Wales v Argentina

RWC Quarter-Final

Date:

Venue: Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) replaced by Karl Dickson (England)

Attendance: 62,576

Wales v Argentina Match Reports

Wales crashed out of the Rugby World Cup after Emiliano Boffelli inspired an Argentina fightback that saw them win a thrilling spectacle 29-17 at Stade Velodrome. Wales led 10-0 through a Dan Biggar try, conversion and penalty, only for Boffelli to wipe out that deficit with four penalties during a damaging spell either side of half-time. Scrum-half Tomos Williams’ try, again converted by Biggar, put Wales back in front, but Pumas prop Joel Sclavi touched down and replacement fly-half Nicolas Sanchez claimed an interception try during the closing seconds. Boffelli converted both and then Sanchez booted a last-minute penalty. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Argentina - Match Highlights

Wales v Argentina - Match Stats

Wales (10) 17
Try: Biggar (14'), T Williams (57')
Conversion: Biggar (16', 57')
Penalty: Biggar (21')

Argentina (6) 29
Try: Sclavi (68'), Sanchez (77')
Conversion: Boffelli (69', 78')
Penalty: Boffelli (39', 40'+4, 45', 48'), Sanchez (80'+1)

Man of the match: Emiliano Boffelli (Argentina)


Wales v Argentina - Team Line-ups

Wales Team

Forwards

  • 1 Gareth Thomas
  • 2 Ryan Elias
  • 3 Tomas Francis
  • 4 Will Rowlands
  • 5 Adam Beard
  • 6 Jac Morgan (Captain)
  • 7 Tommy Reffell
  • 8 Aaron Wainwright

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Dan Biggar
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Nick Tompkins
  • 13 George North
  • 14 Louis Rees Zammit
  • 15 Liam Williams

Replacements

  • 16 Dewi Lake
  • 17 Corey Domachowski
  • 18 Dillon Lewis
  • 19 Dafydd Jenkins
  • 20 Christ Tshiunza
  • 21 Tomos Williams
  • 22 Sam Costelow
  • 23 Rio Dyer

Argentina Team

Forwards

  • 1 Thomas Gallo
  • 2 Julian Montoya (Captain)
  • 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela
  • 4 Guido Petti Pagadizabal
  • 5 Tomas Lavanini
  • 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez
  • 7 Marcos Kremer
  • 8 Facundo Isa

Backs

  • 9 Tomas Cubelli
  • 10 Santiago Carreras
  • 11 Mateo Carreras
  • 12 Santiago Chocobares
  • 13 Lucio Cinti
  • 14 Emiliano Boffelli
  • 15 Juan Cruz Mallia

Replacements

  • 16 Agustín Creevy
  • 17 Joel Sclavi
  • 18 Eduardo Bello
  • 19 Matias Alemanno
  • 20 Rodrigo Bruni
  • 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez
  • 22 Nicolas Sanchez
  • 23 Matías Moroni