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Matches: Scotland 6 - 9 Argentina

Teams: Argentina | Scotland

Andy Robinson admitted that his Scotland side deserved to lose after they gave up the ghost against Argentina at Murrayfield.

Scotland had been well placed at 6-0 at half-time but allowed the Pumas to peg them back after the break.

"In the first half I thought we played with good shape, good width, we asked a number of questions of them," he said. "But, at the key times, i.e. last pass, our accuracy wasn't there.

"You've got to be able to concentrate throughout because they are good at contesting every ball. They're scrappers and they scrap very hard for that ball. Second half, I thought the defining moment was the Nathan Hines sin bin.

"We kicked the ball away in a three on one where Thom Evans was outside and all three players were saying 'kick', as opposed to 'move the ball'. They're the key defining moments in games. As soon as it went to 6-3, it became a scrappy affair. Argentina are very good in scrappy affairs and they get out and win the game.

"I was pleased with the ambition we tried to play with but you've got to control the scoreboard. And we didn't control the scoreboard and, therefore, we deserve what we get."

"It's a good learning experience for us. As always I'm bitterly disappointed for losing and the players are as well. But I thought the commitment that the players put in and the passion that they showed and the effort they showed was what we expected."

Robinson said that fullback Rory Lamont was walking after suffering a bad leg injury early in the second half and called on his side to regain the momentum after their victory over Australia last weekend.

"He's back in the dressing room, so he's walking," Robinson said. "We have the ability to win any game; and, as you've seen today, we have the ability to lose any game. That's where we'll always be and it's how we control the scoreboard and how ruthless we can be."

"It's how we now go away and work at improving our game and improving our skills under pressure over the next two months. If we don't do that then, yes, we'll lose the momentum. But if the players are prepared to go away and really work hard at our skills under pressure and our decision-making under pressure, we can move forward and go with the momentum."