For a long time, Felipe Contepomi's protégés believed the feat was possible on Irish soil despite conceding three tries in the first period. The Pumas even had the match point after the siren, but the Trefoil defense held on to win a short but precious victory (22-19). One week before facing the French XV at the Stade de France, the Argentines have once again proven that they can be very dangerous.
A week after losing largely to New Zealand on their home turf at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland defeated Argentina 22-19 this Friday evening for their second match of the Autumn Nations Series. With this success, Andu Farrell's men are smiling again while the Pumas fail to break a new mark in this record year 2024. This Friday, November 15 in the evening, the XV of Clover was looking for revenge for its second match of the Autumn Nations Series 2024. On its pitch at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, the Irish wanted to erase the affront of the heavy defeat 13 -23 conceded last week against the New Zealanders, the first after a series of 19 consecutive victories on this ground. However, opposite Ireland was Argentina. Already defeated by France, New Zealand, Australia and double world champions South Africa this year, the Pumas wanted to add a new great Rugby nation to their hunt. Especially since the South Americans have never won in their history in Ireland.
After a long pre-match protocol marked by a magnificent Ireland’s Callit was the locals who ignited the game from the start. If Matias Moroni thought he had scored the first try after a superb counter (3rd), he was caught by the referee patrol led by Mr. Paul Williams. Guilty of a high tackle on Jack Crowley at the start of the action, he actually received a yellow card (3rd) and left his teammates at 14. Following the throw-in following the penalty, Ronan Kelleher did not go far to go for the test, but it was this same Crowley, definitely all the good shots, who crossed the line, throwing his team perfectly (7-0, 5th). In numerical superiority, the Irish continued their momentum and it was Mack Hansen who tried following breakthroughs from Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose (12-0, 6th). We said to ourselves that this meeting was going to be a health trip for the XV of Clover.
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