2007 World Cup semifinal History of the Argentina national rugby union team




ignacio corleto, on way score try against france @ 2007 rugby world cup.


los pumas began final preparation 2007 rugby world cup summer two-test series against visiting ireland, 22–20 win @ santa fe, , 16–0 win @ vélez sársfield. los pumas completed clean sweep of mid-year tests 24–6 win on italy in mendoza. split final warmup tests, defeating chile 70–14 @ casi in buenos aires, before losing wales 20–27 @ millennium stadium.



argentina against ireland during 2007 rugby world cup held in france.


at world cup, los pumas drawn so-called pool of death, featuring 2 other teams ranked in top 6 in irb rankings—ireland , hosts france. on top of this, opened world cup @ stade de france against french, marking third consecutive world cup in played against host nation in world cup opener. pumas took 17–9 lead half, , held on surprising 17–12 win. pumas subsequently beat georgia 33–3 @ stade de gerland, lyon. argentina beat namibia 63–3 in marseille, biggest winning margin in argentine world cup history. secured 30–15 victory against ireland, ensured argentina topped group.


argentina defeated scotland 19–13 in quarter-final @ stade de france. pumas improbable run towards webb ellis trophy ended in comprehensive 37–13 defeat springboks in semi-final @ stade de france. however, pumas recovered beat france second time in 2007 rugby world cup, 34–10 win in 3rd/4th place playoff. 3rd place showing pumas in 2007 rugby world cup argentina s best ever result in rugby world cup history. argentina s performance marked first time team outside 6 nations or tri nations competition reached semifinals of rugby world cup, , gave renewed momentum propelling argentina towards joining 1 of competitions.


during world cup run, football-crazed argentines embraced pumas el superclásico, buenos aires football derby between boca juniors , river plate, rescheduled not conflict pumas quarter-final match. major spanish language country in 2007 rugby world cup, pumas had considerable support rugby fans in spain, uruguay, , other latin american countries during impressive five-game winning streak.








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