[citation needed] The national team played a series of preparatory games before the tour, facing local clubs and provincial representatives such as Universitario (LP) Obras Sanitarias, Alumni, Newman, Córdoba RU, Rosario RU, Duendes and Old Georgian [4] I remember the first day of training at Gimnasia y Esgrima under a strong rain.

[1] Nevertheless, Argentina's most relevant victory was against the Junior Springboks – the South African second national team– to whom they defeated 11–6 at Ellis Park.

Argentina lineup for that match was Cazenave, Neri, Pascual, Rodríguez Jurado, España; Poggi, Etchegaray; Loyola, Silva, Scharenberg; Schmidt, Otaño; Foster, González del Solar y García Yáñez.

[5] The Pumas nickname is the result of an error made by Carl Kohler, a journalist for the Die Transvaler newspaper in South Africa, while following the team during the tour.

[6] The mistake stuck, and was eventually adopted by the Argentines themselves (although the UAR crest depicted a Jaguar until April 2023, when a stylized Puma figure started being used).

[1] The victory v the Junior Springboks was widely covered by the Argentine media and it is considered a turning point for the national team.

[3] In an interview for the 50th anniversary of the tour, Héctor Silva stated: We went with the intention of showing Argentine rugby outside the country, but the media repercussion was more than expected.