Wales 20-13 Argentina
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Attendance: 59,662
Wales v Argentina Match Reports
Wales battled to a 20-13 victory over Argentina at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Tries from Taulupe Faletau in the first-half and Tomos Williams in the second-half helped Wales build a 20-6 lead heading into the final quarter. Replacement prop Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro drove over for Argentina's only try in the 69th minute to close the gap on the scoreboard. The Pumas continued to pressure Wales in the final 10 minutes but the home side held out for a much-needed victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Wales get Autumn Nations Series back on track with battling win over Argentina
- Guardian: Faleteu and Williams on target as Wales hold on to defeat Argentina
- Telegraph: Wales produce strong defensive effort to beat Argentina
- Sky Sports: Wayne Pivac's side produced determined performance to beat Los Pumas in Cardiff
- ESPN: Efficient Wales ease to 20-13 victory over Argentina
- WRU: Birthday boy Faletau celebrates with a try and win
Wales v Argentina - Match Highlights
Wales v Argentina - Match Stats
Wales (10) 20
Try: Faletau (32'), Williams (47')
Conversion: Anscombe (33', 49')
Penalty: Anscombe (37'), Priestland (63')
Argentina (6) 13
Try: Chaparro (69')
Conversion: Boffelli (70')
Penalty: Boffelli (8', 14')
Man of the match: Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
Wales v Argentina - Team Line-ups
Wales Team
Forwards
- 1 Gareth Thomas
- 2 Ken Owens
- 3 Dillon Lewis
- 4 Will Rowlands
- 5 Adam Beard
- 6 Dan Lydiate
- 7 Justin Tipuric (Captain)
- 8 Taulupe Faletau
Backs
- 9 Tomos Williams
- 10 Gareth Anscombe
- 11 Rio Dyer
- 12 Nick Tompkins
- 13 George North
- 14 Alex Cuthbert
- 15 Louis Rees-Zammit
Replacements
- 16 Ryan Elias
- 17 Rhodri Jones
- 18 Sam Wainwright
- 19 Ben Carter
- 20 Jac Morgan
- 21 Kieran Hardy
- 22 Rhys Priestland
- 23 Owen Watkin
Argentina Team
Forwards
- 1 Thomas Gallo
- 2 Julian Montoya (Captain)
- 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela
- 4 Matias Alemanno
- 5 Tomas Lavanini
- 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez
- 7 Marcos Kremer
- 8 Pablo Matera
Backs
- 9 Gonzalo Bertranou
- 10 Santiago Carreras
- 11 Emiliano Boffelli
- 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente
- 13 Matias Moroni
- 14 Mateo Carreras
- 15 Juan Cruz Mallia
Replacements
- 16 Ignacio Ruiz
- 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
- 18 Eduardo Bello
- 19 Lucas Paulos
- 20 Facunda Isa
- 21 Eliseo Morales
- 22 Tomas Albornoz
- 23 Matias Orlando