Argentina v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Attendance: 30,000

Argentina v Scotland Match Reports

Scotland were 15 points ahead with half an hour left following try doubles from Duhan van der Merwe and Ewan Ashman but the hosts fought back to seal a 34-31 victory in front of 30,000 fans in Santiago del Estero. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Argentina v Scotland - Match Highlights

Argentina v Scotland - Match Stats

Argentina (13) 34
Try: Carreras (20'), Chaparro (51'), Bertranou (67'), Boffelli (81')
Conversion: Boffelli (21', 53', 68', 82')
Penalty: Boffelli (11', 35')

Scotland (14) 31
Try: van der Merwe (13', 48'), Ashman (25', 43')
Conversion: Kinghorn (14', 27', 45', 49')
Penalty: Kinghorn (65')


Argentina v Scotland - Team Line-ups

Argentina Team

Forwards

  • 1 Thomas Gallo
  • 2 Agustín Creevy
  • 3 Joel Sclavi
  • 4 Guido Petti
  • 5 Tomás Lavanini
  • 6 Pablo Matera (Captain)
  • 7 Santiago Grondona
  • 8 Facundo Isa

Backs

  • 9 Lautaro Bazán Vélez
  • 10 Santiago Carreras
  • 11 Emiliano Boffelli
  • 12 Matías Moroni
  • 13 Matías Orlando
  • 14 Bautista Delguy
  • 15 Juan Cruz Mallía

Replacements

  • 16 Ignacio Ruiz
  • 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
  • 18 Francisco Gómez Kodela
  • 19 Marcos Kremer
  • 20 Juan Martín González
  • 21 Gonzalo Bertranou
  • 22 Tomás Albornoz
  • 23 Lucio Cinti

Scotland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Rory Sutherland
  • 2 Ewan Ashman
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Scott Cummings
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 Rory Darge
  • 7 Hamish Watson (Captain)
  • 8 Matt Fagerson

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Blair Kinghorn
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sione Tuipulotu
  • 13 Mark Bennett
  • 14 Rufus McLean
  • 15 Ollie Smith

Replacements

  • 16 Dave Cherry
  • 17 Pierre Schoeman
  • 18 Javan Sebastian
  • 19 Glen Young
  • 20 Andy Christie
  • 21 George Horne
  • 22 Ross Thompson
  • 23 Sam Johnson