New Zealand v Argentina

Summary

Time	Score
8	3 - 0	PENALTY Cruden opens the scores with a penalty from straight in front.
12	3 - 5	TRY Roncero squeezes over from close range after Nonu spilled the ball in contact in midfield
24	6 - 5	PENALTY Cruden edges his side ahead once more from the kicking tee
51	9 - 5	PENALTY Cruden gives the All Blacks a little more breathing room with his third penalty
66	14 - 5	TRY Conrad Smith and Nonu combine to create the opening for Savea to score in the corner
71	19 - 5	TRY Set move from scrum and Jane is the beneficiary out wide.
73	21 - 5	CONVERSION Cruden nails the extras.

Timeline

Time	New Zealand	Score	Argentina
0	start of first half		start of first half
8	Cruden - penalty goal	3 - 0
12		3 - 5	Roncero - try
24	Cruden - penalty goal	6 - 5
40	end of first half		end of first half
40	start of second half		start of second half
41			Leonardi - sub on Leguizamon - sub off
43	Messam - sub on Vito - sub off
49	Hore - sub on Mealamu - sub off
51	Cruden - penalty goal	9 - 5	Orlandi - sub on Figallo - sub off Roncero - sub off Ayerza - sub on
58			Farias Cabello - yellow card
61	Weepu - sub on AL Smith - sub off
64	Whitelock - sub on Retallick - sub off
66	Savea - try	14 - 5
67			Gonzalez Amorosino - sub on Rodriguez Gurruchage - sub off
71	Jane - try	19 - 5
73	Cruden - conversion	21 - 5
74	Franks - sub off Faumuina - sub on		Senatore - sub on Farias Cabello - sub off
75	Cruden - sub off Barrett - sub on
76	CG Smith - sub off BR Smith - sub on
77			Bosch - sub off Landajo - sub on
80+1	end of second half end of half		end of second half end of half
0
81

Notes

Result New Zealand won by a margin of 16 points

Rugby Championship points New Zealand 4, Argentina 0

Ground name Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Attendance 29932

Referee R Poite (France)

New Zealand Test debuts CC Faumuina

Argentina Test debuts none

Teams

New Zealand

Argentina

Tries Savea (66), Jane (71)

Tries Roncero (12)

Cons Cruden (73)

Cons none

Pens Cruden (8, 24, 51)

Pens none

Team

Richie McCaw (c)

Replacements

Team

Martin Rodriguez Gurruchage

Juan Martin Hernandez

Juan Manuel Leguizamon

Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (c)

Replacements

Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino

Match stats

New Zealand		Argentina
2	Tries	1
1 from 2	Conversion goals	0 from 1
3 from 5	Penalty goals	0 from 1
57.0%	Kick at goal success	0.0%
0	Dropped goals	0

Kick/pass/run
20	Kicks from hand	25
198	Passes	53
135	Runs	53
523	Metres run with ball	158

Attacking
66% (56%/76%)	Possession (1H/2H)	34% (44%/24%)
67% (54%/78%)	Territory (1H/2H)	33% (46%/22%)
8	Clean breaks	0
23	Defenders beaten	6
12	Offloads	2
101 from 106 (95.3%)	Rucks won	34 from 39 (87.2%)
3 from 3 (100.0%)	Mauls won	11 from 12 (91.7%)
21	Turnovers conceded	11

Defensive
65/6	Tackles made/missed	144/23
92.0%	Tackling success rate	86.0%

Set pieces
5 won, 3 lost (62.5%)	Scrums on own feed	7 won, 1 lost (87.5%)
16 won, 1 lost (94.1%)	Lineouts on own throw	12 won, 8 lost (60.0%)

Discipline
12	Penalties conceded	15
0/0	Yellow/red cards	1/0

NZ stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Dagg

0/0

4/9/7

1/0

0/0

Jane

1/0

0/3/8

1/0

0/0

CG Smith

0/0

0/12/10

1/0

0/0

Nonu

0/1

0/9/11

4/0

0/0

Savea

1/0

0/8/12

3/1

0/0

Cruden

0/1

6/28/7

4/0

0/0

AL Smith

0/0

6/57/2

1/1

0/0

Woodcock

0/0

0/2/4

5/0

0/0

Mealamu

0/0

0/1/2

3/0

0/0

Franks

0/0

0/0/6

3/1

0/0

Romano

0/0

0/8/12

4/0

9/1

0/0

Retallick

0/0

0/4/3

12/1

0/0

Vito

0/0

0/2/7

2/1

0/0

McCaw

0/0

0/6/15

9/1

0/0

Read

0/0

0/13/10

4/0

7/1

0/0

(H)

Hore

0/0

0/4/1

2/0

0/0

(P)

Faumuina

0/0

0/2/0

1/0

0/1

0/0

(L)

Whitelock

0/0

0/3/3

1/0

0/0

(F)

Messam

0/0

0/4/12

3/0

0/0

(SH)

Weepu

0/0

3/23/3

1/0

0/0

(FH)

Barrett

0/0

1/0/0

0/0

(C)

BR Smith

0/0

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

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Rodriguez Gurruchage

0/0

2/2/4

1/2

0/0

Camacho

0/0

1/0/5

7/0

0/0

Bosch

0/0

1/4/4

11/0

0/0

Fernandez

0/0

1/1/2

8/1

0/0

Agulla

0/0

1/1/0

4/1

0/0

Hernandez

0/0

8/9/3

15/4

0/0

Vergallo

0/0

9/18/4

2/1

0/0

Roncero

1/0

0/1/2

10/1

0/0

Guinazu

0/0

0/3/2

6/2

0/0

Figallo

0/0

0/1/3

3/1

0/0

Carizza

0/0

1/0/2

11/1

2/1

0/0

Albacete

0/0

0/0/3

12/2

5/0

0/0

Farias Cabello

0/0

0/2/2

15/0

0/0

1/0

Leguizamon

0/0

0/1/3

7/0

0/0

Fernandez Lobbe

0/0

1/9/9

15/1

5/0

0/0

(P)

Ayerza

0/0

0/0/0

3/3

0/0

(P)

Orlandi

0/0

0/0/0

5/1

0/0

(F)

Senatore

0/0

0/0/0

1/0

0/0

(F)

Leonardi

0/0

0/1/5

8/0

0/0

(C)

Landajo

0/0

0/0/0

0/0

(FB)

Gonzalez Amorosino

0/0

0/0/0

0/2

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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