Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Argentina beat Wales in Cardiff for the first time in eleven years
Argentina claimed a well deserved first victory in Cardiff for eleven years as they beat Wales 26-12 on Saturday. It gets worse for the hosts as it's been confirmed that they've lost more players to injury ahead of their meeting with Samoa.
Argentina, fresh from the Rugby Championship which saw them compete with the best of the southern hemisphere, showed how match-fit they were as they shut out the Six Nations champions.
"Their experience and their exposure to the Rugby Championship have taken them to another level," said Wales interim coach Rob Howley. "You have to play against the best to learn, and they’ve certainly learned from it."
Argentina's inspirational captain Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe said after the game that as a group, they were searching for the win for a long time.
"We are so happy to be able to win against such a good team, the Six Nations champions.. It's huge to get this win for this group, in this stadium, the best stadium in the world," he added.
An impressive game from flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez and excellent tries from Juan Imoff and Gonzalo Camacho proved the difference between the two sides, on a day that Wales would rather forget.
"Modern day rugby, you’ve just got to forget that loss now and concentrate on Samoa," said wing Alex Cuthbert, referring to their challenge with Samoa, who themselves beat Canada on Friday.
"It was quite a weird game really, obviously it is no excuse (but) Jamie Roberts going off quite early, maybe disrupted our back-line, and Alun-Wyn going off as well, left us without an option at the line-out and we had to go front ball a lot of the time which is hard.
"But no excuses because we have got quality players coming off the bench, it just seemed one of those days where it didn’t go right for us," he added.
Today it was confirmed that lock Alun-Wyn Jones, who went off with a shoulder injury, will be out for the rest of the autumn series, as will loose forward Josh Turnbell, who damaged knee ligaments.
Jamie Roberts, who took a big knock against Argentina, is continuing to be assesed for mild concussion and may be availale to face Samoa.
Wales face New Zealand and Australia after that this weekend's game against Samoa. Argentina travel to France next, then they face Ireland in Dublin on the 24th November.
Posted at 3:12 pm | 22 comments
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Guest November 13, 2012 5:25 pm
Howley is no coach, hardly a bus.
Feddderico November 13, 2012 5:52 pm
About the game.. being argentinian, im really happy with the performance of the team against Wales. Even with too new centers, and substitutions in the game for injures during the game (the base of the team changed), Argentina didnt loose his plan of play.
Sorry for my not perfect english :P
Cheers.
Rugbydump November 13, 2012 6:02 pm
Bruno M November 13, 2012 6:38 pm
ruckinmaul November 13, 2012 6:43 pm
SHROOMZILLA November 13, 2012 7:46 pm
Ottawa Rugger November 13, 2012 8:25 pm
Imhoff sure comes out from these highlights looking like a superstar, but what about Camacho? I love his work with Exeter, and liking what I see with Argentina
katman November 13, 2012 9:25 pm
joeythelemur November 13, 2012 9:57 pm
Frenchie November 13, 2012 10:01 pm
Maybe the Welsh you play in Poland, spend a few minutes in their fridge before kick off?
Reality November 13, 2012 11:28 pm
That catch from Comacho was abolutely sensational. Excellent try.
Do people still think George North and Alex Cuthbert are the best in the world and definite Lions starters? I'd say they were made to look very average.. Although I thought Cuthbert always looked average.
Pretzel November 13, 2012 11:45 pm
Reality November 14, 2012 7:49 pm
Pretzel November 14, 2012 11:22 pm
Well I remember hearing about a Wales game in July(?) August(?) and people were talking about Rhys Priestland being somewhere up high in the world rankings, or taking his position in the top 10's in the world or something, I get the impression the media in Wales drums up players a lot more than they would appreciate...
I'm sure it's a lot of pressure to be labelled as "the next *anything*" when you're still in your first year or two of international rugby..
Calon Lan November 14, 2012 1:15 am
Awful play by Wales, truly deserved the hiding they got. Halfpenny and Faletau were the only players who looked like they deserved to be wearing the shirt.
I don't think Argentina played particularly well, they played better in the Championship but this is as bad as I've seen from Wales for 10 years. Awful and quite rightly booed off the field.
Where did it go wrong? No idea as we don't know if they played by Howley's plan or whether the players were playing on their own. In all honesty, I don't care, they have to sort out wherever the problem originates though.
Colombes November 14, 2012 1:10 pm
A lot of people thought that the farewells of Roncero and co would create less leadership in this squad, but young blood in the backs will continue to bring this grinta. The match vs France will be very interesting to watch. Latin derby.
stroudos November 14, 2012 3:07 pm
felipe November 14, 2012 7:22 pm
bnations November 14, 2012 8:08 pm
santi November 14, 2012 10:36 pm
Juggernauter November 15, 2012 12:54 am
Nada que decir. Felicitaciones Argentina!
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