A boring match. Full of kicking errors and very disappointing mistakes.

England were favourites but Argentina proved they were certainly not the underdogs as they led the way in the first half with no tries, just 3 penalties. However, Rodriguez certainly didn't show his full playing quality with a selection of penalty misses.


The second forty minutes wasn't much better and certainly not for England's usually reliable, Jonny Wilkinson who missed a total of five conversions. Argentina lengthened their lead to 9-3 in the early minutes of the half.

From then on Wilkinson's misses came in and the Argentinean fans become more roudy and jeered louder for each English error.

Haskell in action during a RWC warm up.

But the wait was over and Ben Youngs finally scored the try which could seal a win for England. He made an explosive break and went round the posts to offer Wilkinson an unmissable kick, which he did convert.

England pretty much dominated from then on, with a 4 point lead of 13-9 Argentina couldn't stop them.

The final moments were unfortunate as James Haskell came to blows with Argentinean forwards. Wilkinson kicked to touch from the subsequent penalty and secured Englands win.

Match Facts:
HT score: 6-3 to Arg
FT score: 13-19 to Eng