Argentina vs Scotland

Scotland paid the price for a meek first-half performance as they suffered a 26-18 defeat in the first Test of their three-match summer series against ...

The Scots were the next to launch an attack and it ended in a penalty as Argentina strayed offside. Gonzalez won a penalty at the breakdown which sees Argentina point to the sticks. "When you put that on the back of the Lions tour the year before, we believe the best thing for him and others is to rest this summer. It will be a tough affair too as Scotland have beaten Argentina in their last five encounters. It's about clarity and balancing prep for the World Cup and perform at a level to win. A loose pass from Argentina sees us pulled back for an earlier advantage and the hosts take the opportunity to kick three points. Johnson and Turner punctured the Argentinian defence to set their team in a good position. And again Argentina get a breakdown penalty, the ref hasn't warned Scotland yet but their penalty count is clocking up. Hutchinson looked offside in his tackle so it could be a positive for Scotland that was given - it could have been a penalty try and a sin bin. Scotland stray offside and Argentina have another penalty. But the hosts managed to claw back the lead, it was a cracking Test. Scotland replied in the 16th minute when Blair Kinghorn kicked a penalty.

The Scots finished fourth, with just two victories from five matches, and head coach Gregor Townsend could do with a successful tour of South America to ease ...

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Scotland are taking on Argentina in San Salvador de Jujuy in the first match of a three-Test series against the Pumas.

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Scotland's recent good run of form against Argentina came to a shuddering halt in Jujuy as the Pumas squeezed the tourists...

Only notable contribution was to pile into a maul at the side. 20. Rory Darge – 5 Prominent with ball in hand early but picked off by Mallia for Carreras’ try. One big carry through the midfield his only other notable act in the opening 40. Kicked away turnover ball and tapped a kickable penalty. 3. Zander Fagerson – 5 A real mixed bag with some good touches for Scotland’s tries but overplays too often at Test level. Strong in contact when he got a chance to have a go. 2. George Turner – 5 Also conceded a sloppy penalty early on. 13. Mark Bennett – 5 15. Rory Hutchinson – 5

Tries at start of the second half from Mark Bennett and Rory Hutchinson opened door for fightback Scottish win but Argentina prove too strong.

If that’s the way it is going to be over the course of the series then we’ve got to make sure that we are better and more accurate when the ball is in play to put points on the board. “We’ve got to up our intensity at the start of the game. It was a stop-start contest all the way through, with a lot of scrums and lot of errors from both teams. “The game then slowed down so we needed more to change the momentum of that last 20 minutes. “We didn’t get going until the second half and that was frustrating,” said Townsend afterwards. ON the plus side, Scotland showed some grit when fighting their way back from 18-6 down at half-time to tie the match just before the hour mark, but there was little else to be encouraged by in this performance.