Wales v Argentina

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Attendance: 50,185

Wales v Argentina Match Reports

Argentina ran in seven tries to claim a record 52-28 win over Wales at the Principality Stadium. Early scores from Pedro Delgado and Geronimo Prisciantelli stunned the hosts, but Wales responded with tries from Tomos Williams and Dewi Lake to level the match. The Pumas finished the first half strongly, with further tries from Simon Benítez Cruz and Mateo Carreras giving them a 31-14 lead at the break. Bautista Delguy crossed early in the second half to extend Argentina's advantage, before Jac Morgan hit back for Wales - though the flanker was forced off with a shoulder injury. Prisciantelli completed his brace just after the hour mark as the visitors pulled further clear. Wales kept battling, with Blair Murray scoring a fourth try, but Santiago Grondona had the final say, squeezing over in the last play to compound the hosts' misery. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Argentina - Match Highlights

Wales v Argentina - Match Stats

Wales (14) 28
Try: Williams (15'), Lake (21'), Morgan (54'), Murray (73')
Conversion: Edwards (16', 22', 54'), Evans (74')

Argentina (31) 52
Try: Delgado (7'), Prisciantelli (10', 62'), Cruz (38'), Carreras (40'), Delguy (44'), Grondona (80')
Conversion: Carreras (8', 11', 39', 40'+1, 44', 63', 80')
Penalty: Carreras (31')

Man of the match: Geronimo Prisciantelli (Argentina)


Wales v Argentina - Team Line-ups

Wales Team

Forwards

  • 1 Rhys Carre
  • 2 Dewi Lake
  • 3 Keiron Assiratti
  • 4 Dafydd Jenkins
  • 5 Adam Beard
  • 6 Alex Mann
  • 7 Jac Morgan (Captain)
  • 8 Aaron Wainwright

Backs

  • 9 Tomos Williams
  • 10 Dan Edwards
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Ben Thomas
  • 13 Max Llewellyn
  • 14 Tom Rogers
  • 15 Blair Murray

Replacements

  • 16 Liam Belcher
  • 17 Nicky Smith
  • 18 Archie Griffin
  • 19 Freddie Thomas
  • 20 Olly Cracknell
  • 21 Kieran Hardy
  • 22 Jarrod Evans
  • 23 Louis Rees-Zammit

Argentina Team

Forwards

  • 1 Mayco Vivas
  • 2 Julian Montoya (Captain)
  • 3 Pedro Delgado
  • 4 Guido Petti
  • 5 Marcos Kremer
  • 6 Pablo Matera
  • 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez
  • 8 Joaquin Oviedo

Backs

  • 9 Simon Benitez Cruz
  • 10 Geronimo Prisciantelli
  • 11 Mateo Carreras
  • 12 Santiago Chocobares
  • 13 Justo Piccardo
  • 14 Bautista Delguy
  • 15 Santiago Carreras

Replacements

  • 16 Ignacio Ruiz
  • 17 Thomas Gallo
  • 18 Tomas Rapetti
  • 19 Matias Alemanno
  • 20 Santiago Grondona
  • 21 Agustin Moyano
  • 22 Juan Cruz Mallia
  • 23 Rodrigo Isgro