One week after Los Pumas’ historic win over the All Blacks in New Zealand, the Argentine rugby team suffered a resounding 53-3 defeat in the Rugby Championship.
The game was played in the rain constant that fell on the FMG Stadium Waikato in the city of Hamilton, causing the Argentine team lost many balls and that the local exploit their full potential.
Although the Argentines looked a little better in the second half than in the first half, it was not enough to face the New Zealanders. “They dominated the middle. Last week we were not the best in the world and now we are not the worst. We have to learn from the mistakes we made and draw conclusions for the last two games.”said the Argentine captain, Julian Montoya. “We improved a lot at the line compared to the other game, but we were bad at the ruck and that made the difference,” he added.
For his part, second row Tomás Lavanini expressed: “It’s difficult after the game we played for this to happen to us. We lacked character on defense. We improved the scrum and the maul, but we wanted to show the character we had last week and we couldn’t. That’s how we end. They gave us 53 points.”
With this victory, the All Blacks were able to climb to the top of the Rugby Championship standings. The Pumas will host the South African Springbooks on Saturday, September 17 at the Vélez stadiumMeanwhile he 24 will meet again at Kings Parklocated in the city of Durban.
