Ireland blow Argentina away

Published: Saturday, 24. November, 2012 in category Southern Hemisphere

Ireland recorded a convincing 46-26 win over Argentina in Dublin on Saturday - a surprisingly big win for the home side who dominated exchanges up front.

The hosts would have been expected to win, especially at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, but their victory was emphatic as the seven-try-to-two scoreline reflects.

Ireland led 24-9 at half-time, with flyhalf Johnny Sexton scoring 19 of his team's points on the day for their second win of the autumn (having lost to the Springboks a fortnight ago), against a Pumas side that won in Cardiff two weeks ago.

The scorers:
 
For Ireland:
Tries: Gilroy, Sexton 2, Strauss, Zebo, Bowe 2
Cons: Sexton 3, O'Gara
Pen: Sexton
 
For Argentina:
Tries: Leonardi, Fernandez Lobbe
Cons: Hernandez 2
Pens: Sanchez 4
 
The teams:
 
Ireland: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip (captain), 7 Chris Henry, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Mike McCarthy, 4 Donnacha Ryan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Michael Bent, 19 Donncha O'Callaghan, 20 Iain Henderson, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ronan O'Gara, 23 Fergus McFadden.
 
Argentina: 15 Juan Martin Hernandez, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Santiago Fernandez, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Martin Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (captain), 5 Julio Farias Cabello, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Maximiliano Bustos, 2 Eusebio Guinazu, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Nahuel Lobo, 18 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 19 Tomas Vallejos, 20 Tomas Leonardi, 21 Nicolas Vergallo, 22 Gonzalo Tiesi, 23 Manuel Montero.
 
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Andrew Small (England)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)