The All Blacks prevailed over the Pumas with a comprehensive 54-15 victory. Now we rate the South Americans at Unico Stadium in La Plata.
15 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino: Found the hole in the first Pumas' try and greatly assisted scrum-half Martin Landajo. Nevertheless, he didn't look like a safe full-back and made some wrong decisions in the contest. 4/10
14 Gonzalo Camacho: The small wing was brave in bringing down the black giants. He got some reward with a try in the second-half after an outstanding second movement against Andrew Hore. 6/10
13 Marcelo Bosch: Argentina's best tackler was solid again on Saturday. His effort for the team wasn't enough to avoid the Pumas loss by 39 points. 6/10
12 Santiago Fernandez: Lost his man-on-man battle against the world class Ma'a Nonu while was somewhat absent in attack. 4/10
11 Horacio Agulla: Didn't have chances to score. He had to defend the black wave most of the time. 5/10
10 Juan Martin Hernandez: Good as usual on with his tactical kicking game but he wasn't able to spark the local's attacking gameplan in La Plata. 5/10
9 Martin Landajo: Was the star when scoring despite Brodie Retallick's tackle. After that glorious moment he kept on trying to impose a fast-paced game for the Pumas but couldn't manage it. He also made a few handling errors. 4/10
8 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe: The skipper was always in the thick of it. His never-say-die attitude was not enough though facing such an opposition. 6/10
7 Juan Manuel Leguizamon: Lost out against the Kiwi back-row. Not a real attacking option for the Pumas either. 5/10
6 Julio Farias: Didn't appear much in attack and spent the whole Test match pursuing and tackling opponents. 5/10
5 Patricio Albacete: The Pumas first choice in the line-out was guaranteed ball in the set-piece. Worked hard in the losing cause. 6/10
4 Manuel Carizza: Manu was not used much in the line-out and rarely was on show in the loose in quiet shift. 5/10
3 Juan Figallo: Tackled and battled hard in the front row. 5/10
2 Eusebio Guinazu: Was once again solid at the line-out but was overwhelmed by the strength and speed of the All Blacks. 6/10
1 Rodrigo Roncero: Much like Guinazu, he lost the battle against Franks, Hore and Woodcock. The old loosehead prop of course had 100% heart. 5/10
Replacements:
16 Agustin Creevy: He wasn't much noticed during the game. 4/10
17 Juan Pablo Orlandi: Didn't play long enough to warrant a rating.
18 Tomas Vallejos: He showed himself as a support in the close game. The Scarlets lock played very few minutes to be considered as an alternative in the second-row. 6/10
19 Tomas Leonardi: The game was completely uneven when he got in the field. Leonardi made a decent performance. 6/10
20 Nicolas Vergallo: Didn't play long enough to warrant a rating.
21 Martin Rodriguez: Didn't play long enough to warrant a rating.
22 Juan Imhoff: He didn't have many chances to carry. 5/10
Comments
AWEBLAX says...
The Pumas forward pack tackled like demons and sent a few of our guys flying backwards at a rate of knots, imo you rated both teams too low......
Posted 09:55 01st October 2012
whatisthis says...
How can a team who gets beaten by 39 points at home, get an average rating of 5.133 and a team who wins by 39 points away from home get an average of 6.933. I hope everyone doesn't start giving condescending scores for Argentina. They were second best by a long way. Everyone did the same with italy in the 6N and in truth they haven't really deveoped in the decade they are in that competition.
Posted 10:39 30th September 2012
melkdave says...
I feel the ratings are a triffle hard on the pumas ,to be honest.I dought any team,could have lived with the ABs in that form,very simialr to the demolition of Ireland in the summer.I feel Argentina actually played their most inventive/creative game so far.Soi feel they are all worth an extra point myself.
Posted 09:52 30th September 2012