The Pumas could not match the type and strength of the All Blacks this time, so they were beaten 42 to 10 in a match played under a deluge in the legendary world temple of rugby at Eden Park in Auckland. The second date of the 2024 edition of the Rugby Championship.
The reality is that Argentina were far from the level they showed in Wellington last week and succumbed unmitigatedly against a New Zealand side that did not forgive a single one of the huge number of mistakes made by Felipe Cantebomi’s men. In some 80 minutes, which at times seemed like an eternity, they enjoyed 6 tries from the Kiwis and managed to score only one goal.
Very weak in the scrum, with practically no clean balls on the line and almost no territorial possession, our national rugby team, who would end the tour of New Zealand with a win and a loss, had a tough match from the start.
There will now be a two-week break before the return to competitive action against two-time world champions South Africa at our city’s UNO Stadium, no less than Australia, who have lost both matches.
A word from Kantepomi
After the match, Argentina national team head coach Felipe Cantepomi said: “Rugby is very simple, you have to go forward and get into position. If you lose contact and each other, it is very difficult. They adapted to the climate, we didn’t. They played well, we didn’t. ready We respect what our players have done and take many things to improve. It should help us learn. We don’t have the right opportunity today. It is very difficult to compete against them (for the All Blacks) when they are on the same side; To be at their level, you need to be above your average, which is 30%. They excel at simplicity in the way they play. They did everything like that, and when it comes down to it, there are few teams in the world that can handle that.
To which he finally added: “The tour in general was good, not bad because of the numbers. We leave with a tied series. Now we aim to evaluate what we did well and what we didn’t do well. It is part of everything we do every day. The idea going forward is to take a step forward against Australia at La Plata.”
The Synthesis
All Blacks (42): 1. Tamaiti Williams (12m std, Oba Tuungafasi), 2. Cody Taylor (10m std, Asafo Amua) and 3. Tyrell Lomax (10m std, Fletcher Newell); 4. Tupou Vaa’I and 5. Sam Darry (14m ST, Josh Lord); 6. Ethan Blackadder (36m std, Cody Taylor), 7. Dalton Babali’i (10m std, Sam Kane) and 8. Arty Savea (captain); 9. T.J. Peranara (10m ST, Cortez Rathima) and 10. Damian McKenzie (10m ST, Mark Delia); 11. Caleb Clarke (19m ST, Anton Lienert-Brown); 12. Jordy Barrett; 13. Rieko Ioane; 14. Will Jordan and 15. Beauton Barrett. Coach: Scott Robertson.
Las Pumas (10): 1. Tomas Gallo (19 m. st., Mago Vivas), 2. Julian Montoya (capt.) (19 m. st. Ignacio Ruiz) and 3. Lucio Zordoni (10 m. .SD, Joel Sclavi); 4. Marcos Cremer and 5. Pedro Rubiolo (19m ST, Tomas Lavanini); 6. Pablo Matera, 7. Juan Martin Gonzalez and 8. Joaquin Ovieo (10m ST, Franco Molina; 9. Gonzalo Bertrano (2m ST, Lautaro Pazán Velez) and 10. Santiago Carreras, Tomat 11 ; (36m ST, Santiago Carreras), 12. Santiago Socoparez, 13. Lucio Cindy, 14. Madias Moroni (2m ST, Bautista Delgui) and 15. Juan Cruz Mallya Coach: Felipe Contepomi.
Points: 5m attempt by Damian Mackenzie (NZ), 12m. Penalty awarded to Santiago Carreras (LP), 16 m. The try was converted by Arty Savea. Damian McKenzie (NZ), 23m. NZ), Will Jordan’s 29m try is replaced by Damian McKenzie (NZ), 36m try by Damian McKenzie (NZ).
Area: All Blacks 35 to 3.
Points: Will Jordan 1m effort converted by Damian McKenzie (NZ), Juan Cruz Mallya’s 31m effort converted by Tomas Albornoz (LB).
Incidents: 35m ST, Yellow for Asafo Aumua (NZ).
Referees: Andrea Biardi (Italy)
Assistant 1: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assist 2: Nick Perry (Australia)
TMO: Brett Cronan (Australia)
Ground: Eden Park (Auckland).
Fixture Rugby Championship
August 31: Las Pumas vs Australia, at La Plata. UNO Student Arena, 7:00 p.m.
September 7: Los Pumas vs Australia at Santa Fe Colón Stadium, Santa Fe, 4:00pm.
September 21: Las Pumas vs South Africa, in Santiago del Estero. Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, 6:00 p.m.
September 28: South Africa vs Las Pumas, Nelspruit. Mbombela Stadium, 12:05pm in our country
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