2015 Rugby World Cup History of the Argentina national rugby union team
los pumas against blacks, in wembley stadium during rwc 2015.
argentina followed growing competitiveness in rugby championship strong showing in 2015 world cup, reaching semi-finals second time. argentina opened tournament close fought match against favourites new zealand, leading 13-12 @ half time before conceding 2 second half tries lose 26-16. followed string of convincing wins against georgia, tonga , namibia qualify quarterfinals. feature of argentina s rugby in 2015 world cup free-flowing, entertaining , attacking style of play resulted in them scoring 22 tries in pool play.
in quarter final against ireland, argentina scored 2 tries in opening 10 minutes jump out 17-0 lead. ireland regrouped , scored 2 tries of own either side of half time narrow gap 20-17 in second half. however, argentina rallied in late stages of match, running in late tries juan imhoff , joaquín tuculet finish convincing 43-20 win. result, advanced second semi-final against australia.
the situation reversed in semi-final, when argentina conceded 2 tries in opening 10 minutes australia gained 19-6 lead after 30 minutes. argentina dominated territory , possession of remainder of match, gaining number of penalties @ scrum gradually reduce australia s lead. match finely balanced australia leading 22-15 after 70 minutes, when australian winger drew mitchell produced match winning run, beating 4 argentinian tacklers before passing adam ashley-cooper score winning try. match finished australia winning fast-paced , entertaining clash 29-15.
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