Argentina 19 - 20 Australia

Full time

31 Aug 2024

Stage: Regular Season Round 3

Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi

Argentina narrowly lost to Australia, finishing 19-20 at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi. Santiago Carreras opened the scoring with a penalty before Juan Martin Gonzalez crossed for a try, which Carreras converted. Australia responded with a try from Jake Gordon, followed by Noah Lolesio's conversion. Rob Valetini then scored another try for Australia, with Lolesio adding the conversion and a penalty. Carreras continued to be influential for Argentina with multiple penalties, but they fell just short. In the final moments, Ben Donaldson's penalty sealed the victory for Australia. Both teams showed resilience in challenging conditions, with rain affecting ball handling throughout the match.

Weather

Temperature: 12.0°C (Feels like 6.8°C) Condition: Rain Wind: 22.7 km/h, gusting to 38.3 km/h Humidity: 89% Cloud Cover: 98%

Events

Kickoff
1'

Substitution

Tomas Lavanini on for Pedro Rubiolo · Argentina
11'

Penalty

Santiago Carreras · Argentina

3 - 0
14'

Try

Juan Martin Gonzalez · Argentina

8 - 0
15'

Conversion

Santiago Carreras · Argentina

10 - 0
27'

Try

Jake Gordon · Australia

10 - 5
27'

Conversion

Noah Lolesio · Australia

10 - 7
34'

Penalty

Santiago Carreras · Argentina

13 - 7
Halftime 13 - 7
Second Half
44'

Penalty

Santiago Carreras · Argentina

16 - 7
44'

Substitution

Guido Petti on for Franco Molina · Argentina
44'

Substitution

Eduardo Bello on for Joel Sclavi · Argentina
47'

Substitution

Allan Alaalatoa on for Taniela Tupou · Australia
47'

Substitution

Jeremy Williams on for Lukhan Salakaia-Loto · Australia
49'

Try

Rob Valetini · Australia

16 - 12
50'

Conversion

Noah Lolesio · Australia

16 - 14
50'

Substitution

Santiago Grondona on for Juan Martin Gonzalez · Argentina
55'

Substitution

Isaac Kailea on for Angus Bell · Australia
58'

Penalty

Noah Lolesio · Australia

16 - 17
61'

Substitution

Lautaro Bazan Velez on for Gonzalo Bertranou · Argentina
61'

Substitution

Juan Martin Gonzalez on for Santiago Grondona · Argentina
61'

Substitution

Santiago Grondona on for Tomas Lavanini · Argentina
61'

Substitution

Tomas Albornoz on for Santiago Cordero · Argentina
64'

Substitution

Josh Nasser on for Matt Faessler · Australia
66'

Substitution

Max Jorgensen on for Andrew Kellaway · Australia
66'

Substitution

Tate McDermott on for Jake Gordon · Australia
69'

Penalty

Tomas Albornoz · Argentina

19 - 17
69'

Substitution

Mayco Vivas on for Thomas Gallo · Argentina
72'

Substitution

Agustin Creevy on for Santiago Carreras · Argentina
73'

Substitution

Langi Gleeson on for Carlo Tizzano · Australia
73'

Substitution

Angus Bell on for Isaac Kailea · Australia
75'

Substitution

Ben Donaldson on for Noah Lolesio · Australia
80'

Penalty

Ben Donaldson · Australia

19 - 20
Fulltime 19 - 20

Player ratings

Argentina

15 Juan Cruz Mallia 5.7
14 Santiago Cordero 6.1
13 Lucio Cinti 6.6
12 Santiago Chocobares 6.4
11 Mateo Carreras 6.6
10 Santiago Carreras 6.4
9 Gonzalo Bertranou 6.2
1 Thomas Gallo 6.7
2 Julian Montoya 6.6
3 Joel Sclavi 6.5
4 Franco Molina 6.3
5 Pedro Rubiolo –
6 Pablo Matera 7.0
7 Marcos Kremer 7.6
8 Juan Martin Gonzalez 7.4
16 Agustin Creevy –
17 Mayco Vivas 5.5
18 Eduardo Bello 5.9
19 Guido Petti 6.0
20 Tomas Lavanini 6.2
21 Santiago Grondona 5.5
22 Lautaro Bazan Velez 5.8
23 Tomas Albornoz 6.7

Australia

15 Tom Wright 7.4
14 Andrew Kellaway 6.1
13 Len Ikitau 7.8
12 Hamish Stewart 6.5
11 Marika Koroibete 6.1
10 Noah Lolesio 6.8
9 Jake Gordon 7.9
1 Angus Bell 8.5
2 Matt Faessler 7.5
3 Taniela Tupou 6.6
4 Nick Frost 5.7
5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto 7.0
6 Rob Valetini 7.6
7 Carlo Tizzano 7.9
8 Harry Wilson 8.1
16 Josh Nasser 6.5
17 Isaac Kailea 6.2
18 Allan Alaalatoa 6.8
19 Jeremy Williams 6.8
20 Langi Gleeson –
21 Tate McDermott 6.3
22 Ben Donaldson –
23 Max Jorgensen 6.1