Argentina 17-22 England: Jack van Poortvliet late try clinches series win | Rugby Union News
Jack Van Poortvliet Jack won England a 22-17 victory against Argentina during his second test in San Juan and a 2-0 series victory.
The Van Poortvliet Van Poortvliet replacement passed in the last minute with the score locked at 17-17 after the brilliant blind break from Guy Pepper while England followed the 35-12 victory last week in the Plata in style.
Each side marked two trials in the first half, Argentina hit twice through the Lucio Cinti center and Wing Ignacio Mendy after the Touchés de England Seb Atkinson and Freddie Steward.
In a quick and furious meeting at the Bicentennial Stadium, the penalty of Santiago Carreras in the first half had made Argentina in an advance of 17-14, with the penalty of George Ford during the second period by transporting the level of England before Van Poortvliet net effort.
Atkinson gave England a start of theft with his first try for his country during his second appearance, sent Clear by the deloclage of beginners Luke Northmore after the winger Tom Roebuck brilliantly caught Ford’s kick.
Ford, making its 101st appearance in England, added the extras and after the excellent penalty of Carreras withdrew Argentina at 7-3, the tourists were reduced to 14 men.
Ben Curry was sent to the Sin-Bin for his high tackle on Pablo Matera in the 20th minute and the Pumas quickly reached their additional man.
Simon Benitez Cruz took a burning break after gathered a loose ball and the half-keel fed Cinti, which ran for a converted score.
But England’s response was brilliant. Roebuck was held in the corner after a radical attack and after visitors turned the ball in the other direction, Will Muir nourished the steward to sprint for his second try.
The pace was relentless and Argentina retaliated to lead 17-14 at the interval when Steward failed to gather the bouncing kick by the posts and Mendy jumped to touch.
England was awarded for a territorial advantage at the start of the second half when Ford’s converted penalty attracted them to 17-17.
Argentina has lost the number eight Matera against the sin of sin just before the time to kill the ball a few meters from its test line.
Van Poortvliet thought he had made a decisive score by focusing around, but Steward had escaped the ball in the construction.
Two tiring teams continued their fierce battle, almost entirely in half of Argentina, while the match was heading for the last 10 minutes with the courageous of the local team to keep tourists at a distance.
But before the last minute, the Pepper replacement flanker stolen from a Maul and after loading the blind side, he turned inside to send the Van Poortvliet for the decisive score.
Records fall while Ireland struck the century against Portugal
Ireland ran in a record of 16 tests in a unilateral rout 106-7 from Portugal to Lisbon to record its greatest test victory during the first meeting between the two nations.
The pair of CONSUCHT Hugh Gavin and Shayne Bolton spent twice during their beginnings and there was also a team’s teammate and Flanker Cian Prendergast and Leinster Wing Tommy O’Brien.
With flying half-time, Jack Crowley disembarking 12 of his 15 conversion attempts-Ireland also received a penalty test-the margin of victory won its greatest previous victory when they marked 13 trials in an 83-3 defeat of the United States in 2000.
Irish’s acting coach, Paul O’Connell, was without 17 players, who are all on tour with the British and Irish lions, but his new look ruthlessly exposed the chasm between them and their hosts.
O’Connell made six changes after last week’s 34-5 victory against Georgia at Tbilisi and the Irish spent four trials converted in the first 14 minutes.
The Stuart McCloskey center approached in the corner after the rear of the rear Jimmy O’Brien was straight for the start and his colleague Gavin took over for his first first trial in the ninth minute.
Tommy O’Brien finished another scys break in the corner and the opposite wing Bolton sprout after breaking Clear for a test during his beginnings, with Crowley adding his fourth conversion.
The rear of Portugal, Nuno Guedes, was tried for a pass before before the Wolves were treated another blow when Captain Tomas Appleton was swept away on a stretcher due to an ankle injury.
Crowley sent Tommy O’Brien to his second try and extend Tom Clarkson Bulldozer through a tackle tackled for the sixth score of Ireland in the 33rd minute.
Bolton went beyond the defense of Portugal to approach the kick of Craig Casey and Miss Pass of the latter after the break of Hooker Gus McCarthy sent Gavin for his second score.
Crowley won his seventh conversion to put Ireland 54-0 at the interval.
Half of Scrum Casey followed Bolton’s break to mark 90 seconds after restarting and prendergast burst into an unconverted score to extend Ireland’s advance at 66-0 in the 51st minute.
Portugal has received a respite when the unloading of Center Vincent Pinto set up the Flanker Nicolas Martins for a converted score, but Ireland struck directly.
Calvin Nash and Cian Frewley replacements attracted shortly after leaving the bench and Prendergast then marked his second try.
When the beginner Flanker Alex Kendellen passed for another score converted in the 73rd minute, Ireland advanced 92-7.
The half-replacement half of Ben Murphy tries to run Ireland closer to the triple figures and the misery of Portugal was finished when they conceded a penalty test during the final game of the game to have dropped a Maul.