French thrash Pumas' second stringers
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:10
A strong French side jumped out to an early lead Friday and easily beat Argentina A 37-14 to at the Esta Tarde en la Ciudad in De La Plata.
Argentina's first XV, the Pumas, play Scotland in the second of a two-Test series on Saturday and the near full-strength French team was simply far too powerful for the Pumas second stringers.
Tries from Marc Andreu, Julien Malzieu and Jerome Porical got the French going, while Argentina struggled to get anything going.
They didn't cross into the French half until midway through the first period.
To compound their misery, the Argentine captain Alberto Vernet Basualdo left the field injured in the 20th minute and was replaced by Eusebio Guinazu.
Argentina finally found the ball and Martin Bustos Moyano scored after a pass from Matias Viazzo. Bustos Moyano converted to close the gap and end the first half down 25-7.
Argentina started after the break in the same lively way they ended the first half, moving the ball about with greater ease. But they couldn't break through a tight French defence and the ball stayed mostly in the middle of the pitch.
France padded their lead in the 64th minute with a second try from Malzieu. David Skrela didn't convert to leave the score 30-7.
Frances fifth and final try followed 12 minutes later with Malzieu passing to Gregory Lamboley. This time Skrela didn't miss
the conversion.
Argentina managed a try near the end of the second half from Miguel De Achaval. Moyano converted to make the final score 37-14.
Scorers:
For Argentina XV:
Tries: Moyano, De Achaval
Cons: Moyano 2
For French XV:
Tries: Andreu, Malzieu, Porical, Malzieu, Lamboley
Cons: Skrela 3
Pens: Skrela 2
Teams:
Argentina A: 15 Juan Ignacio Gauthier, 14 Martín Bustos Moyano, 13 Matías Viazzo, 12 Miguel Avramovic, 11 Federico Martin Aramburu, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Francisco Albarracín, 8 Miguel De Achaval, 7 Alejandro Abadie, 6 Leonardo Senatore, 5 Esteban Lozada, 4 Mariano Galarza, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Alberto Vernet Basualdo (captain), 1 Pablo Henn.
France XV: 15 Jerome Porical, 14 Julien Malzieu, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Lionel Mazars, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 David Skrela, 9 Dimitri Yachvili (captain), 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Gregory Lamboley, 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Fabien Barcella.
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