Argentina v Australia: men’s rugby union international - live

now 19.14 EDT 41 min: We’re back and Argentina have picked up where they left off, attacking with zippy hands and an eagerness to go wide. Seven phases in and they’re up to Australia’s 22. Share

16m ago 18.58 EDT Half-time: Argentina 13-7 Australia Lolesio needed a mate to hold the ball steady for him but it didn’t help. His penalty attempt sails wide and that’ll be half-time. Scrappy, as you’d expect with the conditions, but Australia did show some fight. Both teams a long way off their best. More will be needed to secure a win in the second half. Back in a bit. Share

18m ago 18.56 EDT 38 min: Faessler goes to the front of the line-out and finds his jumper. Down the line they go. Wilson on the angle. Bell cuts against the grain. They’re looking for holes on the fringe of the close exchanges. Short passes. Stiff runs. Argentina’s defence holds. But Matera comes in from the side so it’s a straight-arm penalty. Lolesio tells his skipper he can hit the poles from here. About 37 metres but with a breeze in his face. Share

20m ago 18.54 EDT 37 min: Bell with a penalty on the ground! Excellent from the big unit who might be playing prop but performed the job of a loose forward there. That gives Lolesio the chance to clear upfield where the Wallabies will have another throw. Share

21m ago 18.53 EDT 37 min: Argentina are good value for their lead, but they’re also getting the bounce of the ball at the minute. A high hopeful kick lands and bounces back towards their onrushing players. Then a cross-field kick lands and bounces out inside Australia’s 22, where Faessler will throw under pressure to find a jumper. Share

23m ago 18.50 EDT Penalty! Argentina 13-7 Australia (S Carreras, 34) Six point game. After some confusion around the shot clock, which saw a bunch of Wallabies get rather excited and wave their arms about, Argentina’s fly-half calmly slots a penalty he could have knocked over with his eyes closed. Share

25m ago 18.49 EDT 32 min: A real helter-skelter period inside Australia’s 22 ends with a penalty to Argentina. Credit to the Wallabies defence which has stood firm. But a moment of ill discipline from Stewart – who illegally entered a ruck – means Argentina should stretch their lead by three. Share

29m ago 18.45 EDT 29 min: How deflating. From the restart Australia spill the ball so Argentina have the scrum feed inside the Wallabies’ 22. Share

29m ago 18.44 EDT TRY! Argentina 10-7 Australia (Gordan, 28) Australia find their way through! They kept targeting the fringe of the breakdown and eventually a stiff carry breaks the wall. It’s a slick inside pass from Ikitau that finds Wright against the grain. He’s tackled but has the awareness to off-load for Gordan on the support line. Great try that’s converted by Lolesio. Share

31m ago 18.42 EDT 27 min: Australia are keeping their passes short with runners carrying into traffic. They’re hammering the line and now have a penalty. Eight phases. This is looking good… Share

32m ago 18.42 EDT 25 min: Another penalty for Australia, this time inside Argentina’s half. The Pumas had the line-out but the Wallabies did well to disrupt. Under pressure the Pumas couldn’t organise themselves and there’s an infringement – for off-side I think. Either way, Australia have a platform from the line-out about 15 metres out. Share

35m ago 18.39 EDT 23 min: A big steal from Tizzano saves Australia’s skins! Argentina were starting to fizz the ball through the hands and were once again threatening inside Australia’s 22. But the Western Force flanker got over the ball and nicked a penalty on the deck. Share

37m ago 18.37 EDT 21 min: Lolesio lands a brilliant clearing kick. Australia then get their hands back on the ball and choose to go through the hands past the second receiver. Much better. Oh, but they lose it. Just so frustrating. Argentina back on the attack again with a cross-field kick testing both wingers. Wright emerges with it and Gordan lands a solid box kick out of touch. Share

39m ago 18.35 EDT 19 min: Sharp hands from Argentina has them moving the ball up field from a line-out. They’re just far more incisive with ball in hand than the Wallabies. They get into Australia’s 22 but there’s a knock-on so the chance to set a scrum and clear for the visitors. Share

41m ago 18.32 EDT 17 min: Another soft error. Koroibete, from the restart, takes out an Argentina player in the air so coughs up a needless penalty. The Pumas will have the throw close to half-way after a good touch finder. They secure the ball and then Australia give away another penalty after illegally interfering with the set maul. The Wallabies really need to sharpen up. Share

44m ago 18.30 EDT TRY! Argentina 10-0 Australia (Gonzalez, 16) Argentina are over! And it was so easy. Clean ball at the line-out, they set a solid maul. Australia’s defence crumbles and the No8 at the back simply has to fall over. S Carreras converts and now it’s a 10 point game. Share

45m ago 18.29 EDT 15 min: Australia win the restart and set an attack. Quick hands from Tupou generates some go-forward. Loelsio hoists a high cross-field kick which lands on his team’s side but Argentina have it back shortly after. They clear ahead and an intercept suddenly has Australian defenders back-peddling. In a flash they have their heels on their wn try line and Faessler is rushed into a ruck which he seals off illegally so Argentina have the penalty five metres out. They kick to the corner. Share

48m ago 18.26 EDT Penalty! Argentina 3-0 Australia (S Carreras, 12) The Gloucester man slots the penalty. First points on the board for the home side. Share

49m ago 18.25 EDT 11 min: Australia give away a penalty as Argentina set their attack from the line-out. They’re more direct with ball in hand as they look to spread it wide. But there’s a spill so we’ll come back for the penalty in range. Montoya points to the poles and asks S Carreras to take aim. Share

50m ago 18.23 EDT 9 min: Australia are back on attack. Lolesio dinks a kick over the onrushing defence and they retain possession. Another kick though is fielded by Mallia and a big boot has the ball bobbling near Australia’s try-line. That was a really kind bounce. Australia’s return kick is hooked so Argentina have the line-out feed inside Wallaby territory. Share

53m ago 18.21 EDT 8 min: This move is now 20 phases long but Australia aren’t going anywhere. Still, they have the ball and keep hammering the blue and white wall. 25 phases now. It’s all a bit too one dimensional. Wright throws a dummy but no one is buying. Eventually there’s a speculative kick ahead from Lolesio and it dribbles into the in-goal area and is safely dotted down. 27 phases for nothing to show. Share

54m ago 18.19 EDT 6 min: Wilson secures the line-out and Australia keep the ball. Valetini twice carries into traffic. Seven phases becomes eight but they’re pushed back to the 22. Wilson carries again. Gordan is now well behind the 22. Ikitau tries to wriggle round the edge but again Argentina repel the men in gold. They’ve gone backwards about 20 metres from where the line-out was taken. Share

1h ago 18.17 EDT 4 min: Australia get the scrum penalty. Big shove from Tupou. Out of range for Lolesio so he boots a long touch finder. About 12 metres from the Pumas’ line. Share

1h ago 18.15 EDT 3 min: It’s a poor throw from Montoya. Too short and Australia manage to steal the ball. Gordan then puts up a contestable kick which is knocked on so the Wallabies will have the scrum feed just inside half-way. Share

1h ago 18.15 EDT 2 min: Rubiola is going off the field for an HIA and Lavanini enters the scene. He’ll be a target at this line-out for Montoya. Share

1h ago 18.13 EDT 1 min: Lolesio kicks off and Argentina have the ball. There’s a long raking kick that Wright fields but the return kick is sliced. So Argentina have the throw inside Australian territory. Share

1h ago 18.12 EDT There’s a late change for Argentina. Gonzalo García comes in for Lautaro Bazán Vélez, who picked up a knock in the warm-up Share

1h ago 18.11 EDT Intense passion from the Argentina players. They’re up for this. we’re seconds away from kick-off now. Share

1h ago 18.06 EDT Time for the anthems. The players are shivering! My goodness it looks grim. Share

1h ago 18.02 EDT It is bucketing down! Wet, windy, no doubt slipper underfoot. Might be a stodgy game. Share

1h ago 17.57 EDT Argentina have won their last two meetings with the Wallabies. Last year they edged Australia 34-31 in Sydney and the year before that they hammered Dave Rennie’s team 48-17 across a seven try demolition job in San Juan. “Not good enough,” was Rennie’s entry into the understatement of the year award. Share

1h ago 17.46 EDT One of my favourite rugby podcasts is optimistic about Stewart’s debut. Anyone out there share this sentiment? Something real test cricket about Hamish Stewart debuting. Really deserves it. 100 super rugby caps, went to the Force when he could have left, 26 years old. He might be the answer to lighten Noah’s load and encourage us to play a bit wider than 9. — Rugby Report Card (@rugby_podcast) August 31, 2024 Share

2h ago 17.35 EDT Joe Schmidt is backing young Harry Wilson to lead with distinction. “Harry’s been really good for us and I think he’s led himself really well,” Schmidt said on Friday morning from Argentina. “He has a natural propensity to express himself well, but with very few words, and I don’t think that we want to be doing too much talking, it’s about the actions that he’s going to deliver and lead from the front effectively. “We’re pretty happy with the selection amongst the coaching group and even talking to some of the players about who would be best to step up, there was a lot of confidence around Harry.” Harry Wilson to captain Wallabies amid five changes for Test against Argentina Read more Share

2h ago 17.17 EDT Creevy starts on the bench for his final Test Agustin Creevy will call time on his international career at the final whistle. No doubt the 39-year-old with over 100 caps for his country will make an impact when he steps on as a replacement hooker. Felipe Contepomi has selected 14 of the 15 starters who beat New Zealand in the opening round of the competition. The one change is on the wing where Santiago Cordero replaces Matias Moroni. Elsewhere it’s a formidable outfit that will confront the Wallabies. The back row of Pablo Matera, Marcos Kremer and Juan Martin Gonzalez is right up there with the best combinations in the world and Santiago Carreras has the ability to unlock any game from fly-half. Argentina: Mallia; Cordero, Cinti, Chocobares, M Carreras; S Carreras, Bertranou; Gallo, Montoya (cap), Scalvi, Molina, Rubiolo, Matera, Kremer, Gonzalez. Replacements: Creevy, Vivas, Bello, Petti, Lavanini, Grondona, Bazan Velez, Albornoz. ¡Los 23 que defenderán la camiseta en La Plata! 🇦🇷

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2h ago 17.08 EDT Another new captain leads beefed-up Wallabies Harry Wilson becomes the fourth skipper in just the sixth match of the Joe Schmidt era. It’s a remarkable turnaround for the No8 after he was left out of Eddie Jones’ World Cup squad and he’ll be itching to impress with the added leadership duties. There are five changes in total to the team that put in a spirited performance against the Springboks two weeks ago. Allan Allalatoa, the most recent captain, starts on the bench as Taniela Tupou starts in the front row amidst an improved looking tight five. Hamish Stewart makes his debut at inside centre as he replaces his injured Reds teammate Hunter Paisami. Australia: Wright; Kellaway, Ikitau, Stewart, Koroibete; Lolesio, Gordan; Bell, Faessler, Tupou, Frost, Salakaia-Loto, Valetini, Tizzano, Wilson (cap) Replacements: Nasser, Kailea, Alaalatoa, Williams, Gleeson, McDermott, Donaldson, Jorgensen. TEAM LIST vs. Los Pumas 🦘

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