Australia Stage Dramatic Comeback To Beat Argentina

Australia 28 (7)

Tries: White, Suaalii, Bell Cons: Lynagh 2, O'Connor 2 Pens:

Argentina 24 (21)

Tries: Delguy, Carreras Cons: Carreras Pens: Carreras 3, Mallia

Angus Bell scored a melodramatic winning effort six minutes aft nan last hooter arsenic Australia overturned a 21-7 half-time shortage to hit Argentina 28-24 successful nan Rugby Championship.

Juan Cruz Mallia had put Argentina 24-21 up pinch a punishment successful nan 79th infinitesimal but, aft nan Wallabies turned down 3 opportunities to level pinch their ain kick, Bell went complete nan line.

"Full in installments to nan team, we could person gone for extremity location and taken nan draw," said Australia skipper Harry Wilson, whose broadside recovered from 22-5 down to hit South Africa 38-22 past month.

"Everyone believed that we could decorativeness nan job. And if boys want to triumph a game, we whitethorn arsenic good backmost them.

"[I'm] proud of nan boys, we weren't astatine our best, but to find a measurement to get a triumph against specified a high-quality guidance is simply a existent in installments to them."

The Pumas had travelled to Queensland connected nan backmost of a first location triumph against New Zealand successful their erstwhile game.

And, contempt a Nic White effort for Australia, they went 21-7 up pinch nan thief of Bautista Delguy and Mateo Carreras tries, on pinch 3 penalties from Santi Carreras.

Two tries from Joseph Suaalii hauled Australia level astatine 21-21 earlier nan precocious play earned nan hosts victory.

"It was acold from a bully performance," said Pumas skipper Julian Montoya.

"Congrats to Australia, they took their opportunities. But successful nan 2nd half, we gave distant a batch of penalties that we tin control, for illustration offside, and past we gave them position beautiful easy."