England v Argentina

Date:

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (FFR)

Attendance: 81,586

England v Argentina Match Reports

England beat Argentina 27-14 at Twickenham, despite playing 75 minutes with only 14 men after Elliot Daly was sent off for making a dangerous tackle. Following the winger's sending-off, England built a 16-0 lead through three penalty kicks from Owen Farrell plus a converted penalty try. Argentina finally made their extra numbers count when they scored two tries either side of half-time to bring them within two points of England. However, two further penalty kicks from Owen Farrell plus a Jonny May try saw England pull away from Argentina and record their 12th victory under Eddie Jones. A selection of match reports is listed below:

England v Argentina - Match Highlights

England v Argentina - Match Stats

England: (16) 27
Try: Penalty Try (29'), May (68')
Conversion: Farrell (30')
Penalty: Farrell (5', 13', 24', 52', 64')

Argentina: (7) 14
Try: Isa (40'+8), Cordero (41')
Conversion: Hernández (40'+9, 42')

Man of the Match: Chris Robshaw (England)


England v Argentina - Team Line-ups

England Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Mako Vunipola
  • 2 Dylan Hartley (CAPTAIN)
  • 3 Dan Cole
  • 4 Courtney Lawes
  • 5 George Kruis
  • 6 Chris Robshaw
  • 7 Tom Wood
  • 8 Billy Vunipola

Backs

  • 9 Ben Youngs
  • 10 George Ford
  • 11 Elliot Daly
  • 12 Owen Farrell
  • 13 Jonathan Joseph
  • 14 Jonny May
  • 15 Mike Brown

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Joe Marler
  • 18 Kyle Sinckler
  • 19 Charlie Ewels
  • 20 Teimana Harrison
  • 21 Danny Care
  • 22 Ben Te'o
  • 23 Henry Slade

Argentina Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Lucas Noguera
  • 2 Agustin Creevy (CAPTAIN)
  • 3 Ramiro Herrera
  • 4 Guido Petti
  • 5 Matías Alemanno
  • 6 Pablo Matera
  • 7 Javier Ortega Desio
  • 8 Leonardo Senatore

Backs

  • 9 Tomás Cubelli
  • 10 Juan Martín Hernández
  • 11 Juan Pablo Estelles
  • 12 Santiago González Iglesias
  • 13 Matías Moroni
  • 14 Matías Orlando
  • 15 Santiago Cordero

Replacements

  • 16 Julián Montoya
  • 17 Santiago García Botta
  • 18 Enrique Pieretto
  • 19 Facundo Isa
  • 20 Tomas Lezana
  • 21 Martin Landajo
  • 22 Jerónimo De la Fuente
  • 23 Gabriel Ascarate