The game is polluted by hand mistakes
Mateo Carreras missed receiving a candle. New scrum to come for England, who are benefiting from this choppy, numerically inferior game.
The match resumed in Marseille
Density, combat in the first period, we would like to see some play in the second.
It’s the break at the Vélodrome
The English are in front of the score (12-3) despite the numerical inferiority following Curry’s red card. George Ford delivered a real recital and rewarded the work of his forwards with three drops to take off. But the two teams offer relatively few opportunities to vibrate for the moment.
Ford on a cloud
George Ford pretty much does what he wants with his kicking game. Third drop in a row for the English opener, with exceptional accuracy behind his pack of forwards. He concretizes the control of his team which nevertheless evolves in numerical inferiority. Argentina have lost the thread.
George Ford finds a superb touch
The Argentinians are penalized for contact in the air.
Surgical Ford
The English opener is exceptionally precise, he still passes a drop of more than 50m, England escapes the score.
Velodrome access problems, many spectators missed the start
Many seats were still empty this Saturday at the kick-off of the clash between England and Argentina, for the first weekend of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Queues built up at the points of filtering and at the entrances to the Velodrome.
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Feverish, Argentina…
Surprising situation… Daly’s long-distance penalty fails at the foot of the post, but the Argentines procrastinate and seize the ball a little late and especially in confusion, allowing the English to go up to put pressure. The Argentines are no longer masters of this game.
The consequence is immediate
And Ford punishes Mateo Carreras’ mistake by making a drop in the middle of the field. The English take the lead on the scoreboard.
Boffelli is still being tested
But he shows himself very fair under the high balls hit by the English, he makes another volley save. Mateo Carreras is much less so. Found at the end of the line, the winger completely unscrews his kick and offers a good touch for the English to negotiate.
The English put up the barbed wire
And they get away with it, getting a penalty! Ford can clear his team and give them some air by finding a touch slightly in their camp at the halfway line.
Gallo very close to flattening!
The Argentines progressed by multiplying the pick and go after a carried ball which proved unsuccessful on the sidelines. Gallo came very close to the first try of this game, but the ball escaped him. Argentina will play a penalty to increase the pressure on the opposing defensive line.
A first opportunity to score in the English goal for the Pumas
Turnover very well exploited by the Argentinians who found a scrum in the English 5m. Danger for the XV de la Rose.
A first major movement
Finally a movement, with dynamism, depth in the English game, and a ball that reaches the end of the line. Johnny May called the low kick from his third center line Ben Earl who was not precise enough in the exercise. The ball is still English. The XV de la Rose has invested the Pumas camp, but it could not last much longer, because they are now at 15, after the return of Carreras.
Carreras will return to the field
The bunker decided so, judging that Carreras’ delayed intervention did not deserve more. Bad news for England, which has regained color and momentum for two minutes.
A tense meeting
The two teams fail to break free. Argentina gets a broken arm in the first scrum of the match. But England make a fair catch on the next candle and the ball is back in the Argentinian camp.
First scrum to follow, who will take the advantage in this sector?
It is played in the Argentine camp. Both teams are playing with one less player. For Argentina it may be temporary, for England it is permanent since the red card sent to Curry.
Courtney Lawes gets her revenge on the ground
Ball carried started by the Argentinians, but the Pumas’ advance is thwarted by the XV de la Rose. Courtney Lawes is rewarded for his activity in obscure tasks. He trapped the tackled player and obtained a penalty which relieved his team.
Red card for Curry!!
The sanction has fallen, England is condemned to find solutions at 14, the referees’ decision is irrevocable.
England equalize, Carreras receives a yellow card
Carreras was sanctioned in turn, for a delayed contact on Ford who hit a candle. Mr. Raynal signals that the sanction will also be reassessed, it is the famous bunker.
First failure for Boffelli
The Argentine winger did not manage to straighten the course of his ball this time. We remain at 3-0 in favor of the Argentines, the English are in difficulty.
Boffelli takes the upper hand in the air
The English are penalized for a bad contest by Courtney Lawes on the ground.
Argentina unlocks its counter
Emiliano Boffelli sets the target 57m from the posts, slightly to the right. The trajectory seemed amazing, but the ball made its way well between the posts.
This is a first yellow card for Curry
A penalty doubled with a bunker, which means that the action could be aggravated to turn red quickly. In the meantime, the third line is invited to sit on the bench for the next ten minutes.
The game is stopped for a collision between Curry and Mallia
Mr. Raynal asks several angles to the video for this head against head which seems accidental…
The English in the Argentine 22
Carreras is not far from recovering the ball on a kick that he taps for himself in an area he thought was not covered by the English. Marchant is alert and even finds a superb touch in the Pumas’ 22.
Interesting first touch to negotiate for the Argentines
And we play with the forwards to find progress and dynamism, but the English do not retreat. The Argentines test the opposing backfield, calm when receiving the ball.
The kick off is given by the Argentinians!
Very long kick received by Courtney Lawes, the third row and captain of the English.
Lots of emotions in the Argentinian ranks during the Pumas anthem
Make way for God save the King!
To launch hostilities and take an option… or doubt
England already knows it is at a turning point in its World Cup. In full doubt, the XV de la Rose challenges the other group favorite, Argentina. The ambition of these two teams? Take an option for first place in the group ahead of the quarter-finals where the qualifiers will meet two teams from Pool C, Australia, Wales and Fiji. On Sunday (1:30 p.m.), it is the Japanese, quarter-finalists in 2019, who will launch their adventure against Chile at the Toulouse Stadium, in Group D.
The Argentinian line-up
Mallia – Boffelli, Cinti, Chocobares, M. Carreras – (o) S. Carreras, (m) Betranou – Kremer, Gonzalez, Matera – Lavanini, Alemanno – Gomez Kodela, Montoya (cap.), Gallo. Substitutes: Creevy, Sclavi, Bello, Petti, Rubiolo, Bruni, Bazan Velez, Moroni
The English composition
Steward – May, Marchant, Tuilagi, Daly – (o) Ford, (m) Mitchell – Curry, Earl, Lawes (cap.) – Chessum, Itoje – Cole, George, Genge. Subs: Dan, Marler, Stuart, Martin, Ludlam, Care, Smith, Lawrence
Hello everyone and welcome to the live England-Argentina clash
Second evening of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and second shock. After the victory of the XV of France against the All Blacks on Friday at the opening of the competition, it’s time for the XV of the Rose: England faces Argentina. Kick-off at 9 p.m. in Marseille, at the Stade Vélodrome.
After disappointing summer results, the English arrive in doubt, facing the unapologetic Pumas: narrow 19-17 victory against Wales with the typical team, 20-9 defeat with the substitutes against the Welsh, historic defeat 30 -22 against Fiji. England has set down its suitcases in Le Touquet to prepare before the World Cup.
England-Argentina, match from 9 p.m., broadcast on TV on TF1. Match to follow in regular radio points on RMC in our live-text on RMC Sport.