England (3) 13 / Argentina (6) 9 (Final Score)
England did battle with Argentina in Dunedin at 10:30 SA Time (20:30 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Argentina made England sweat and work very hard for their win.
The worst aspect of this match was poor goal kicking by both sides.
Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Johnny Wilkinson (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Ben Youngs (1)
- Conversions – Johnny Wilkinson (1)
Argentina:
- Penalties – Filipe Contepomi (1), Martin Rodriguez (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Argentina: 15 Martin Rodriguez, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Gonzalo Tiesi, 12 Santiago Fernandez, 11 Gonzalo Camacho, 10 Felipe Contepomi (captain), 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6 Julio Farias Cabello, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Martin Scelzo, 18 Mariano Galarza, 19 Alejandro Campos, 20 Alfredo Lalanne, 21 Marcelo Bosch, 22 Juan Jose Imhoff.
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Mike Tindall (captain), 11 Delon Armitage, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Tom Wood, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Matt Banahan.
Date: Saturday, September 10
Kick-off: 20.30 (08.30 GMT)
Venue: Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Expected weather: There is a 30 percent chance of rain with a high of 15°C, dropping to 6°C
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Simon McDowell (Ireland))
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Penalty to England, deep in their half… against Contepomi, man taken out in the air
Touch judge flag out.
Penalty Eng?
England penalty…. against Roncero for a high tackle
Johnny “Be Good” Wilkinson going for goal
3 / 3
English black jersey numbers disintegrating.
WTF do Nike know about Rugger anyway???
Penalty is good. 3/3
England will have to sharpen up the 1st time tackles.
England competing at the line out and making life hard for Argies.
Argies are fired up, hey?
Penalty Argies, on halfway
Rodriguez going for goal.
Roncero bleeding for the cause, head gash
Missed right again
Penalty again for Englands not rolling away.
Poles from far out.
Misses again.
Sh1t camera and production work from the Kiwi’s!!!
Penalty Argies, Ashton did not release the ball
Terrible camera work there. Never saw Arg take that penalty at all.
Also those Black Jersey England are wearing just don’t seem right. Especially that this world cup is in New Zealand. The numbers are all falling off too….hehehe.
Contepomi going for goal
Comteponi for poles.
misses again.
Now he misses to the right… too many misses by the Argies
Arg have now missed 3 penalties. Eish!!!!!!!! That is 12 points gone begging.
Yet another penalty to the Argies, England get a warning
Contepomi is crocked.
Won’t be on for long.
England now on a team warning!
Contepomi injured… looks like his troublesome rib is playing up again
Rodriguez slots the penalty
Argies 6 / 3
England starting to play a bit but the Argies turn it over.
Contepomi looks OK for now… good touch finder by him after the Argies turned England ball over!
Contepomi down again
Penalty England, in a very kickable position, near touch but on the 22
Contepomi subbed by Marcello Bosch
Handbags at 5 paces…..
England opt to go for touch, they try a drive
56@ grootblousmile:
Good South American surname that!!!!
Scrum Penalty to England… shot for goal
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