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Machine guns, house arrest and violence — Inside Ireland’s chaotic 1970 tour of Argentina

From bullets whizzing past hotel windows in Buenos Aires to a five-star detention beside Copacabana, Johnny Moloney looks back on the most surreal trip in Irish rugby history

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Ireland squad gather before their Argentina tour in 1970
Ireland squad gather before their Argentina tour in 1970  © Dolphin RFC

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