 63'
LW11Taylor Paris
FH10Harry Jones
SH9Phil Mack 70'
N88Tyler Ardron (c)
OF7John Moonlight
BF6Jebb Sinclair 75'
RL5Jamie Cudmore
LL4Tyler Hotson
TP3Jason Marshall 77'
HK2Aaron Carpenter 58'
LP1Hubert Buydens 54'
Replacements:
HK16Ray Barkwill 58'
PR17Andrew Tiedemann 54'
PR18Jake Illnicki 77'
FL19Kyle Gilmour
LK20Jon Phelan
SH21Gordon McRorie 70'
FB22Connor Braid 63'
WG23D. T. H. van der Merwe 43'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley
FB15Stuart Hogg
RW14Sean Maitland
OC13Sean Lamont
IC12Peter Horne
LW11Tim Visser 73'
FH10Finn Russell 61'
SH9Greig Laidlaw (c)
N88Johnnie Beattie 59'
OF7Kelly Brown 47'
BF6Alasdair Strokosch 30'
RL5Grant Gilchrist
LL4Richie Gray
TP3Moray Low 51'
HK2Scott Lawson
LP1Gordon Reid
Replacements:
HK16Kevin Bryce 59'
PR17Kyle Traynor
PR18Geoff Cross 51'
FL19Kieran Low 47'
FL20Blair Cowan 30'
SH21Grayson Hart 75'
FH22Ruaridh Jackson 61' 75'
CE23Max Evans 73'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Man of the Match:
Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Nick Ricono (United States)
Television match official:
Davey Ardrey (United States)

Notes:

Argentina
20 June 2014
16:10 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina  19–21  Scotland
Try: Ortega Desio 13' m
Tuculet 59' m
Pen: Sánchez (2/2) 42', 57'
Drop: Sánchez (1/3) 27'
 Report[12] Try: Hogg 6' c
Pyrgos 73' m
Con: Weir (1/2) 7'
Pen: Weir (3/4) 55', 70', 78'
Argentina
Scotland
FB15Lucas González Amorosino
RW14Santiago Cordero 57'
OC13Matías Orlando 61'
IC12Santiago González Iglesias
LW11Manuel Montero
FH10Nicolás Sánchez 64' 71'
SH9Tomás Cubelli (c) 57' 64' 71'
N88Tomás de la Vega
OF7Javier Ortega Desio 56'
BF6Rodrigo Baez
RL5Matías Alemanno 55'
LL4Manuel Carizza
TP3Matías Díaz 46'
HK2Julián Montoya 50'
LP1Bruno Postiglioni 57'
Replacements:
HK16Santiago Iglesias 50'
PR17Lucas Noguera Paz 57'
PR18Tetaz Chaparro 46'
LK19Tomás Lavanini 55'
N820Antonio Ahualli de Chazal 56'
SH21Martín Landajo 57'
CE22Matías Moroni 61'
FB23Joaquín Tuculet 57'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade
FB15Stuart Hogg
RW14Sean Maitland
OC13Nick De Luca
IC12Peter Horne 64'
LW11Tommy Seymour
FH10Duncan Weir
SH9Grayson Hart 47'
N88Kieran Low
OF7Blair Cowan 61'
BF6Rob Harley
RL5Grant Gilchrist (c)
LL4Jonny Gray 55'
TP3Geoff Cross 61'
HK2Ross Ford 61'
LP1Alasdair Dickinson 61'
Replacements:
HK16Pat MacArthur 61'
PR17Gordon Reid 61'
PR18Jon Welsh 61'
LK19Tim Swinson 55'
FL20Chris Fusaro 61'
SH21Henry Pyrgos 47'
FH22Tom Heathcote
WG23Dougie Fife 64'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
Television match official:
Deon van Bloomestein (South Africa)

Notes:

South Africa
28 June 2014
17:00 SAST (UTC+02)
South Africa  55–6  Scotland
Try: Coetzee (2) 3' c, 51' c
Le Roux 10' c
Mvovo (2) 16' m, 61' c
Pietersen 56' m
De Jager (2) 64' c, 78' c
Con: Pollard (5/7) 4', 11', 52', 62', 65'
Boshoff 79'
Pen: Pollard (1/1) 44'
 Report[14] Pen: Weir (2/2) 7', 36'
FB15Willie le Roux 21' to 27' 75'
RW14Cornal Hendricks
OC13JP Pietersen
IC12Jan Serfontein
LW11Lwazi Mvovo
FH10Handré Pollard 70'
SH9Fourie du Preez 28'
N88Duane Vermeulen 66'
OF7Schalk Burger
BF6Marcell Coetzee
RL5Victor Matfield (c) 70'
LL4Lood de Jager
TP3Jannie du Plessis 70'
HK2Bismarck du Plessis 54'
LP1Coenie Oosthuizen 50'
Replacements:
HK16Adriaan Strauss 54'
PR17Trevor Nyakane 70'
PR18Marcel van der Merwe 50'
LK19Stephan Lewies 70'
FL20Oupa Mohojé 66'
SH21Francois Hougaard 29'
FH22Marnitz Boshoff 70'
FB23Zane Kirchner 21' 27' 75'
Coach:
Heyneke Meyer
FB15Stuart Hogg 71'
RW14Sean Maitland 53'
OC13Nick De Luca
IC12Peter Horne
LW11Tommy Seymour
FH10Duncan Weir
SH9Henry Pyrgos 76'
N88Adam Ashe
OF7Chris Fusaro 49'
BF6Rob Harley
RL5Grant Gilchrist (c)
LL4Tim Swinson 50' to 60' 60'
TP3Geoff Cross 50'
HK2Ross Ford 60'
LP1Alasdair Dickinson 79'
Replacements:
HK16Kevin Bryce 60'
PR17Moray Low 79'
PR18Euan Murray 50'
LK19Jonny Gray 60'
FL20Tyrone Holmes 49'
SH21Grayson Hart 76'
WG22Dougie Fife 53'
FB23Peter Murchie 71'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Man of the Match:
JP Pietersen (South Africa

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Statistics

Key

  • Con: Conversions
  • Pen: Penalties
  • DG: Drop goals
  • Pts: Points

See also

References
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