Match Report – Argentina 12 – 35 England

Tom Roebuck scored two tries and George Ford grew to become the eighth man to win 100 England caps as they received 35-12 towards Argentina in La Plata; watch each recreation of 2025 Lions tour, together with all three Checks towards Australia, stay on Sky Sports activities

​​​​​​​England produced a extremely spectacular efficiency to beat Argentina 35-12 in La Plata as George Ford co-captained his nation to victory on his a hundredth worldwide look.

The guests have by no means misplaced a Check collection towards the Pumas and ensured that can stay the case as they took a 1-0 lead of their two-match contest, with Tom Roebuck scoring two of their 4 second-half tries.

The primary half was cagey and error-strewn, however England’s doggedness in defence was noteworthy, protecting out their hosts regardless of briefly being diminished to 13 gamers.

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Check centurion George Ford mirrored on an ideal win for England after kicking 15 factors

Alex Coles was yellow carded for a excessive shot on Facundo Isa, who returned after an 18-month sabbatical, with debutant Seb Atkinson shortly following him into the bin as England had been punished for an accumulation of penalties.

Ford’s drop-goal supplied the one factors of the primary half however the second was a totally completely different affair, with Roebuck scoring the sport’s first strive only one minute after the break when he powered over within the nook.

Freddie Steward shortly added one other when he dived below the posts after taking a sensible line onto Ford’s cross, earlier than Roebuck put the ending touches to a different slick transfer because the centurion fly-half continued to drag the strings.

Argentina, who beat the British and Irish Lions in Dublin throughout their final outing and are fifth on the earth rankings – one place larger than England – had been shocked, though Pablo Matero at the least put the hosts on the board after Steve Borthwick’s facet did not take care of a excessive kick.

Borthwick stated earlier than this collection that Argentina ought to be thought of the “heavy favourites” given their scalps of France, South Africa and New Zealand up to now yr – mixed with England shedding 13 gamers to the Lions – and it regarded for a brief interval that the Pumas would launch a comeback.

Pedro Rubiolo touched down after wonderful work down the appropriate however Ford steadied any England nerves with a well timed penalty.

Cadan Murley then sealed the victory when he scampered over within the closing minutes, sealing a win that will likely be savoured by the much-changed England squad forward of subsequent week’s rematch.

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Check out the highlights from South Africa’s win towards Italy of their opening Check

Elsewhere on Saturday, world champions South Africa began their two-Check collection at residence to Italy with a 42-24 victory, together with two tries from scrum-half Morne van den Berg.

Wales misplaced their 18th successive Check with a 24-19 defeat in Japan, an experimental Eire cruised to a 34-5 win in Georgia and New Zealand held off France by a 31-27 scoreline.

Sky Sports activities will solely present the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, with all three Checks towards the Wallabies and 6 warm-up matches to be proven solely stay.