The match was played at the Waikato Stadium in the New Zealand city of Hamilton and the partial of the first half was 24 to 3 in favor of the oceanic.
In a match clearly favorable to the All Blacks, as indicated by the final score with a difference of 50 points, Los Pumas could do little and nothing in a marked monologue of the three-time world champions and a setback after the Argentine “hit” last Saturday with the historic victory by 25 to 18.
After the fourth date, in which Australia lost at home in Sydney, against the world champions, South Africa, 24-8, the All Blacks remained as leaders.
The All Blacks lead the Rugby Championship with 10 points, followed by Argentina, Australia and South Africa, all three with 9.
In this way, Los Pumas, who will play the series of two matches against South Africa, keep their chances of becoming champions of the prestigious competition intact for the first time.
The All Blacks took revenge and were relentless throughout the 80 minutes of the match and dominated in all facets of the game, scoring seven tries through Ethan de Groot, Caleb Clarke, Rieko Ioane, Jordie Barrett, Ardie Savea, Brodie Retallick and Beauden Barrett.
For his part, Richie Mo’unga added two penalties and four conversions, while his fullback, Jordie Barrett, also scored two conversions.
Argentina only scored through a penalty converted by their kicker Emiliano Boffelli in the first half.
New Zealand recovered its image as one of the strongest teams in world rugby in its best performance of the season, which with its victory against Los Pumas reached its third victory, the previous two against Ireland and South Africa.
Another relevant issue was that an eventual fall of the All Blacks would have marked the end of coach Ian Foster’s cycle, questioned by the defeat against Los Pumas last Saturday.
From the start of the match, played under heavy rain, the local team subdued Los Pumas in all facets of the game, achieving a clear dominance in handling the ball, taking advantage of the Argentines’ mistakes to reach a 24-3 run. .
In the complementary part, Los Pumas showed an improvement in ball control and had two try possibilities that were not consummated due to their own errors.
The Pumas wasted two balls rescued by the eighth Pablo Matera and Marcos Kremer, in order to break the local ingoal, the clearest wasted by Thomas Gallo.
The Argentine team also suffered a warning from Tomás Lavanini, which gave the All Blacks a greater advantage. With a solid offensive game plan, they overwhelmed the Argentine defense, which suffered four more conquests.
The oceanic team was merciless against Los Pumas in an overwhelming game scheme that left no room for any surprises as in the previous game.
The Pumas, in addition to being surpassed in all aspects, showed moments of lack of concentration and without the possibility of bringing danger to the New Zealand ingoal as they did not have clean balls and consequently they only managed to stop the rival’s attacks.
In the final balance, Los Pumas the previous week achieved a historic victory in Christchurch and on this day they lost by 50 against a rival that showed its best version.
The most remarkable thing in the defeat was the eighth Pablo Matera and the wing Santiago Cordero, the others performed below their possibilities.
In this way, the “albiceleste” team adds its third defeat since the arrival of the Australian coach Cheika, they lost a month ago against Scotland (6-29) and in the Rugby Championship with Australia (26-41) and with New Zealand ( 3-53).
In the last two dates of the tournament, Los Pumas will face South Africa twice: on September 17 at the Vélez Sarsfield stadium and a week later in the city of Durban.
Source: Ambito
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