BUENOS AIRES: New Zealand held on by the skin of their teeth for a 20-16 victory over Argentina in a tense Rugby Championship clash at Velez ...
BUENOS AIRES: New Zealand held on by the skin of their teeth for a 20-16 victory over Argentina in a tense Rugby Championship clash at Velez Sarsfield on Saturday.
The Pumas then dominated possession and territory but failed to score again, having another try ruled out by the TMO 13 minutes from the end after wing Ramiro Moyano put a foot in touch. The All Blacks then got a grip on the match and forced the Pumas into mistakes that resulted in penalties which they converted into points with centre Ngani Laumape charging over from scrumhalf Aaron Smith's tap penalty after 18 minutes.Another Sanchez penalty restored Argentina's lead but two penalties from Beauden Barrett had New Zealand back in front.
Argentina came out in the second half determined to make amends and could have cut the deficit to one point but for a rare penalty miss by Sanchez soon after their try.Argentina believed they had their best-ever chance to break their duck against New Zealand, especially after the Jaguares, the team that provides most of the Pumas players, reached the Super Rugby final, where they lost to Crusaders two weeks ago.
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