By 1936
Argentine rugby was in expansion and growth. Four years earlier, the
Junior Springboks had visited the country to play several matches. In 1933 two South African players, Wollie Wolheim and Rybeck Elliot returned to Argentina to play for local team
Hindú, which was considered by the Argentine Union as a sort of professionalism and Hindú was suspended for one season. In 1935 eleven players of
San Isidro (the most important rugby team of Argentina by then) were suspended by the club executives. The banned players organised some friendly matches under the name "Abelleyra XV" until they established a new institution,
San Isidro Club. The last Lions tour to Argentina came when former player
Douglas Prentice, who had led the team during their
tour to New Zealand an Australia in 1930 and was the current manager, arrived with twenty-three players. No Welsh players were part of the team despite
Wales had won the
Home Nations that year. The British played only one test v.
Argentina at
Gimnasia y Esgrima, with a record attendance of 15,000, on August 16. The Lions won by 23–0. The Argentine line-up for that game was Héctor Alfonso; R. Elliot, Herbert Talbot, Horacio Pascuali, Emilio Schiavio; Percy Talbot, Noel Cooper; Jorge Cilley, Gilbert Logan, José Frigoli; J.L. Francombe (cap), Tomás Salzman; Bernardo Mitchelstein, Víctor Inchausti, Archie Cameron.
Belgrano was the only team to score a
try against The Lions, when the visiting team won by 37–3. ==Touring party==