Wales v 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:

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