Australia vs. Argentina: Score and Recap from 2014 Rugby Championship Clash

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Published: September 13, 2014

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Australia earned their second successive Rugby Championship win on Saturday, beating Argentina 32-25 at the Cbus Super Stadium to keep alive any dim title hopes.

Ewen McKenzie's team were never going to have an easy time of things against Daniel Hourcade's line-up, and a late surge from the visitors may have seen matters end a lot differently. Paul Williams of Rugby World emphasised the small differences:



Coming into this matchup, the Wallabies held a fine record over the Pumas, as OptaJonny pointed out:



And it took Michael Hooper less than two minutes to set the hosts on their way to victory, the captain crossing over to send his team into an early lead, but it wouldn't last.

That's thanks to Argentina showing some initiative through 22-year-old Manuel Montero, who took the scores to one try apiece just four minutes later. Following a successful conversion, the score read 7-5 in the Pumas' favour.



There was no way the game could live up to such a pace, however, and Australia proved to be their own worst enemy as a long line of handling errors foiled them at every turn.

In truth, the Wallabies could have scored several more in the first half, but as matters would have it, neither team would cross over again in the opening period.



Bernard Foley slotted a kick at goal just as the half-time hooter was sounded, McKenzie's hosts trotting in at half-time with a 14-7 lead.

And as was the case in the first half, the Cbus Super Stadium erupted as Australia got off the mark early in the second half, and again it was captain Hooper doing the honours.

ESPN Scrum confirmed the openside's second of the game—only the second time in his career that he scored twice in the same fixture:



That score came as a result of Argentinian error, but Australia continued to make mistakes in po...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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