The new millennium History of the Argentina national rugby union team



agustín pichot stayed in los pumas 1995-2007, having played 4 world cups.


in april 2000, marcelo loffreda appointed coach of argentina. argentina participated in 2003 world cup, missed out on progressing quarter-finals due 15–16 loss ireland. because of fixture list, argentina had play 4 games in fortnight, whereas ireland played same number of games in 4 weeks.


in 2004 argentina showed form, splitting midyear two-test home series wales. los pumas handed defending 6 nations champion france 24–14 loss in november 2004 @ marseille, before losing 21–19 ireland on last-minute drop goal. after returning argentina, pumas lost 39–7 visiting springboks; however, pumas without 10 regular starters had returned club teams in europe.



the pumas during november 2006 win on england @ twickenham.


perhaps 1 of pumas best matches of decade came on 23 may 2005, when played british , irish lions in cardiff before lions tour new zealand. pumas chose side of second- , third-choice players 25 players unavailable due club commitments. inspired pumas performance, combined lacklustre play second-choice lions side, put argentina on verge of great upset until jonny wilkinson penalty @ death salvaged 25–25 draw , lions avoided humiliating defeat. when springboks returned argentina in november of year @ vélez sársfield, faced stronger pumas side, of european-based players present. pumas took 20–16 lead half-time break, before fading second half , losing 34–23. following week, pumas defeated scotland 23–19 murrayfield pumas fifth consecutive win on scotland since 1990.


in 2006 mid-year tests, argentina swept wales in two-test tour first test series win on wales. argentina won first test 27–25, in first argentina test in patagonia. second test @ vélez sársfield saw pumas win 45–27, argentina s largest win ever on wales. los pumas next hosted blacks @ vélez sársfield. blacks survived pumas assault in final minutes hang on win 25–19 , deny argentina huge upset. argentina defeated chile 60–13 in santiago , defeated uruguay 26–0 @ home qualify 2007 rugby world cup. 2006 end-of-year tests began bang los pumas, handed england 25–18 defeat @ twickenham, resulting in fans booing england team off pitch. further success followed pumas, defeating italy in rome, , coming within 1 point of beating france in paris.


the sunday times of london reported in february 2007 irb brokering deal sanzar, body organises tri nations, admit los pumas competition. however, sunday times indicated 1 of biggest stumbling blocks uar s commitment amateurism. august of year, became clear competition not expanded until key sanzar media contract news corporation expired in 2010. irb spokesman noted contract, southern hemisphere fixture congestion, , lack of professional structure in argentina reasons los pumas not admitted sooner.








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