Wales vs Argentina LIVE rugby: Result and reaction from autumn international as Wales edge to win
Wales 20-13 Argentina: Wayne Pivac’s side bounced back from to New Zealand last week with a hard-fought win
Tries from No 8 Taulupe Faletau and scrum-half Tomos Williams took Wales to a 20-13 victory over a below-par Argentina in their autumn international fixture at the Principality Stadium.
Wales fell 6-0 behind early on but from that moment looked the likely winners as they showed considerably more control in possession and defensive solidity than in the 55-23 hammering they endured against New Zealand last weekend.
Argentina were coming off victory over England but were well below the standard they set in that game, with numerous unforced handling errors and poor kicks before prop Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro scored their only try late on.
Wales host Georgia next Saturday, while Argentina travel to Murrayfield to play Scotland.
Relive all the action from Cardiff with our blog below:
TRY! IRELAND 14-7 Fiji (Nick Timoney try, 21 minutes)
And there is a certain score!
The lineout is smooth, the maul set-up secure and the drive inexorably marches to the line. Nick Timoney gets up from the collapsed mass with the ball as Joey Carbery again adds the extras.
No try! Ireland 7-7 Fiji, 20 minutes
Yep, the ball has not brushed a blade of grass. Try chalked off.
But Fiji will lose a man. Manasa Saulo is sin binned for the latest of what are becoming rather too regular infringements.
TRY? Ireland 7-7 Fiji, 20 minutes
Support act for the first, scorer of the second - Kieran Treadwell goes over!
Or does he? Fiji are furious and don’t think the lock has got it down. Upstairs for a look...
Ireland 7-7 Fiji, 19 minutes
Mathieu Raynal’s arm is out - another penalty coming for Ireland if they fail to make the most of the advantage...
Ireland 7-7 Fiji, 18 minutes
Fiji’s fringe defence is firm; their efforts to stall the maul rather less so. Another penalty to the hosts and into the corner Ireland go.
Ireland 7-7 Fiji, 17 minutes
And that’s not an ideal way to respond from Fiji, granting Ireland more easy progress into their half with the concession of another penalty.
TRY! IRELAND 7-7 Fiji (Nick Timoney try, 15 minutes)
And over crashes Nick Timoney!
Fiji twice get over the ball and appeal for a holding on call, but Mathieu Raynal keeps his whistle in his pocket, and the visitors struggle to slow Irish ball thereafter. Timoney gets a handy helping shunt from Kieran Treadwell and burrows over underneath the posts.
Joey Carbery’s conversion levels things up.
Ireland 0-7 Fiji, 14 minutes
Here come Ireland’s largest men, first Kieran Treadwell and then Tadhg Beirne making burly dents. Pressure building...
Ireland 0-7 Fiji, 13 minutes
Ireland need a bit of stability; Fiji’s efforts to deny them it at the lineout is penalised. Into the 22 go the hosts.
Ireland 0-7 Fiji, 12 minutes
Turnover for Fiji and off they go again! A remarkable offload from Setareki Tuicuvu puts Vinaya Habosi into more open acreage, with the Irish backfield doing well to bring the powerful wing down. Irish bodies get back in enough numbers to earn a holding on penalty, but they look vulnerable to the Fijian wide threat.
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