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England wrap up series with Argentina thriller
England battled past a combative Argentina for an entertaining but hard-fought 35-25 win in Santa Fe, finishing their tour of the South American nation unbeaten.
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Just like the first Test in San Juan, this was a match in which momentum swung back and forth. Argentina pegged England back three times until Will Collier’s first international try and a drop-goal from George Ford, once again impressing thoroughly, went unanswered.
Eddie Jones’ side were boosted by the return of former captain Chris Robshaw while Sam Underhill made his debut and it was the forwards who pushed England over the line, Collier finding the line from a driving maul after a line-out in the left corner.
Ford successfully kicked the conversion and added a drop-goal to put the victory beyond doubt, showing the class and composure that has earned him so much praise.
FT and England have secured a 2-0 Series win over Argentina.
Well played lads. #CarryThemHome🌹 pic.twitter.com/Nbf1e68o3Z— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) June 17, 2017
England got off to a great start when Joe Launchbury, who will surely have been disappointed not to have received a late British and Irish Lions call-up from Warren Gatland, sent Charlie Ewels between the posts in the fifth minute, but Argentina hit straight back when Joaquin Tuculet darted between Marland Yarde and Mike Brown to touch down.
Brown more than atoned by brilliantly anticipating Nicolas Sanchez’s cross-field kick and racing down the right, stepping inside of Tuculet and sending a single-handed offload back outside for Piers Francis to score his first England try.
However, a speculative kick from Francis was blocked by Pablo Matera and the flanker kicked forward twice before grabbing at a favourable bounce to finish the job, though Sanchez was unable to send Argentina clear with a conversion.
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Brown was again key when England crossed three minutes later, the full-back leading a counter-attack that Harlequins team-mate Danny Care finished after Jeronimo De La Fuente’s speculative behind-the-back pass had been intercepted.
Emiliano Boffelli exploited more weak defending from Yarde to bring Argentina level again with 20 minutes remaining, but Collier powered across before Ford wrapped up an impressive victory by taking his points tally for the match to 15.
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Aha. An Irishman with logic! Follow the flow: - Ireland peaks with a >80% win record between 2020 and 2023. And then… - crashes out of another QF at the WC; - Beat a poor French Team; - Beat 6N wooden spoonists Italy; - Play shite against eventual wooden spoonists Wales; - Lose against the most boring, “the worst English team ever” , a team widely regarded as unable to attack; - scrape through against Scotland. This article, No - Trimble, is on the money! Except for one glaring statement: _The Springboks have a few aces in the hole in this debate being the reigning world champions and official world number ones_ There is no debate, boys and girls. There it is. In black and white. “Reigning World Champions and OFFICIAL world number ones”. Come July, the overrated Andy Farrell and this overhyped team are going to enter into a world of hurt.
85 Go to commentsI’d like to know what homoerotic events Daniel enjoyed at 8th man. I clearly missed out!
19 Go to commentsThis article is missing some detail, like some actual context or info about what led to him abusing the ref.
2 Go to comments*They used to say that football is a gentleman sport watched by hooligans and rugby is a hooligan sport watched by gentlemen. How times have changed.*
3 Go to commentsexcept ot wasnt late wasnt late at all so dont know why you all saying its late he commits early and its your fault fir not paying attention
29 Go to commentsNot sure the Bulls need another average utility back in their ranks. Chamberlain has been ok for the Sharks but is by no means an X-Factor player. Bulls bought several utility backs which they barely use. A typical example would be Henry Immelman who plays mostly Fullback. The Bulls however have rarely played him this year and he has played wing or centre. Bulls want to build depth but seems like they have too many surplus players
1 Go to commentsABs lost against a side playing without a hooker - The guy playing, had one shoulder. Line outs were a gimme for the ABs, and the last 8 minutes 14 played 14 against a team that had been smashed 3 weeks in a row… Yet with all that possession, with all that territory, with all the advantages they actually had, especially in the last 8 minutes, they couldn’t buy a point. Those last 8 minutes determined if they outplayed the Boks or not. History will show that the Boks completely outplayed the ABs, especially in those last 8 minutes, the business end of any rugby match
226 Go to commentsWould’ve, could’ve, should’ve, didn’t.
226 Go to commentsKok will become a fan favourite
1 Go to commentsI am really looking forward to Leigh Halfpenny playing his first Super rugby game for the Crusaders Playing a long side his former Welsh and Scarlets team mate Johnny McNicoll.Johnny has been playing great, back in a Crusaders jersey.The attack has strengthened big time. Also looking forward to David Havili at 10. David is a class act, it also allows Dallas McLeod to remain at 12. A good thing.
1 Go to commentsIf he had stopped insisting on playing in the backrow, instead of wing, where everyone told him he should, he would have been a Bok years ago….
11 Go to comments‘Salads don’t win scrums’ 😂 I love that.
19 Go to commentsCan’t wait for the article that talks about misogyny in Ireland. Somehow.
19 Go to commentsI would like to see a rule change, when the attacking team is held up over the try line, by allowing the defensive team to restart a goal line drop out releases the pressure for the defensive team, but what if the attacking team had to restart a tap 5m out from the defensive team it gives the attacking team to apply more pressure, there are endless options for the attacking side and it will keep the fans in suspence.
2 Go to commentsLess modern South African males predictably triggered.
19 Go to commentsMy heart is with Quins, but the head is convinced Toulouse have too much. Ntamack is back, his timing and wisdom has been missed.
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1 Go to commentsIt was rubbish to watch, Blues weren’t even present. Did what they had to do, nothing more. Should be better next week against canes.
1 Go to commentsI’ve just noticed that this match has an all-French refereeing team. Surely a game like this ought to have a neutral ref? Although looking at the BBC preview of the Saints game, Raynal is also down as reffing that - so there may be some confusion about who is reffing what.
1 Go to commentsIf Havili can play anywhere in the back line, why not first 5. #10.
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