The Argentine rugby team, The Pumas, suffered this morning a new defeat against New Zealand by 36 to 13 (partial 24-3) in a match corresponding to the Fourth date of the Rugby Championship which was played at Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane).
After going blank in his previous two games with the All Blacks, The Pumas managed to score this time through Emiliano Bofelli, author of all the Argentine points with a try, two penalties and a conversion.
The All Blacks built their victory with tries from Tupou Vaa’i (2), Patrick Tuipulotu, TJ Perenara and Samisoni Taukei’aho, plus four conversions and a penalty from Jordie Barrett.
The Argentines had not been able to score even a point against the New Zealanders for two games, whom they beat last year for the first time in their history: 25-15 in Sydney, on November 14, by the Three Nations.
Two weeks after that Los Pumas milestone, the All Blacks retaliated with a 38-0 win at Newcastle and last Sunday they did so with very similar numbers: 39-0 at the Gold Coast.
Argentina lost the four matches it played in the Rugby Champiosnhip 2021 tournament, since in the first two days it was the victim of world champion South Africa: 31-12 and 29-10 in Porth Elizabeth.
The team of Mario Ledesma occupies the last position of the Rugby Champioship classification Without units, behind New Zealand (20) – six times winners of the tournament – South Africa (10) and Australia (20).
In relation to the previous match, The Pumas showed a progress that was not only registered in the fact of scoring again but also in the discipline and the attempt to play equal to equal to the All Blacks.
This situation was noticed mainly in the second half of the game, when the oceanic players already had an appreciable advantage as a result of the superiority shown in the initial part, in which the Argentine ingoal visited three goals.
In that partial, Los Pumas’ defense was not enough to stop New Zealand’s attacks, which repeated just three headlines in relation to last week’s bulky victory.
The All Blacks reached a percentage of 66% in possession of the ball, a territorial dominance of 63% and a clear difference by reaching eight phases in five opportunities, while Los Pumas only achieved it in two.
The The difference was also expressed in New Zealand’s five tries, 17 tackles and seven penalties against the only support of Boffelli, the 188 tackles and the 11 penalties conceded by Argentina., which this year, unlike previous years, did not manage to stand up against the powers of the southern hemisphere.
To the Ledesma team It remains to play two matches against Australia scheduled on September 25 at 7:05 at the Queensland Country Bank Stadium in South Townsville and on October 2 at 4:05 at the CBUS Super Stadium in Gold Coast.
The All Blacks, who with the victory this Saturday will recover the number 1 position in the World Rugby rankingThey will seek victory next Saturday against South Africa that allows them to secure the Championship title.
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