REPORT: Australia fought back to earn a nail-biting 20-19 victory over Argentina on Saturday as the Wallabies claimed their first win in the Rugby Championship this season.
Back Ben Donaldson landed the winning penalty at the death as Australia came from 0-10 down in La Plata.
Tries by Jake Gordon and Rob Valetini cancelled out one for Argentina by loose forward Juan Martín Gonzalez.
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The scorers:
For Argentina:
Try: Gonzalez
Con: Carreras
Pens: Carreras 3, Albornoz
For Australia:
Tries: Gordon, Valetini
Cons: Lolesio 2
Pens: Lolesio, Donaldson
Teams:
Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julian Montoya (captain),1 Thomas Gallo.
Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Tomas Lavanini, 21 Santiago Grondona, 22 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 23 Tomas Albornoz.
Australia: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hamish Stewart, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Harry Wilson, 7 Carlo Tizzano, 6 Rob Valetini, 5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 Angus Bell.
Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Isaac Kailea, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Max Jorgensen.
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand), Pierre Brousset (France)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
