Argentina cruise past Chile

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Argentina ran in 13 tries on route to an 87-12 victory over Chile at the Estadio Municipal in La Pintana on Saturday.

Los Pumas were no match for their opponents with a first-half demolition job which saw them put 60 points over the hosts before the break.

Argentina coach Pablo Bouza cleared the bench in the second half and made sure that the whole team was given an opportunity to get some playing time.

Prior to Saturday's game, Argentina sat in fifth place in the World Rugby rankings, while Chile were 28th. 

The scorers:

For Chile:
Tries: Soto, Rodríguez
Con: Rodríguez
Yellow Card: Soto

For Argentina 
Tries: Penalty Try, Tuculet 2, G Taboada 2, Portillo, Cuaranta 2, Cancelliere 2, Ascárate, Mercerat 2
Cons: Díaz Bonilla 9, Mercerat 2

Chile: 15 Matías Nordenflycht, 14 José Ignacio Larenas, 13 Jan Hasenlechner, 12 Rodrigo Fernández, 11 Beltrán Vergara, 10 Juan Pablo Perrota, 9 Inti Ubeda, 8 Gustavo Carrasco, 7 Benjamín Soto (c), 6 Javier Richard, 5 Mario Mayol, 4 Raimundo Piwonka, 3 Luis Sepúlveda, 2 Manuel Gurruchaga, 1 Hernán Amigo.
Replacements: 16 Daniel Jamett, 17 Pablo Casas, 18 Matías Contreras, 19 Humberto Chacaltana, 20 Tomás Dussaillant, 21 José Tomás Munita, 22 Augusto Sarmiento, 23 Nicolás Venegas

Argentina: 15 Gonzalo Gutiérrez Taboada, 14 Sebastián Cancelliere, 13 Segundo Tuculet, 12 Gabriel Ascárate, 11 Franco Cuaranta, 10 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, 9 Gonzalo Betranou, 8 Santiago Portillo, 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c), 6 José Deheza, 5 Ignacio Larrague, 4 Pedro Ortega, 3 Enrique Pieretto, 2 Facundo Bosch, 1 Facundo Gigena
Replacements: 16 Santiago Iglesias, 17 Felipe Arregui, 18 Cristian Bartoloni, 19 Sacha Casañas, 20 Lucas Maguire, 21 Felipe Ezcurra, 22 Bruno Devoto, 23 Pedro Mercerat