Los Pumas They defeated authority to Uruguay by 52-17 at the Padre Martarena stadium in Saltaat the close of the July international window for the ARGENTINE SELECTION of rugby.
In a match that began with some doubts, the national team ended up showing all its hierarchy and closed a victory with bulky figures that It serves to reinforce the renewal process faced by Felipe Contepomi.
In the first half, the Argentine National Team was superior in the game, but showed a worrying lack of efficiency in the final meters. Three clear opportunities of Try vanished by handling errors or technical infractions.
Even so, those led by Contepomi went to the rest with a 12-7 advantage, thanks to a try-penal at the beginning of the match and a conquest of Matías Moroni about the end of the stage.
The reaction came in the second half, With a more direct game and taking advantage of the spaces, the Pumas managed to convert several tries in a row and disarmed the Uruguayan defense. Santiago Cordero, in his last game with Los Pumas, supported one of the conquests and said goodbye to pure emotion.
There were also celebrations for Captain Julián Montoya, Justo Piccardo and Rodrigo Isgraó, who expanded the difference in the scoreboard.
Despite the expulsion of Pedro Rubiolo at 15 minutes of the second half – after a review of the scheme that transformed a yellow into red by contact with the head – the Argentine team not only resisted one less, but was even more aggressive.
He took advantage of the spaces, showed dynamics in attack and found new protagonists who ask for track on the court. One of them was Nicolás Roger, who had his first ownership and left a great image: he turned several of the tries, enabled intelligence and also supported his own after a great collective play.
In turn, Agustín Moyano also joined the list of debutants with Try, in what was a perfect afternoon for the young people of the squad.
There was also an invalidated conquest for stepping on the Benjamín Elizalde line, which showed that the Argentine domain could have been even greater. The last minutes of the game served to shoot the new ones and for the team to celebrate their first win of the year.
With this result, Argentina closes this snack of duels with a positive balance: a historic victory against the British & Irish Lions in Dublin by 28-24, two competitive losses against England by 35-12 and 22-17 and this solid triumph against Uruguay.
The Pumas challenge will be to keep the rhythm in the Rugby Championship and arrive with a competitive squad to the 2027 World Cup.
Synthesis Match Los Pumas vs Uruguay
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