Rugby World Cup - Auckland, 9 October 2011, 20:30 local, 07:30 GMT
New Zealand (12) 33 - 10 (7) Argentina (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
11 3 - 0

Penalty for New Zealand!!!! Weepu lines up the kick and strikes it through with ease - great nudge

24 6 - 0

Weepu makes it two from two with a well struck shot

30 6 - 5

Argentina Try!!!! Cabello gets across the tryline after spectacular build up play and Contepomi slots the conversion from out wide - unbelievable scenes

31 6 - 7

Contepomi - conversion

35 9 - 7

Penalty for New Zealand!!! Weepu makes it three from three with another brilliant penalty - advantage New Zealand..just

38 12 - 7

Weepu - penalty goal

45 12 - 10

Penalty for Argentina!!! Two steps and Bosch has hit a 55 metre penalty- that is quite brilliant

48 15 - 10

Weepu - penalty goal

58 18 - 10

Weepu - penalty goal

66 23 - 10

Try for New Zealand!!! Rodriguez sells himself to go for the interception but he can't get there and it allows Read in to crash over the line

Weepu misses the extras

72 26 - 10

Penalty for New Zealand!!! Weepu slots the penalty - another great knock

77 31 - 10

Try for New Zealand!!!! Brad Thorn runs over unopposed after great work from Jane and Read

78 33 - 10

Aaron Cruden slots the extras - very impressive performance from the tee from an All Blacks POV

Timeline

Time New Zealand  Score  Argentina
0 start of first half start of first half
11 Weepu - penalty goal 3 - 0
24 Weepu - penalty goal 6 - 0
30 6 - 5 Farias Cabello - try
31 6 - 7 Contepomi - conversion
33 Slade - sub off
Cruden - sub on
35 Weepu - penalty goal 9 - 7
38 Weepu - penalty goal 12 - 7
39 Ayerza - sub on
Roncero - sub off
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
Muliaina - sub off
Toeava - sub on		 start of second half
45 12 - 10 Bosch - penalty goal
48 Weepu - penalty goal 15 - 10 Vergallo - sub off
Lalanne - sub on
49 Imhoff - sub on
Agulla - sub off
52 Lalanne - sub off
Vergallo - sub on
58 Weepu - penalty goal 18 - 10 Vergallo - yellow card
59 Scelzo - sub on
Figallo - sub off
62 Whitelock - sub off
AJ Williams - sub on
64 Campos - sub on
Carizza - sub off
65 Mealamu - sub off
Hore - sub on
66 Read - try 23 - 10
69 Gonzalez Amorosino - sub on
Rodriguez Gurruchage - sub off
70 Creevy - sub on
Ledesma Arocena - sub off
72 Weepu - penalty goal
Cowan - sub on
Weepu - sub off
McCaw - sub off
Vito - sub on		 26 - 10
74 Franks - sub off
Afoa - sub on
77 Thorn - try 31 - 10
78 Cruden - conversion 33 - 10
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result New Zealand won by a margin of 23 points
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance 57912
 
Referee N Owens (Wales)
 
New Zealand Test debuts none
Argentina Test debuts none

Teams

New Zealand Argentina
Tries Read (66), Thorn (77) Tries Farias Cabello (30)
Cons Cruden (78) Cons Contepomi (31)
Pens Weepu (11, 24, 35, 38, 48, 58, 72) Pens Bosch (45)
    Team
15 FB
Mils Muliaina
14 W
Cory Jane
13 C
Conrad Smith
12 C
Ma'a Nonu
11 W
Sonny Bill Williams
10 FH
Colin Slade
9 SH
Piri Weepu
1 P
Tony Woodcock
2 H
Keven Mealamu
3 P
Owen Franks
4 L
Brad Thorn
5 L
Sam Whitelock
6 F
Jerome Kaino
7 F
Richie McCaw (c)
8 N8
Kieran Read
    Replacements
16 H
Andrew Hore
17 P
John Afoa
18 L
Ali Williams
19 F
Victor Vito
20 SH
Jimmy Cowan
21 FH
Aaron Cruden
22 FB
Isaia Toeava
    Team
15 FB
Martin Rodriguez Gurruchage
14 W
Gonzalo Camacho
13 C
Marcelo Bosch
12 C
Felipe Contepomi (c)
11 W
Horacio Agulla
10 FH
Santiago Fernandez
9 SH
Nicolas Vergallo
58
1 P
Rodrigo Roncero
2 H
Mario Ledesma Arocena
3 P
Juan Figallo
4 L
Manuel Carizza
5 L
Patricio Albacete
6 F
Julio Farias Cabello
7 F
Juan Manuel Leguizamon
8 N8
Leonardo Senatore
    Replacements
16 H
Agustin Creevy
17 P
Martin Scelzo
18 P
Marcos Ayerza
19 L
Alejandro Campos
20 SH
Alfredo Lalanne
21 FB
Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino
22 W
Juan Imhoff

Match stats

New Zealand   Argentina
2 Tries 1
1 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 1
7 from 7 Penalty goals 1 from 2
88.9% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 18
186 Passes 40
132 Runs 45
555 Metres run with ball 174
Attacking
73% Possession 27%
80% Territory 20%
3 Clean breaks 3
13 Defenders beaten 11
12 Offloads 3
111 from 111 (100.0%) Rucks won 32 from 35 (91.4%)
4 from 4 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 5 (100.0%)
9 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
52/11 Tackles made/missed 128/13
82.5% Tackling success rate 90.8%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
9 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 7 won, 4 lost (63.6%)
Discipline
6 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Muliaina 0/0 0 1/4/5 10 0 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Jane 0/0 0 3/5/8 112 2 5 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/0 0 0/7/3 37 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Nonu 0/0 0 2/11/9 46 0 1 0 2 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W S Williams 0/0 0 1/5/10 92 0 3 2 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Slade 0/0 0 5/15/3 12 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Weepu 0/0 21 9/72/6 13 0 2 1 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/1/5 15 0 0 1 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Mealamu 0/0 0 0/4/11 13 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Franks 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Thorn 1/0 5 0/2/12 46 1 0 0 0 5/2 4/0 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/2/2 4 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/2 1 0/0
F Kaino 0/1 0 0/2/14 24 0 1 1 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/8/12 28 0 0 1 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Read 1/1 5 0/12/12 26 0 0 1 1 4/1 3/0 0 0/0
(H) Hore 0/0 0 0/4/3 8 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Afoa 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) AJ Williams 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 0/2 1/1 0 0/0
(F) Vito 0/0 0 0/2/2 5 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Cowan 0/0 0 1/6/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Cruden 0/0 2 3/19/8 47 0 0 2 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Toeava 0/0 0 1/4/2 13 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Arg stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Rodriguez Gurruchage 0/0 0 4/0/8 57 0 3 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Camacho 0/0 0 0/1/4 23 0 1 0 1 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Bosch 0/0 3 1/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Contepomi 0/0 2 3/2/2 8 0 0 0 1 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Agulla 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Fernandez 0/0 0 2/8/1 5 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Vergallo 0/0 0 3/17/2 0 0 1 0 2 3/1 1/0 1 1/0
P Roncero 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Ledesma Arocena 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Figallo 0/0 0 1/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Carizza 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 10/1 2/0 0 0/0
L Albacete 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 0 9/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Farias Cabello 1/0 5 0/0/4 8 0 1 2 1 18/1 3/0 1 0/0
F Leguizamon 0/0 0 0/2/5 31 1 1 0 0 12/0 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Senatore 0/0 0 0/3/3 18 1 2 0 1 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
(H) Creevy 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Scelzo 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ayerza 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Campos 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Lalanne 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Gonzalez Amorosino 0/0 0 0/0/2 10 1 2 1 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Imhoff 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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