Wales v Argentina

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Attendance: 8,200

Wales v Argentina Match Reports

Argentina put in a strong display to beat Wales 33-11 in the second of their two summer Tests. Wales took an early lead after Owen Lane scored a try in the 8th minute. The Pumas replied with a try from Matias Moroni a few minutes later and another from Tomas Cubelli just before the half-hour mark. After the break, Nicolas Sanchez kept the scoreboard ticking over with a series of penalty kicks, before Pablo Matera scored a late try to cap a very convincing victory for the visitors. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Argentina - Match Stats

Wales: (8) 11
Try: Lane (8')
Penalty: Evans (31', 51')

Argentina: (17) 33
Try: Moroni (11'), Cubelli (28'), Matera (79')
Conversion: Sanchez (12', 29', 80')
Penalty: Sanchez (26', 57', 65', 76')

Man of the match: Rodrigo Bruni (Argentina)


Wales v Argentina - Team Line-ups

Wales Team

Forwards

  • 1 Gareth Thomas
  • 2 Elliot Dee
  • 3 Leon Brown
  • 4 Ben Carter
  • 5 Will Rowlands
  • 6 Josh Turnbull
  • 7 James Botham
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Tomos Williams
  • 10 Jarrod Evans
  • 11 Tom Rogers
  • 12 Jonathan Davies (Captain)
  • 13 Nick Tompkins
  • 14 Owen Lane
  • 15 Hallam Amos

Replacements

  • 16 Sam Parry
  • 17 Rhodri Jones
  • 18 Dillon Lewis
  • 19 Matthew Screech
  • 20 Taine Basham
  • 21 Kieran Hardy
  • 22 Callum Sheedy
  • 23 Uilisi Halaholo

Argentina Team

Forwards

  • 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
  • 2 Julian Montoya (Captain)
  • 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela
  • 4 Guido Petti
  • 5 Marcos Kremer
  • 6 Pablo Matera
  • 7 Facundo Isa
  • 8 Rodrigo Bruni

Backs

  • 9 Tomas Cubelli
  • 10 Nicolas Sanchez
  • 11 Matias Moroni
  • 12 Jeronimo De La Fuente
  • 13 Santiago Chocobares
  • 14 Bautista Delguy
  • 15 Santiago Carreras

Replacements

  • 16 Facundo Bosch
  • 17 Facundo Gigena
  • 18 Santiago Medrano
  • 19 Tomas Lavanini
  • 20 Matias Alemanno
  • 21 Felipe Ezcurra
  • 22 Domingo Miotti
  • 23 Juan Imhoff