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Hi I'm Tom and I'll be doing the commentary for the England v Argentina match from Old Trafford. England have played here once before in an international and lost against the All Blacks in 1997. The away side - which is technically England - will be wanting to win here after last Saturday's defeat against the Barbarians at Twickenham. This is the first of two games in this series and Argentina will go into the game with some confidence under their new regime. When the sides last met Argentina pulled off a famous victory in 2006 at Twickenham.
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0 - 3 |
Hernandez starts with a fantastic kick into the England five-metre line.
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England lose the line-out and give it to Hernandez 10 yards out and he casually puts the ball over for a drop-goal
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England give away a penalty in their half for not moving away quick enough but Hernandez misses the kick.
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The Pumas have the ball and England are struggling to get much of the ball so far.
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Hernandez and Goode are having a kicking war until England get the advantage and Goode hits it forward into the Pumas 22.
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Goode tries a cheeky grubber kick from the ruck but Argentina were offside and Goode can draw England level with his penalty in front of the posts
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3 - 3 |
Goode converts. And Steffan Armitage wins the ball on the floor and England have the ball on the half way.
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The Pumas come forward and England are keeping them at bay on the half-way but they give England a penalty for not releasing.
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Goode misses from 49 metres. He hooked it wide.
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Another awkward kick from Hernandez is kicked back up field by Goode which bounces horribly for the Pumas and reaches the Pumas 22.
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Cueto takes a quick throw from the England 22 and Delon Armitage hits it forward for Banahan to chase and the Pumas knock-on.
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Tom May makes a break on the half-way but England lose the ball and the Pumas give away a line-out in the England 22.
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England win the lineout and Care hits it out from the scrum.
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The Pumas come forward and are on the England 22.
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Hernandez is in the pocket waiting for the drop but the Pumas give away a penalty and England have respite.
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England come forward and get the ball from the 22 to Goode to drop kick from 40 yards and he converts.
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6 - 3 |
An up-and-under is taken by Easter and Goode hits it up field as he Hernandez have another kicking war.
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Goode chips one in for Tom May but he can't get to it and it's advantage England.
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England have the put in for the scrum and England have a penalty. Goode has his chance to score his third kick from 30 metres.
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Goode converts and England are starting to get into some sort of rhtymn in the game
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9 - 3 |
Goode tries another kick but Hernandez gives it straight back.
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Care takes one quickly from the scrum and Cueto kicks one forward for banahan to chase and Hernandez kicks to touch.
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A nice move from the scrum sees Armitage chip one forward and Banahan Gets a nice bounce and pounces to put one under the posts.
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14 - 3 |
Goode converts from under the posts.
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16 - 3 |
Argentina take a quick penalty and England are caught napping and the Pumas have the ball on the five yard line.
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The Pumas get the ball out of the scrum and Hernandez almost powers over the line.
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Argentina have a penalty and Hernandez is successful.
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16 - 6 |
Cueto kicks one from his own 22 into the Pumas half.
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England win the lineout and spread the ball wide.
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England take a quick free-kick but the ball is thrown out of play past the reaching Steffan Armitage.
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Hernandez with another mesmerising kick lands right in the England five-yard line.
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Care hits one forward from the scrum and reaches touch on the 22.
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Argentina give away a penalty for not releasing and they were in a decent position in England's half.
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A quick pass from Care to Goode and the fly-half drops for the second time.
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19 - 6 |
It's advantage to the Pumas and they get the penalty for not releasing and Hernandez will have an easy kick.
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The magician scores.
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19 - 9 |
Martin Johnson has already headed off to the dressing room as England kick-off to the Pumas and Goode receives a Hernandez kick but puts it out on the full.
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Argentina have the ball in the ruck and are lining up a drop for Hernandez.
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England turnover but they opt to run the ball from the 22 in injury time but the ref calls time.
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Banahan wins a catch directly from the kick-off and barges through a few Puma tackles.
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Banahan charges through again and a chip kick from Goode goes out of play.
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Argentina give away a penalty for not not moving away and Goode has a penalty.
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Goode converts the kick from 30 yards.
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22 - 9 |
Goode has another penalty and Argentina are losing their discipline.
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Delon Armitage kicks and goes but the Pumas have it and try to build an attack.
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Hernandez will kick from his own half here from a 55 yard penalty.
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The magician scores and it went into the stands behind the goal.
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22 - 12 |
The Pumas win the ball from the kick-off but Banahan wins the tackle and an England lineout.
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Cross-field kick from Goode is won by Hernandez who kicks forward and Care is the only man back who runs the ball out.
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The Pumas have a penalty and the magician steps up.
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22 - 15 |
He scroes and there's only one score between the sides.
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Care charges forward and stops Hernandez from kicking. Great work from the scrum-half.
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Advantage England so Goode drop-kicks but he slices it wide. England have the penalty anyway.
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25 - 15 |
Goode scores.
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The Pumas try to be clever and Haskell tackles and the Pumas hit it forward desperately.
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Great move across the park by the Pumas but they knock-on at a crucial stage.
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Care comes forward quickly and throws it out wide and a suspicious forward pass goes unnoticed and Cueto keeps it in with his boot for Delon Armitage to score a try.
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30 - 15 |
Goode is successful.
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32 - 15 |
Banahan creates space for England by driving players out of the way. He looks powerful in this half.
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Great work from England spreading the ball wide with Cueto, Goode and Hipkiss on the right.
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The Pumas have another penalty with Hernandez.
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Amazingly the magician misses but it was from over 50 yards.
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Agulla is sin-binned and England have another penalty but the Old Trafford faithful boo Borthwick's decision to kick as they want tries.
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Armitage kicks and wins the ball off the Pumas and Goode tries a kick to the corner.
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Goode has a penalty but will kick to touch in the Puma 22 to the delight of the crowd.
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England try to shift the ball wide but as they had an overlap Delon Armitage is tackled.
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White is sin-binned having only just come on. He shouldered Vergallo and was only on the pitch for five minutes.
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Argentina aim to come forward and the ball swithces out wide as Camacho runs to the line but steps out of play fractionally.
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Sam Vesty has come on and has already had his hair-do derided by Sky commentator Mike Tindall.
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The Pumas have the ball in the England 22 looking to score their first try.
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Hernandez kicks a penalty to the England five metre line.
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Matt Banahan has been named Man-of-the-Match for a stirling second-half performance.
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England are defending desperately but Tait intercepts.
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Johnson is already heading for the exits as England have the put-in on a scrum on their 22.
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37 - 15 |
Goode kicks one to the right and Cueto volleys one on his left foot to set-up Delon Armitage for a chase to the line who rockets forward to score his second try.
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Andy Goode misses the conversion but England have the victory and they have a few individual performances to be pleased with, including debutant Matt Banahan and Delon Armtiage. The sides meet again next Saturday at Salta in Argentina. Thanks for joining us for this test-match on scrum.com
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