Wales 28-52 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 BenÃtez 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:
- Autumn Internationals: Wales fall to heavy Argentina defeat in Steve Tandy's first match as head coach
- BBC: Argentina overpower Tandy's Wales with record win
- Daily Mail: Captain Jac Morgan suffers worrying injury as Steve Tandy's debut ends in big defeat
- Sky Sports: Steve Tandy's first Test in charge sees hosts suffer big Autumn Nations Series defeat
- Wales Online: Wales turn out very different performance but one thing tells its own painful story
- WRU: Ruthless Pumas repel spirited Wales at Principality Stadium
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

