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00:00We're tucked up in the north, two-hour flights up from Buenos Aires last night.
00:04If we'd have flown a bit farther, we could have spent the evening in Bolivia.
00:07We didn't.
00:08Let's have one last look at the teams.
00:10Felipe Contopomi is Argentina's selection, full of names I doubt you'll need introducing two of today's 23.
00:17Eight currently playing in the Gallagher Prem, seven of them used to.
00:20Julian Montosha, a Prem winner with Leicester captain again.
00:23England and Steve Borthwick picking an unchanged starting 15,
00:27a week on from piling 70 on Fiji, changes to the bench.
00:31Northampton prop, Manny Ayogen ready for a test debut.
00:34Ben Spencer, the replacement scrum half with Alex Mitchell injured.
00:42It's a cloudy midwinter's day in Argentina, but it's subtropical this far north.
00:48Plenty of orange trees and cactus, cacti.
00:52So it's a pleasant temperature, a bit of a breeze.
00:55Double or quits, anyone?
00:57No, I didn't think so.
01:01Argentina in the blue, England in the white.
01:05And then Santiago del Estero in front of a rugby-mad crowd, this to kick off the weekend.
01:12David Flatman's alongside.
01:13It's always useful getting in early to catch the warm-up, and you learnt plenty watching the warm-up about
01:18half an hour ago.
01:20I just, I watched England, this is a really clever start, by the way, from Argentina.
01:23They obviously did their analysis, saw Jamie George, about 5'11", put Delgier over him.
01:30Caused a bit of disruption, it's landed England's way.
01:32But yeah, I watched England all about tempo.
01:35Move the ball, whip the ball away.
01:36Don't die with the ball, pass, move, speed.
01:38And I watched Argentina, and it was one man hit-up, or a pass-off line and a tip-on
01:44and a hit-up.
01:44Lots of balls down, really inaccurate.
01:47Warm-ups mean nothing, usually.
01:49But it was interesting.
01:51One team was all about tempo, the other team kind of wasn't.
01:54Cross, okay, quick reset, let's go.
01:56Okay, that's what we talked about.
02:00Referee is Angus Gardner, Australian from Sydney, who was in charge of the first test down in La Plata a
02:07year ago between these two.
02:08The one that England won 35-12, on the way to a 2-0 series win.
02:12Crouch.
02:13While all their Lions were away.
02:15Nickro Amashikelli, Paul Williams have the flags.
02:18Brett Cronin.
02:20Australian accent, did TMO should ever get to hear from him?
02:22Keep your elbow up, keep your elbow up, and play it now.
02:25There's a rock-solid England scrum.
02:27Lots of scrum chat to come between now and full-time, you'll be pleased to hear.
02:30And Atkinson lays it back, wearing the protective headgear again this weekend.
02:35The headgear that he started to wear last weekend in Liverpool against Fiji.
02:42Not too many England fans have made the trip this far north, you'll be unsurprised to hear.
02:47So it might be quiet when Marcus Smith and Kerr are on the ball.
02:50A little noisier when tackles are being made by the likes of Santiago Grondona.
02:57That was a rescue job done by Oli Chesom after that ball went down.
03:00How about that leg drive?
03:02Smith.
03:04Manifeo-Waboso.
03:05Oh, he's done really well to break through.
03:07Now away from the white shirts, rather.
03:10And as a result, it was a little bit messy, but advantage being played by Angus Gardner.
03:16Number seven, you must wrap.
03:20No wrap from seven.
03:22Very good on the scrum.
03:24Santi Grondona left Bristol at the end of last season.
03:27He'll be in the top 14 next season with Poe.
03:30Bulk of this side, either playing in England or playing in France.
03:34I was very lucky it was glouncing.
03:36All right.
03:37Tell you what, interesting start from England.
03:39I'm on to it.
03:40Nothing too fancy, but had Marcus Smith not put that ball down in the 15 metre channel as it came
03:45back right to left.
03:47They were looking at, if not a three on two, some decent yardage.
03:51Oli Chesom luckily picks it up and goes like a train for 10 metres and gets England back on the
03:55front foot.
03:56But seven, Crema comes in then.
03:58Just a shoulder charge low on George Martin.
04:01Not hanging around with the line out.
04:03Once again, Manny Feuoboso, who created some alarm with his last surge, creates more.
04:08And this is Ben Earle.
04:10England with good options, right and left.
04:13It was behind Hayes to his Leicester teammate, to Oli Chesom.
04:17Yeah, open up, balls available.
04:19Crema out of the way legally.
04:23And again, Seb Atkinson became a test player for the first time here last year.
04:30England was so efficient at turning time in Fiji's 22 into points a week ago at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
04:37They've got a penalty at the very least here.
04:42Smith, here comes the kick, looking for free man.
04:46Oh, yes.
04:48That is just the start that England wanted.
04:54And a little bit of niggle, which is what we all expected.
04:57I've got six running in.
04:59Six running in.
05:01But England have made a very bright start.
05:04A start that's upset Argentina.
05:10Time's off.
05:11Look, there's nothing much to see there.
05:14Freeman looks to have scored it clean and tidy.
05:17Santi Carreras beaten fair and square in the air.
05:19Lovely kick from Finn Smith.
05:20Definitely what I've seen.
05:21Scuffle after.
05:23Six White runs in.
05:24Escalates that.
05:25Okay?
05:29Yeah, okay.
05:31So I'm going to restart with a penalty on halfway for six escalating that.
05:34Okay.
05:35Six.
05:36Can you get six for me?
05:38Yes.
05:42Six right is Ollie Chesson.
05:44Yeah, and then I'll talk to you.
05:46So we're going to restart.
05:48The try will stand.
05:49Yeah, yeah.
05:49You can talk to me while he comes.
05:50Yeah, no problem.
05:51Yeah.
05:51What's the call here now?
05:52So it's going to be a try.
05:54Yeah.
05:54I want to speak to Six and then I'll tell you what the call is when he comes over.
05:57Is it consistent with the actions of them?
06:00I'm getting calls from my winger about them around the neck.
06:02I'll deal with it.
06:03Okay.
06:05Okay.
06:06Here comes the talking to.
06:07So just to let you know, the try will stand.
06:11Okay.
06:11However, you have run in and escalated that.
06:14So it's going to be a penalty against you on halfway.
06:16Now, don't talk.
06:18It was two players pushing and shoving and then you've come in third person inside.
06:22It's going to be a penalty restart.
06:24Not for me.
06:24No.
06:27And there ends the debate.
06:29England get the score.
06:30They'll have the conversion, but Argentina will restart with a penalty on halfway.
06:35The offense, Ollie Chesson's offense coming in and kicking off a little bit, giving somebody a dig.
06:40It happened after the try was legally scored.
06:44Let's focus on the finish.
06:45Well, the conversion first.
06:49Tough kick.
06:50Drifts wide.
06:51England lead 5-0.
06:52Really tough kick, but it was a beautiful kick from Finn Smith.
06:56Just having a look at his options.
06:58I know they had the advantage.
06:59Shot to nothing.
07:00But if you've got a 6'3 specimen out there, use him.
07:03Clever, simple.
07:04Carreras nowhere near it.
07:06I spoke to England.
07:08I spoke to England.
07:10You will have a penalty on the restart because number six comes in.
07:13But no more pushing and shoving.
07:15You understand?
07:16No more pushing and shoving.
07:17Okay.
07:18Here we go.
07:19No more.
07:19Fastest try of the year.
07:22Okay.
07:23Penalty.
07:23Three minutes 51 seconds.
07:25And they're starting to get the fast starts that Steve Borthwick wanted.
07:29And Argentina, with the penalty, drill it deep into England's 22, and they will go again with the line-out.
07:36How many?
07:37How many?
07:39This puts Argentina in a lovely spot.
07:41They'll have practiced this a hundred times in the last couple of weeks.
07:45Wonder if England will get off the ground.
07:48Try and disrupt or just let them have it.
07:50You'd imagine they'd get up.
07:52Montosha Petty taps it off the top.
07:55Some of Argentina's line-out drills over the last couple of weeks have been rock-solid.
08:01Yet to lose their own ball.
08:03And Joe Hayes came in to try to disrupt things there for England.
08:07Here goes Joaquin Oviedo.
08:09Been influencing affairs all over the place over the last couple of weekends.
08:14Beyond the outstretched arms of Tomas Repetti.
08:17Instead taken up by Crema.
08:21Argentina.
08:22Tackle off the ball.
08:23Continuing to soften things through the middle.
08:25They'll have another penalty.
08:26This is the advantage.
08:28And Santi Carreras looking to make much of it.
08:30Delghi.
08:35Repetti.
08:39Don't do that.
08:43Move.
08:44Good.
08:44Petty.
08:45Took it on.
08:47Alamano was the false runner.
08:48Delghi instead.
08:49Much more likely.
08:51Knock on.
08:57The ball was lost forward.
08:59However, playing the advantage.
09:01Offside.
09:02England offside.
09:04Actually, some encouraging attack there.
09:05One in the middle of the pitch.
09:07From Argentina.
09:09Some big shots from England.
09:11Julian.
09:13Julian, you got one here for offside.
09:15Or a tackle off the ball in the middle of the pitch.
09:19Blind out.
09:20You can imagine.
09:21Yeah, take the one nearer the touchline.
09:22Go for the corner.
09:24Teams rarely seem to take the three these days.
09:25We shouldn't complain.
09:28But England have just got to be careful.
09:30The penalty from Oli Chesham's action is the try was scored.
09:33You can sort of live with that.
09:34But what you don't want to do is compound a penalty with another.
09:36Which they've done.
09:37There was no need.
09:39Here we go, Paulie.
09:40Awareness here, mate.
09:43Stay on the line, please, England.
09:44All the way up, Argentina.
09:49Shortened Argentina line-out with Joaquin Oviedo standing amongst the back.
09:54So expect him to be employed shortly.
09:56It's over now.
09:57Unless England can do some disruption here.
10:00Montosha has it.
10:00And now Oviedo joins his regular workmates.
10:06Okay, five's collapsing.
10:07Gonzalo Garcia, the scrum half.
10:09Penalty's going to go against George Martin for collapsing them all.
10:12Advantage, five collapsing.
10:14Oviedo.
10:16Grondona not far away.
10:18Garcia.
10:19I've got nothing.
10:19And then Alboros gives it some width.
10:22But he was stopped as a result of the defensive work of Manny Feuoboso.
10:28The ball screws loose.
10:31Coming back.
10:34See, what these repeated penalties do, without stating the obvious, is England have got to
10:38tread a fine line now.
10:39He's going to get warned, isn't he, Jamie?
10:42Jamie.
10:43Yeah.
10:45Time's off.
10:46Three quick penalties.
10:48Offside.
10:48Tackle without the ball.
10:50Five collapsing at the mall, okay?
10:51No more down here.
10:52In terms of the mall, expect the same.
10:55Five was on the wrong side.
10:57Not in a pushing position.
10:58Collapse them all.
10:59Three quick penalties down here.
11:01Anything more?
11:02Yellow card.
11:03That question, that panted half question from Jamie George, I think is what you call buying
11:08a bit of time for the lads to get their breath back.
11:10So England have got to tread a fine line now.
11:12That's George Martin, number five, a judge to have collapsed that.
11:14Pulling a man out, pulling him back onto the floor.
11:17Easy call.
11:18England have to be the most frenzied in defence because they're on their own line, but they
11:21can't break the laws.
11:23Tough balance.
11:26Axis is good.
11:27George Martin at the front of England's defensive effort, and Ellis Genge as well, making a nuisance
11:33of himself.
11:34So Argentina have to give it some width, and Carreras happy to do that.
11:40Oviedo.
11:41He's tackled by Freeman, five metres short.
11:45Crema.
11:49Garcia.
11:50Here's Maroney, and this is looking hopeful for Argentina.
11:54Santi Carreras pulled up two and a half metres short.
11:57Stay on side.
11:58They have camped themselves in England's half ever since Tommy Freeman gave England an early
12:03lead.
12:03Knock on.
12:04And that's been lost forwards, and England's defence has done its job.
12:07Advantage, England.
12:09There's a tackle a couple of phases ago by Manny Feo Waboso, which was the tackle.
12:14It wasn't as big as the shot he put on Carreras a minute ago, but it was the key tackle.
12:23It's one of those situations where England will be very happy to take the scrum, get their breath
12:28back, take their time getting this ball away from the danger zone.
12:30And actually, let's go, please.
12:40Fleet had a nice platform to work from.
12:44It's got to be cool.
12:45Good defence from England, but it's a skill error, really, from Argentina in the contact.
12:49England just wanted to hold it steady, but I tell you what, on this near side, Genge
12:54looked very, very comfortable.
12:56His back looked like it was set in concrete.
12:58Repetti looked less comfortable.
12:59He was starting to fold as that scrum wore on.
13:04So it's another England put in.
13:06OK, same again, boys.
13:07The first scrum was the standard.
13:08England looked very comfortable in that first one.
13:11Shoulders out.
13:12Don't lean on the bind or the crouch.
13:15Crouch!
13:19Bind!
13:22OK, up.
13:24Make sure, no.
13:25The crouch was good.
13:26Make sure you get a bind.
13:28OK.
13:28Let him get a bind.
13:29Thomas Repetti beat.
13:30I know, I'm just saying.
13:31To lose tight head.
13:31Let's go.
13:32Quick reset.
13:32Young prop to get Pumas fans excited.
13:34First test start against Wales.
13:36He's playing behind Dorian Aldegary and Joe Merkler at his club.
13:39Speak to both players, all right?
13:40He has got some future.
13:42Repetti wrestling with the chess master, Ellis Genge, right now.
13:48Let's go!
13:49Second!
13:51Oh!
13:53Down!
13:53Crouch!
13:56Bind!
13:58Bind up, Argentina.
14:00Bind, Argentina.
14:02Argentina not binding.
14:05He's not comfortable, Rapetti.
14:07He has got a massive future, Nick.
14:08I don't disagree.
14:09You must buy when I call Bind.
14:10Doesn't look quite comfortable yet.
14:12He's a young fellow.
14:12He's only 21.
14:14Barely played for Toulouse.
14:15And he's against one of the best in the world here.
14:17So it could be a long day.
14:19It's only a free kick.
14:20So Smith wallops is as far as he can.
14:23Carreras.
14:24High to the skies.
14:26And Delghi chases.
14:27It came off him.
14:28It went forwards.
14:29It was knocked on by the Claremont winger, Bautista Delghi.
14:34Ordinarily, he'll be one of the big threats on the ground and in the air.
14:37No, let's go.
14:38With his tri-scoring prowess.
14:39Pick today ahead of Harlequin's Rodrigo Iscro.
14:43Okay, thank you, boys.
14:45And use it, please.
14:47In defensive mode right now.
14:48Step back.
14:49Nine, step back.
14:53Jack Van Poolefleet's clearance.
14:57Argentina rather off-color for their first test back in eight months against Scotland,
15:01you may remember, in Cordova a fortnight ago.
15:03They really lacked punch and cohesion.
15:05A bit too much individualism.
15:07Too little collectivism.
15:09Conceded early against Wales as well a week ago,
15:12but then they started to find themselves.
15:14The benefit of time together, learning their lines.
15:17Gonzalo Garcia looking a little bit more fluent.
15:19That was sharp, wasn't it?
15:20It was quickly on his toes.
15:21Left Van Poolefleet for dead.
15:23Unfortunately, ran into Joe Hayes and George Martin.
15:26Pair of terraced houses.
15:30Maroney.
15:33One of those living in the Prem last season.
15:37Working hard at the breakdown and under a lot of pressure at the moment.
15:40Argentina with lots of ball time, but stout defence.
15:43You just think, especially off first phase, when a breakdown is that wide, when a tackle is made that wide,
15:50the attacking team have just got to be razor sharp.
15:53Absolutely hammered, didn't he, Garcia?
15:55But whack from one big unit into another.
15:59But you've just got to be razor sharp onto that ball and attack.
16:02Seb Atkinson in there way too quickly.
16:03Ben Earl to help.
16:05Got to be quicker.
16:06Argentina way quicker.
16:10There's a fabulous atmosphere on the way here.
16:12The Argentinian barbecues.
16:14The Asadas happily smoking away outside the stadium.
16:18Fans making their win.
16:20All the noise and the colour and the smell of grilled meat.
16:25No contest.
16:26It doesn't get much better than this.
16:27Play on.
16:29Freeman, who scored England's only try so far.
16:34The reason that they lead.
16:38Atkinson to Chesson on the wide outside.
16:42Comes back in to earn a bit more of a blindside should England choose to use it.
16:46But everybody was positioned left, including Guy Pepper.
16:50Smith.
16:53Now Slade.
16:55Bouncing ball.
16:56Picked up by his ex-the club mate.
16:59Manny Fairweboso.
17:00Who in a number of aspects has had a very decent start to this match.
17:08Van Portfleet.
17:09He was read by...
17:11No, they've been there.
17:12Yeah, he got pulled off.
17:15England's first spell of pressure since they scored the try early on.
17:23George, Slade, Earl.
17:24Knock on.
17:27Quality of the Argentinian tackling, winning them the ball back.
17:31Do you know, there were just those last two couple of phases,
17:33the short ball from nine to George Martin.
17:36You just got cleaned out before a lift.
17:38When he effectively got man and ball.
17:39Manny Fairweboso is...
17:41He is incredibly powerful and well-balanced, isn't he?
17:44But those last couple of phases were just a bit close,
17:47a bit tight, a bit too easy to defend from England.
17:50And not much shape off slow ball.
17:57There'll be loads of us, and I'm one of them, David, I'm sure you are,
18:00who remember the famed Argentinian scrum, the Pajada,
18:05where essentially all eight big gloats built like terraced houses,
18:10shoved up at the same time,
18:11and tried to knock you off your feet.
18:14You faced it.
18:14Here we go.
18:15Yeah, I did.
18:15I faced it over here as a young England prop,
18:18and for the older viewers listening at home,
18:21their front row was Reggiardo,
18:26Mendez and Omar Hassan.
18:28So, yeah, a fair bit of protein on display.
18:31What did it feel like?
18:33They didn't make any noise, though.
18:35None of these calls, no noise.
18:36They all just kind of wheezed and breathed at the same time,
18:40and the pressure was so immense that I remember coming up once
18:43and all oxygen had left my body,
18:45and I went to a different place for a while,
18:46but they were kind enough to hold me up.
18:48What kind of noise did you make?
18:51A wheeze of my own, I think.
18:52A loud wheeze.
18:54Seems to have gone out of fashion.
18:56The Argentinian scrum, I think, in fairness right now,
18:59not the weapon it was back then.
19:01No, it really isn't, and it hasn't been for some time.
19:05There are a million theories as to why,
19:07or probably a million, probably two or three.
19:09South Africa have really taken that on.
19:10England, you would call, which gave away a penalty then.
19:12You'd definitely call England the second-best scrum in the world
19:14if South Africa are first.
19:17But it probably will revolve around a failure to develop,
19:20a bit of complacency on the Argentinian front,
19:23failure to develop the big units,
19:24of which there are plenty over here.
19:26They're not the force they were, but they have just won a pen.
19:30From that, Captain Julian Montosha will try to launch this next assault.
19:37Weekend meeting old friends for him.
19:39He helped Steve Brothwitz Leicester to the Prem.
19:42Four years ago now, another shortened line-out.
19:46Petty, Garcia, and Albornoz, and laid up by Picardo, Justo Picardo.
19:54Again, the meaty drive through the middle.
19:57Maiko Vivas looks interested.
19:59Instead, it's just to the fly-half, Thomas Albornoz, and Smith.
20:05They were both safe.
20:07Oh, he's very nearly gone.
20:08He's getting through not quite the miles that we've covered over the last 48 hours, David,
20:14but he's making a few miles here early on.
20:16All good.
20:19Carreras.
20:20Checked to see what the options were.
20:24And Albornoz, the fly-half, was the best one.
20:28Can't call by Smith.
20:29I think in two phases, we saw probably the two best ball carriers on the field.
20:33In Joaquin Oviedo, it's just one of those guys that if he gets the ball with half an inch of
20:38space,
20:38he will always make metres.
20:40And Manny Feuoboso does that for England.
20:41And for me, when he's fully fit and fully on form,
20:46Feuoboso is England's most unplayable player.
20:50Very, very dangerous.
20:51Very powerful.
20:53Clever lines.
20:53But Oviedo does that with aplomb for Argentina.
20:57He's just so hard to get hold of Manny Feuoboso.
21:00It's almost like if you don't get man and ball, it's incredibly difficult.
21:03And when you do, he can smash you off anyway.
21:05He's already done it a couple of times.
21:07Very important guy for England.
21:09Stop. How many?
21:10Okay, you're the receiver.
21:12Back. Back.
21:13Back 10 metres.
21:1410 metres.
21:17Once again, the beard is Marcos Crema ready to wreak some havoc from midfield just inside Argentina's half.
21:24All won by Petty once more.
21:27Ian Oli Chesson snuggling the most lineouts on the opening two weekends of this new rugby nations championship.
21:33Argentina making ground and Montosha still has it.
21:39Garcia wondering where the time might be to use it.
21:42Referee tells him.
21:47Peter Carreras.
21:49Yeah, good work there.
21:51Montosha.
21:58Vivas amongst those helping it back to try to release Carreras and he's still going.
22:04And he's going up to the point that he lost the ball forwards.
22:08And England and Freeman trying to use this loose moment to their benefit.
22:16Freeman still chasing.
22:18Broly then was kindly and bounced into South American arms.
22:24Just a reminder of what Mateo Carreras is capable of.
22:29Highlights real full of him frying defenders for Newcastle in years gone by and he just did it to one
22:34or two England ones.
22:35And that was all about his brilliance.
22:37It wasn't set up.
22:37The guys in front running inverted commas decoy lines were effectively stationary.
22:42Never getting the ball sloppy drill from Argentina, but they gave it to a brilliant player and he made a
22:48break.
22:50Now there's a little bit of afters with Ellis Genge and Guido Petit.
22:56Ellis Genge flew off the line in the 22 then and made a fantastic hit just to make Argentina's exit
23:01more difficult.
23:02Wonderful player.
23:04Mateo Carreras, wonderful player.
23:05Sadly for him, drops the ball, but he made that break on his own.
23:08And it was not a gap that was created by anybody else.
23:11Come guys, up to the line.
23:12Go.
23:15England throw on halfway.
23:17It's a good contest.
23:18Chesson, Van Portfleet, Smith, Atkinson not hanging around.
23:22Atkinson trying to play on the line as much as he can.
23:26Genge does that.
23:27Oh, he's blasted his way through.
23:29What strength from Ellis Genge.
23:32Van Portfleet, England looking very good here.
23:36Earl took it on.
23:37Jamie George again.
23:39Near silent whenever England have the ball around us.
23:42A little bit more noise now as Marcus Smith didn't connect.
23:46But we heard what Angus Gardner saw.
23:48Julian, you're on the body.
23:50We still see England in possession.
23:53Seb Atkinson tosses it over the top.
23:56Again, that might have.
23:57Oh, no.
23:58That one does go forwards.
23:59Had a little bit of help from Nika Amashakeli, the touch judge down below us.
24:05And after a bout of England pressure, we'll have another Argentina scrum.
24:09So good for England.
24:10It's interesting.
24:11Ellis Genge was just having a little bit of a push and shoving match with Guido Petit 30 seconds earlier.
24:16And it's him.
24:17He runs over, slash through to make that break.
24:20What a carry from a loose head prop.
24:21Shoulder, come on.
24:22Let's go.
24:22I want to play the scrum.
24:23Doing all that heavy work.
24:24We shouldn't underplay that.
24:25It's nice from England.
24:26Great clear out on Ben Earle, wasn't it?
24:28Great clear out.
24:29Balls available immediately for Van Bortfleet.
24:31And gone.
24:33Argentina nowhere near it.
24:35Marcus Kramer back on his feet.
24:37It's a beard full of tackle victims in there.
24:41He does love a tackle.
24:42Very few make more than him.
24:44And he's got some scrummaging to do here.
24:46Whenever I watch Marcus Kramer, I think I'd love to have played with someone like that.
24:49Just with him.
24:51Just made out of granite.
24:53Stuck a couple of eyeballs on and a beard.
24:56He's already made half a dozen tackles today.
24:58Here we go.
24:59Same again, guys.
25:12OK, good space.
25:14No lean.
25:15We're leaning into our fourth scrum.
25:18England leading 5-0.
25:19Tommy Freeman's tried.
25:20After three and a half minutes.
25:24Set.
25:31Angle.
25:32Straight across.
25:36Ellis Genj super aggressive.
25:38Step out from the loose head and angle.
25:39He really wants to get after Repetti.
25:41But what Repetti's doing, it's worth remembering that all the aggression's coming from England.
25:46But Argentina have won two penalties.
25:47England have won none so far.
25:49So they're losing on points.
25:51However it feels in there.
25:52Ellis Genj wants to go after him.
25:53He knows he's got him.
25:55He wants to go after him.
25:57But you can't go in like that.
25:59You've got to go a bit straighter than that.
26:00Down at angle.
26:01You stay square.
26:02I think the tight head Repetti sort of gave it the old farmer's arm and rolled his right arm down
26:07a bit.
26:08But you're still, if you're going in an angle like that, you're making it a bit too easy for the
26:12ref to make a call.
26:18Montosha, ooh, palm backwards under some pressure by Petty.
26:22Not allowed Hayes to run on to it.
26:25Here's Guy Peppa.
26:26Keeps his place ahead of Tom Curry at seven today.
26:30Smith to the other one.
26:33Freeman held on to by Moroni.
26:36And a little bit more.
26:40Genj again, head down.
26:42He takes on Repetti.
26:46Atkinson, he's busy on the ball and so is Manny Feo Oboso.
26:50What a run.
26:51If he can give the ball to Earl, England might be in here.
26:53Benel, how determined that determined.
26:57Easy.
26:58Easy, easy, easy.
26:59Yeah, it's all good.
27:01Thank you, boys.
27:04Oh, England.
27:06Ball in hand, running with intent.
27:10Slicing up Argentina's defence.
27:12If there's something, if there's something, I'll be made aware of it.
27:17For the England team, this must be like playing behind closed doors during lockdown.
27:21There is no noise when they score, but that was a fantastic try.
27:25Started off by Joe Hayes, who, by the way, a couple of times already,
27:28despite being 130 kilos, has been the first to a loose ball.
27:34Manny Feo Oboso eventually given the ball with a yard of space,
27:37and he's just so difficult to handle.
27:40Okay, Timo.
27:47Time's off.
27:49Angus Garza wants to have a word with Brett Cronin,
27:52or rather, Brett Cronin wants to have a word with him, the Australian TMO.
28:00Okay, actions of 11 blue, on 14 white.
28:05It's Mateo Carreras who's under the microscope.
28:07Contact direct is what I'm hearing.
28:10That is correct.
28:11I'm just trying to line up the angles with the director.
28:13Okay.
28:14No rush.
28:15We're just waiting for the angles down here on the pitch.
28:17Actions of 14 Argentina.
28:24Now here it comes.
28:31That's that second shot in Freeman's head, isn't it?
28:34Yeah.
28:34We're not seeing a clear head on here from that angle as yet.
28:39Okay.
28:40That might be the angle.
28:43So, what I'll do, Angus, is I'll slow this down so you can see the point of contact.
28:48So, guys, we're just going to work out if 11's bent.
28:51So, it's not that one.
28:54We are going to come back to the best camera angle next.
28:56So, is he bent?
28:57Is he bent for you?
29:00Yeah.
29:01Brett, he looks like he's bent for us at the waist,
29:04and the ball carrier's falling.
29:06So, I don't see this as foul play for me.
29:10I'm not seeing this.
29:11Yeah.
29:12Yeah.
29:13It's a dynamics.
29:14Yeah.
29:16So, yeah.
29:17So, just keep the replays going.
29:21Mika, sorry, just give us...
29:22Brett, he looks like he's bent for us at the waist,
29:24and the ball carrier's falling.
29:27So, I don't see this as foul play for me.
29:31I'm not seeing this.
29:31Yeah.
29:33Yeah.
29:33Yeah.
29:34It's a dynamics.
29:35Yeah.
29:37So, yeah.
29:38So, just keep the replays going.
29:42Mika, sorry, just give us a minute.
29:45Just give us some space.
29:46So, boys, I'm seeing 11 bent at the hips.
29:49I'm seeing the ball carrier falling.
29:53Angus, for me, on that angle,
29:54it probably shows something different,
29:55so I'll play that again for you.
29:56Yeah, that angle's different for us.
29:59Yeah, we'll just come back to that angle.
30:00That's clear that Brett Cronin...
30:01So, he's hitting up.
30:02He's eager for more punishment than Angus Gardner is, right?
30:05Now, yeah, that angle doesn't look great.
30:07This angle coming now.
30:09Yeah, that one there.
30:10Even worse.
30:11So, it is 11.
30:12He is upright.
30:12He is hitting up.
30:13Meets a yellow card threshold.
30:15Yeah, okay.
30:16Yeah.
30:17Angus, you're on screen now.
30:18Okay, Brett, so, for us,
30:20number 11 is hitting up into that tackle,
30:23and he makes direct head-on-head contact,
30:25and it meets a yellow card threshold.
30:28Yep.
30:28Off-field review.
30:31Yeah.
30:32So, off he goes for the yellow,
30:33and it will be referred to our foul play review officer,
30:38the Frenchman, Eric Gauzan.
30:40He's hitting up slightly.
30:41And he will have 10 minutes to work out
30:43whether it needs to be upgraded to a red.
30:46You know the score by now,
30:47but that is the situation that Mateo Carreras has put himself in.
30:52And it was before the try,
30:53so we'll have the normal kick-off.
30:54He's the captain talking shit to me.
30:56That's not fair.
30:56Pardon me?
30:58He's the captain.
30:58He's the captain, yeah?
30:59He's talking shit to me.
31:00Okay.
31:01All right.
31:02I'd imagine it wouldn't be upgraded to a red.
31:03Wait and see,
31:04because there's so much mitigation.
31:05Tommy Freeman's falling.
31:07He's twisting.
31:07He's been hit by someone else.
31:09Yellow seems about right.
31:11Santi Carreras.
31:12I was going to say,
31:13he hit it long.
31:14He hit it very long.
31:15He hit it too long.
31:16And England will take the scrum on halfway.
31:20That's...
31:21Just lost a man.
31:22An important player.
31:23One of your strike men.
31:24It's a big error.
31:26What did you make of him last season?
31:28In Bath colours.
31:29You're the captains.
31:31Underwhelming.
31:31Underwhelming.
31:32A wonderful player.
31:34He didn't play every week.
31:35Bath sort of managed their squad.
31:38Tom de Glanville down at Bath.
31:40Wonderful player.
31:41Not a lot between them, to be honest.
31:42Yeah, I'll tell you what I'm seeing.
31:44On the bind.
31:45Your bind comes down.
31:46You curl into a ball.
31:47And you come across at one o'clock, okay?
31:49Do you think that's a byproduct of him going in?
31:51No.
31:51Okay.
31:54We talked about clean pictures.
31:56It's got to be a clean picture.
31:58So my elbow can't be down.
31:59It has to be up.
32:00If it hits the ground...
32:01I want to see it level.
32:02Yep.
32:02So it has to be level.
32:03And I want to see you square with no step.
32:05The referee's just told Ellis Genge, get your elbow up.
32:08I want it up outside.
32:09Not looking like you're going towards the floor.
32:11So if I'm playing tight head for Argentina now, I'm getting my arm on the outside of Ellis
32:15Genge's and trying to rip it down towards the floor.
32:17To show the ref exactly what he doesn't want to see.
32:20Ellis Genge is trying to stay long and strong now.
32:22See, that tight head's doing it.
32:23It's trying to pull that arm down.
32:25Genge rips his elbow up.
32:26That's the result.
32:28Play away.
32:28Van Portflay doing well to pick that up and find Slade and Marcus Smith.
32:32A little bit of a stumble in the past, but still manages to connect with Feuoboso.
32:37Argentina have populated that well and England, as a result, need Smith M to go in.
32:44Smith F and now Hayes.
32:48Van Portflay, Smith Atkinson getting on the ball a lot and finding England runners.
32:56Van Portflay, Freeman, his favourite little chip over the top and then gathered by Smith.
33:03Smith and he's lost it.
33:06If he could have turned cleanly.
33:08Yeah, I've got that knocked on over the goal line.
33:10That would have been a third England try.
33:12Yeah, it'll be a goal line dropout.
33:17Knock on over the line.
33:18That looked like a little horror moment for Finn Smith.
33:21It was nearly wonderful, wasn't it?
33:24Try line beckoning.
33:26Lovely attack from England.
33:28Nice little kick down the flank from Tommy Freeman.
33:33It just looks like England's first instinct is to move the ball, is to pass the ball, not carry, not
33:38hit traffic if they don't have to.
33:39Really hard to play against.
33:41Means they can play to width much more effectively.
33:43England looking far superior at this stage.
33:47The statistics tell us that they haven't carried the ball an awful lot in this Rugby Nations Championship.
33:52Haven't offloaded much either, but they're doing a little bit more offloading today.
33:55They're taking Argentina defenders on and Henry Slade piercing and Marcus Smith chasing, but that ball will.
34:04Well, it was one of those where Santi Carreras was in the casino about three in the morning and he
34:10wasn't entirely sure what he was up to, but in the end the ball did the job he wanted it
34:14to.
34:14It was just a little bit too much lead on that from Marcus Smith, wasn't there?
34:19Here's Finn Smith.
34:21Oh, he's losing control already, isn't he?
34:23Play on.
34:24Can't really blame him for that.
34:26Albonos does a really good job there of interfering.
34:29Santa Carreras chases the kick and Henry Slade will turn around and see him and know how little time he
34:34has to make that clearing kick.
34:35Good.
34:37Picked up by Albonos.
34:39He's held on too determinedly by Slade.
34:42Followed his own kick.
34:44Vivas, Genge up quickly, but working well with Oviedo to create this opportunity for Argentina midfield.
34:52Just seems to be a tactic of England's, that Genge coming out to in, looking for the big hit.
34:57The other lads covering that hole that he leaves because perhaps he thinks that Argentina are trying to play out
35:01the back, but they're a little bit slow at it.
35:07You stopped.
35:09Number two.
35:11The penalty going against Jamie George as Bautista del Gui tried to win the ball.
35:21Spotted by Angus Gardner.
35:26The offense is stopping, which doesn't sound like it's necessarily illegal, but it is.
35:31You've got to make your effort to get out of the way.
35:34Julian, I'd like to keep things moving.
35:36What would you like to do?
35:37Where's the advantage?
35:38Just here.
35:40You take a shot for goal?
35:42Okay.
35:42Shot for goal.
35:43Well, that's instructive.
35:46Not this time.
35:47The kick towards the corner.
35:49The other main yellow card due to the sudden change in height by the ball carrier.
35:52Jamie, we'll just take a quick time off there, so we'll restart the shot clock.
35:55Yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:56But the yellow...
35:57Yeah.
35:57I know about that one.
35:59But the yellow card is going to remain a yellow card.
36:01There's mitigation, player falling.
36:04So, Eric Gauza coming to the conclusion that I think we'd all probably agree with.
36:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:11It's restarted.
36:12Yep, back on the mark.
36:13Albonos then just as the referee walked over to Jamie George.
36:16He just nicked a couple of meters on that kick.
36:18But he got spotted.
36:21Ref's got eyes in the back of his head.
36:22I think they're just taking the three.
36:23They want to get on the scoreboard, obviously.
36:25But just use a bit of that yellow card time up.
36:29Thomas Albonos red hot off the tee right now.
36:33He's made his last 19 kicks.
36:3711 out of 11 in this nation's championship.
37:05Another Argentinian footballer with a decent left foot.
37:09And the Pumas on the board.
37:11Argentina 3.
37:13England 12.
37:15As we head towards the final 10 minutes of this first half.
37:18Yeah, thanks, Margaret.
37:18Out of your way.
37:21No.
37:21No.
37:22You're both in.
37:33Determined chase from Henry Slade.
37:35Take him back in for me.
37:37Argentina have it.
37:39Here's Mateus Alomano headed from Gloucester to top 14's newly promoted van.
37:46Use it, please.
37:46Over the last month or so.
37:51Clipped away by Gonzalo Garcia.
37:54Faye Roboso running backwards.
37:55Beaten to it by Delgy.
37:58No.
37:59That's an example of using the winger to take that ball on the retreat.
38:02That hasn't worked for England.
38:04Didn't work well in Joburg two weeks ago.
38:07Hasn't worked brilliantly here today.
38:11Backwards.
38:12Through the hands.
38:13Over the head of Kremer.
38:15England wrestling for the ball on halfway.
38:17And they've got it back.
38:17And Atkinson.
38:18Sensing there might be space away to the right-hand side.
38:21Jack Van Portfleet pointing the way for Smith.
38:24Freeman.
38:25He's got support.
38:25Again, the kick from Tommy Freeman.
38:28Where's this bounce going?
38:29Kicked on again.
38:30This might work for Jack Van Portfleet.
38:32But in the end, it was sound, sound defence.
38:36As England again have them scurrying.
38:38But Alboros doing the job.
38:42It's so good.
38:43It's just so competent from Finn Smith.
38:45He knows the pass he wants to make.
38:48It's a wide pass over the top to Tommy Freeman.
38:50But the ball's being cut out.
38:51That's Manny Feuoboso getting nowhere near Delgy in the air.
38:57Never quite made it off the ground, did he?
38:59Feuoboso really needed a 15.
39:00Marcus Smith to come on to that.
39:01But just a little kick pass to Freeman.
39:04So good from Finn Smith.
39:06And because Alboros took it over the try line,
39:10England will have this attacking scrum.
39:13The old five metre scrum.
39:15You don't get enough of them.
39:17Shoulders out.
39:18I don't want any head battle.
39:20Heads to the left.
39:22This is it.
39:23So what England want here,
39:25minimum is a great platform for Van Portfleet or Ben El
39:28to do what they want with it.
39:30But what they really want, I'll imagine,
39:32is a double shunt and try and get them over
39:34like South Africa did to Wales so brutally earlier today.
39:38That's what England really want, the heavyweights.
39:40That's what they're after.
39:41Bind.
39:45Set.
39:47So many options here for England.
39:49Tommy Freeman offering the threat away to the right
39:51with his arm in the air now.
39:53But England going straight through the middle
39:54and picked up by Earl and England take the most direct route.
39:59And they are hearing all they wanted to hear in these parts.
40:06Argentinian frustration.
40:08And it boils over again, the reaction to another England try,
40:13a third England try.
40:15Massive scrummaging from England.
40:17We said that's what they wanted, they got it.
40:19Hey, hey, Santi, Santi, Santi, Santi, Santi, Santi.
40:23Come on, go, go.
40:24Then Ellis Genge gives it.
40:25Boys, boys.
40:26It's kind of the big ears celebration that we saw
40:28in the football match the other night
40:29when Argentina scored.
40:31Can you give us a chance to deal with it?
40:32Yeah, sorry.
40:34Whatever it meant then, Ellis Genge just repeated it.
40:42Conversation between Angus Gardner and Paul Williams,
40:45the other assistant.
40:54What a 33 minutes this has been for England.
40:57Try converted by Smith,
40:58but the forwards and the grunt that went into that.
41:01And Carl Sinclair back in the studio will be loving that.
41:05Ellis, Ellis, Ellis.
41:05That one there.
41:06That's the picture.
41:07From the first scrum,
41:09haven't felt confident that Repetti on the Argentinian tight head,
41:12good a prospect as he may be,
41:14could really cope with Ellis Genge
41:15if everything stayed up and square.
41:18The proof's in the pudding.
41:19That was the pudding.
41:20Yeah, it's spicy, eh?
41:22Yeah.
41:22After the trial, let's get in there.
41:24Agreed.
41:28Ah, Santi Carreras and Coe with work to do.
41:32Wearing their 1986 replica Diego Maradona football shirts.
41:40But England right now winning 3-1.
41:48Gabor's still live.
41:50Play if you want.
41:56There's half a minute to go
41:58on Matteo Carreras' yellow.
42:06Four, hold the gap, White.
42:08Hold the gap.
42:10Once again, a shortened Puma's line-out.
42:13Six, open up!
42:15With Marcus Kremer standing full of menace in midfield.
42:20Instead, it's the kick.
42:23Looking for Delghi.
42:25Too close to Feu will go.
42:27Why are you taking a forward out of the line-out
42:29if you're not going to use him on the crash ball?
42:31Well, get the attention of defenders.
42:35Bit of a dummy play.
42:37Maybe things didn't go quite according to plan.
42:39Second time they've done it.
42:40No, not out.
42:42Go, Wins, go, Gens.
42:44Go!
42:47There's another forward, Oviedo.
42:50There are the match against Wales.
42:51Couple of tries, 20 carries for the best part of 100 metres.
42:54Try against Scotland, but he's been quiet here so far,
42:57at least after the first five minutes or so.
43:00England have kept a very close eye on him.
43:03And he'll stay quiet if there's as little shape as this
43:05and there's nothing for him to run on to.
43:08There he goes.
43:09Half a metre, a bit more momentum.
43:11Not on his heels getting the ball.
43:12Makes five metres.
43:13You've got to use him properly.
43:15Maiko Vivas.
43:17Cross the fans will have cherry and white memories of him.
43:22Kremer.
43:25The try scorers against Wales in San Juan.
43:32The Argentine are looking for their first try
43:34up here in Santiago del Estero,
43:37in the far north.
43:39Very, very narrow, Argentina.
43:41Del Guiz on this side on the touchline.
43:43Everyone else within 16 metres.
43:45This is as easy as England will find defence
43:49at test level this season,
43:51unless Argentina pulls something out the bag
43:53or use a magician to do something.
43:56Alamano.
43:58Almost up to the 10 metre line.
44:00They're not making a great deal of distance at the moment.
44:03And that drop goal.
44:04Oh, look, that's short.
44:06Wasn't in the end far away.
44:07It looked a little bit scruffy in truth
44:08when it first came off the boot of Thomas Albornoz.
44:12Just send him on quickly.
44:13We want to play on here, please.
44:14However, it's a real sign of where Argentina are mentally
44:18at the moment.
44:19Let's go, guys.
44:19We want to play on here.
44:20From that distance, from that position.
44:24They're forced into it.
44:25There might be a man down,
44:26but there's no shape there at all.
44:28Let's chuck it to someone,
44:29see if they can do anything,
44:30and repeat.
44:31Let's go.
44:31Times seven or eight.
44:34It's not enough at this level.
44:35And the players are better than that.
44:37There just doesn't seem to be any established shape
44:39of slow ball.
44:41This Gardner desperate to get on with things.
44:44Joe Hayes, who was pointing out
44:45that Thomas Ruppetti was down injured,
44:47and you heard what Gardner had to say.
44:49He doesn't care.
44:50Let's get on with it.
44:51Henry Gathers.
44:51Good to see.
44:53Trying to keep this game being played
44:55at as quick a pace as it can be.
45:01Garcia.
45:02Good work, seven, to pull out there, mate.
45:03Well, also, you see a tight head prop on the floor,
45:06injured.
45:07There's a 93% chance he's just having a breather anyway.
45:10Play on, play at no seven!
45:12Step outside from Delghi.
45:15He's still Picardo.
45:18It's more loose.
45:19This Gardner gets out of the way
45:20of the traffic quickly.
45:21And wisely.
45:26You can hear around us
45:28as we sit in the main stand
45:30here in the Estadio Madre de Ciudades.
45:34The frustration, the slap of the fists
45:37on the seats around us.
45:40Let's go, please.
45:41He's just gone down at the back.
45:42England are doing a brilliant job
45:43of turning this into a thoroughly
45:45frustrating afternoon so far for Argentina.
45:48Benner ultimately gets over the top
45:50of the breakdown and does the job
45:51as we've seen him do so often.
45:53But it was Guy Pepe then
45:55really getting after them,
45:56ripping through traffic,
45:57trying to find a jersey.
45:59like a heat seeker onto that ball.
46:02Argentina just getting no time to breathe.
46:04Yeah, okay, he is looking.
46:06Yeah, okay.
46:08It's one of those, it's a bit like Fiji last week, Nick,
46:11where you say, well, Argentina are off it.
46:13And they do look off it.
46:13They don't look great at the moment.
46:15Hopefully things improve.
46:17But actually, from their point of view,
46:18but actually how much of that is that they are not quite on it
46:21and how much of it is about the pressure England are putting on them,
46:23not letting them breathe,
46:25not letting them think,
46:26making them look bad.
46:27The TMO listened to you and he said that the tackler was bent
46:31and so no foul play because the tackler was bent.
46:35No, but your number 11 was hitting up.
46:37All that's left of this match is all that's left of the first instalment
46:40of this new Rugby Nations Championship,
46:42but we'll be back for the second leg in November
46:44and it'll be the North's turn to host the South.
46:47We'll work out who plays on finals weekend at the end of November,
46:50every game again with us, ITV1 and STV.
46:55Dan and Rodge are with us again tomorrow.
46:57This is Digger and O'Gara leading our debrief
47:00as we reflect on this third weekend, ITV4 and ITVX from 6.
47:05Receiver, receiver.
47:05We can only imagine what this place will be like tomorrow evening.
47:08We'll be experiencing it.
47:10You two can as well.
47:11World Cup final in the air.
47:14Argentina and Spain, ITV1 and STV.
47:15Who's thrown across at the line out?
47:20Meantime, England with the advantage from that line out.
47:24It might not last long.
47:27And they still have it and Van Portfleet.
47:33Yeah, ball's out.
47:34Easy, easy, easy.
47:36No advantage.
47:41Argentina throwing the jumper across the line out,
47:45which is illegal.
47:46Guido Petty.
47:48It was super sharp with the advantage from Jack Van Portfleet,
47:51wasn't it?
47:52Those little breaks.
47:55They're so important as the game wears on,
47:57just because those defenders,
47:59generally the heavier guys in the front five,
48:01arriving at those breaks down.
48:02That will be lodging their memory now.
48:04They can't let him go.
48:05That might cause them to stick for an extra millisecond next time around.
48:09And there's Guido Petty coming right the way across.
48:11Yes, he disrupts Alex Coles in the air,
48:13but that's because he's been launched diagonally.
48:15Well, he jumps diagonally, actually.
48:16That's not his lifters.
48:18That's him.
48:18Good call.
48:19Push back the 10.
48:20Back 10 meters.
48:25In the 40th minute.
48:27And England, seeking a fourth and bonus point, securing a try.
48:33George has it.
48:34Get ready to use it.
48:35Manny Feo Waboso.
48:36OK, use it now.
48:37Just starting to pedal gently to join that back line.
48:41Atkinson.
48:42Slade.
48:44Just punches through by Amitra.
48:47Easy, easy up, easy.
48:48Easy, easy, easy.
48:50Yes, I got, yeah, yeah, it's all right.
48:51And that should do.
48:52We keep an eye on all these Cummings together,
48:54because they've been a little bit tasty over the course of the first 40 minutes,
48:58and words swapped again.
49:00We'll hear what Kyle Sinclair and Danny Kerr thought of that first 40 with Jill very shortly.
49:06And, well, nothing much will make up for Atlanta and the football half-time here in Santiago.
49:13That's what I want to see.
49:14And the English team are winning.
49:15That's what I want to see.
49:16Argentina, three.
49:17England, impressively, 19.
49:23Swapped again.
49:24We'll hear what Kyle Sinclair and Danny Kerr thought of that first 40 with Jill very shortly.
49:31And, well, nothing much will make up for Atlanta and the football half-time here in Santiago.
49:37That's what I want to see.
49:38An English team are winning.
49:40Argentina, three.
49:41England impressively 19. Welcome back to the Estadio Madre de Ciudades, mother of
49:49City Stadium, reflecting the the history of where we are Santiago del
49:53Estero the the mother city the first city the oldest in Argentina founded by
49:59the Spanish in 1553. It's a new stadium 15 minutes out of town on the on the
50:05banks of the the Rio Dolce the sweet river both fishing up to their waist as
50:12we came in a little earlier it's only the third test that it has hosted
50:17Argentina have won the previous two against Scotland and then South Africa
50:21a couple of years later but right now it is England in control those first half
50:27tries Tommy Freeman and then a couple for Ben Oh might have been more but they will
50:32happily settle for what they have as we ease our way into this second half David
50:36don't flop on the ruck I think Danny and big sink in the studio bang on it's a more
50:41of the same for England that doesn't mean just carry on in the same gear it means
50:44whip the ball away continue that momentum continue that pressure it's working
50:52they were both so knock on those who stood out for England that not so good
50:56it's advantage being lost forwards okay for
51:06Vandy Jova it's a lovely work from the fly half Tomas Alboros and
51:15Smith putting his body in the way but Carreras as Argentina begin with a face here
51:19Picardo seem very little of him in an attacking sense just though Picardo but
51:25making ground here good advantage for offside Crema you can hear Argentina
51:30playing with free ball here Montosha the man who started all of this Alboros and
51:36now Carreras and out to the right hand side and Delghi brought down just short
51:44we saw the defensive work of England out wide I'm going back of Manny Faye Wavoso and
51:49Marco no advantage that's more like it from Argentina
51:54Alboros made the run and the big busses full bump off of Marcus Smith who's really got to do
52:01better there he's got to make that shot as the last-ditch defender but it was
52:06Santi Carreras he got that ball where in the first half they would have just let it into touch he
52:11said
52:11let's move it let's not all flop to the breakdown let's move it let's back
52:14ourselves but Alboros wow lovely bit of individual skill
52:19people get Alboros able to put his stamp on the game much more against Wales he
52:24was a little bit quiet subdued against Scotland but here's what he's about
52:28two three four five six six England stay open spot sorry five five man line out
52:40that's good and over the five once again that line out routine looks very sharp it
52:46looks good enough and you can just leave a man out because you think you've got
52:49more chance of winning short line outs than full line out because of England's
52:53line out D doesn't really alter the game plan well this is gonna take some
52:57stopping Argentina supplementing that with backs and one of them Gonzalo Garcia
53:04takes it on and then the drive for the line and the score
53:09and finally
53:17he doesn't normally score tries like that Mateo Carreras
53:23usually long distance high speed but short distance
53:28low speed will do and Argentina with their first try and actually Garcia did
53:34really really well to rescue this because England did a decent job but they just
53:39weren't quite sharp enough Finn Smith is a very good defender a very aggressive
53:43tough defender calling to get a view but he's not quite on his toes he's not used
53:47to defending as the first defender when opposition and pick and going and
53:51Mateo Carreras isn't the standard big lump nice work right on the touch call it
53:55picks it up and steams into he's low to the ground already because he's so short and
53:59he's explosive
54:02really good from Argentina that good try
54:10and he's now 21 from 21 this feels a little bit different doesn't it you can hear it sounds
54:17different do you think it's Finn Smith number 10 what he wants is someone big and heavy to get
54:23down the corner and help him but because Carreras gets the ball off the ground so
54:26quickly no one's got time
54:28so sorry just just so I'm clear just for everyone it's it's a mouth guard
54:33okay okay thank you very much just checking okay we've got an HIA on number 10
54:38uh mouth guard mouth guard alert HIA 10
54:42Finn Smith on his way to have a head injury assessment
54:46those electronic mouth guards that we've become so familiar with
54:50picking up a bump above the ordinary
54:54contest
54:58Argentina have made a
55:00okay don't go on it and start to this and use it please
55:03second half
55:10backwards
55:14falling for me no foul play there
55:16let's see who comes on it's um actually Benard Janser von Rendsburg
55:23he's gone into midfield so we assume Henry Slade is now at 10 and here he is
55:34taken by Carreras santi Carreras
55:41in the opening five and a half minutes of the second half than he did in the first half's entirety
55:50okay don't flop use it please
55:56Gonzalo Garcia moving from Zebre de Poe over the summit backwards
56:01knock on again it was another good chase from Bautista Delghi is having a
56:04good time with things in the air well it's a great kick and that tactic of having the winner
56:08winger retreat and take the ball again hasn't worked if the kick's good enough it's very hard to pull off
56:18advantage over from the knock Garcia Picardo
56:21get through by Albornoz that's going to have a little bit too much weight on it and
56:27so much so that Marcus Smith can watch it dribble over the line
56:30that feels like a waste that doesn't it
56:35scrum option
56:36by the way we enjoyed the half-time spectacle
56:39100 or so traditional Argentinian dancers on the pitch all
56:43swirly colorful substitutions which chaps in smart hats
56:48we think it was Zamba I turned to our South American dancing correspondent David Flattman who
56:53wasn't much help to be absolutely honest but we think it was Zamba and it was great to watch
56:57yeah thank you I had Cossack didn't I you did which was not far away we think it was more
57:02salter than Stalingrad definitely not the tango we agreed anyway it was fun
57:13Boris Wenger is on for Michael Vivas
57:18Harlequin replacing
57:22former Gloucester man
57:25okay time on
57:27Pedro de Galdo is on and that's the reason for the applause
57:31he's a boy of Santiago from this city in the north
57:36expect his head to be full of emotions right now
57:41and I can see Efrain Elias down there as well the
57:45to lose lock at the start of what feels like might be a very exciting international career for him
57:50he's only 22 but he's big and he's making big impressions and we're going to get the chance to
57:54see what he's about over the remaining 35 minutes
57:58for the time being it remains Joaquin Oviedo at eight for the Pumas
58:03don't flop leave it you two can use it please leave it leave it Pablo
58:14there it worked
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