Famous win: Argentina claimed their first win at Twickenham since 2006
ichael Cheika warned his Pumas players who were opposed to wasting their way at Twickenham, but in the end it was England who looked for direction.
Argentina claimed their moment of victory at Twickenham, crushing Eddie Jones’ England 30-29 in a standout victory for the Pumas and their Australian boss Cheika.
Emiliano Boffelli punished England with six consequences earlier for a well-crafted try. Santiago Carreras raced on his own, with England suffering from fluidity or pace.
Cheika will have been very happy to have put one on England’s old friend and boss Jones, but she will have it compared to the magnitude of this result for the South Americans.
England will face Argentina at next year’s World Cup, and Jones admitted the clash would be a mini-dress practice session for this clash in France.
The hosts have eaten the audition, also wasting their position in the script.
Joe Cokanasiga propelled the house with a good score and the replacement of Jack van Poortvliet gave England hope with a classic scrum half attempt.
Owen Farrell kept the score with five consequences and two conversions, but England pull out of this game and say justice has been served.
Cokanasiga check out and Farrell’s boot allowed England to turn it 16-12 for half-time.
However, England have blocked their own progress time and time ago in the first 40 games, with a number of errors on kick-offs and restarts. Yes, the pitch was soaked, yes, the ball was greasy, but no, England deserve not to have continued to inflate their lines, the unofficial piece of sport.
The Pumas were more than pleased to capitalize on England’s disaster, with Boffelli scoring all 4 penalty opportunities.
England’s invention was limited to Ben Youngs’ clean chip that nearly knocked Smith out by a touchdown.
The hosts, however, built up tension from this position inside the Argentina 22 court, in the end making the territorial incursions worthwhile. Billy Vunipola and Youngs insulated themselves from the fray and fed Cokanasiga by cutting the wing into the blind. side, for a well-crafted attempt.
But back and forth, driving errors let England down. Boffelli continued to gobble up the penalty shootout, and England went ahead on the scoreboard, the locals did it with plenty to hit and demonstrate.
Just as England hoped to end their act after the resumption, it was Argentina who raised the stakes.
Emiliano Boffelli spent an unforgettable afternoon at Twickenham
Santiago Carreras’ midfield return went bloodless for England on the back line, with Boffelli burning in the corner from the resulting space.
The winger inflated his lines on the tee for once, Argentina returned to the scoreboard in a jiffy.
Farrell could not locate Billy Vunipola with a pass in midfield, Santiago Carreras intervened, recovered and had the speed and presence of brain to transparent and score. Boffelli added the conversion this time, and suddenly Argentina was 24-16. Lead.
England something, anything, and fast. And Leicester midfielder Van Poortvliet jumped off the bench to provide that spark with his first touch.
The clever runner cut the edges and ran away to score. Farrell’s conversion allowed Argentina to lead 24-23, but England was back in the war and with the final quarter still to come.
Farrell’s fourth penalty gave way to Boffelli’s fifth, an effort that in full swing almost halfway. That left the Pumas 27-26 ahead, but with England still looking for an end in the stands.
Farrell connected on an effort after Argentina came off the bench in the ruck, for a 29-27 lead over England.
Boffelli, however, scored his sixth goal moments later after Kyle Sinckler failed to roll on a ruck. That put the Pumas 30-29 ahead with less than ten minutes to go, and the visitors are happy to continue exchanging three-pointers. .
England may not leave their own side of the pitch for the final moments, letting Argentina climb to their triumph at Twickenham in 2006 with the main scalp for Cheika’s mighty Pumas.
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