Argentina defeat Uruguay to win South American 4 Nations

The Argentina XV defeated the Uruguay XV 53-19 today in Montevideo. The result means that Argentina won the South American 4 Nations with a 3-0 record. The Uruguayans fell short of expectations, finishing with one win and two losses.

The Argentina XV outscored the Uruguay XV by 7 tries to 3. They came in patches which included an early double from hooker Ignacio Ruiz  and a late double to replacement scrum half Lautaro Bazán Vélez.  Three other players also scored, the same number as those who did for the Uruguay XV.

When the Argentina XV could not score tries they looked to Martín Elías. The Ceibos fly half landed two first half penalties and scored sixteen points in total.

Eliás’ two penalties both came in the first half. They followed Ruiz’ tries and fell other side of a score from Martín Canelliere. The fullback’s score was the pick of the opening half from an Argentine perspective. However, it was the try from his opposite, José Iruleguy, which impressed the most.

The Argentina XV’ held a 20-5 halftime lead. Matías Osadczuk ended any talk of a home team comeback. The Los Pumas 7’s flier used his speed to get over. The 41st minute try was followed by two more Argentine tries before the Uruguayans could add to their tally.

With the win the Argentina XV are South American Champions for 2020. While, such an outcome was expected the level of play that the team was up against was superior to that of prior editions.

 

SCORING

URUGUAY XV (19)
Try: Iruleguy (16′), Vilaseca (59′), Lijtenstein (62′)
Conversion: Iruleguy 2 (60′, 63′)
Yellow Card: Arbelo (43′)

ARGENTINA XV (53)
Try: Ruiz 2 (2′, 13′), Cancelliere (36′), Osadczuk (41′), Martínez (49′), Bazán Vélez 2 (55′, 68′)
Conversion: Eliás 5 (3′, 10′, 41′, 50′, 56′), Mare (69′)
Penalty: Elías 2 (34′, 37′)

 

TEAMS

URUGUAY XV
1 Ezequiel Ramos, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 3 Ignacio Péculo, 4 Juanjuan Garese, 5 Lorenzo Surraco, 6 Eric Dosantos, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Santiago Civetta, 9 Ignacio Rodríguez, 10 Rodrigo Silva, 11 Baltazar Amaya, 12 Andrés Vilaseca (capt.), 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Juan Manuel Alonso, 15 José Iruleguy

Replacements: Matías Benítez, Diego Arbelo, Leandro Segredo, Felipe Aliaga, Guillermo Lijtenstein, Nicolás Freitas, Agustín Della Corte, Federico Favaro, Manuel Diana, Mateo Perillo

ARGENTINA XV
1 Javier Díaz, 2 Ignacio Ruiz, 3 Francisco Minervino, 4 Santiago Portillo, 5 Franco Molina, 6 Lautaro Bavaro, 7 Santiago Ruiz, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 9 Joaquín Pellandini, 10 Martín Elías, 11 Mateo Carreras, 12 Teo Castiglioni, 13 Tomás Cubilla (Capt.), 14 Matías Osadczuk, 15 Martín Cancelliere

Replacements: 16 Martín Vaca, 17 Lucas Favre, 17 Estanislao Carullo, 18 Rodrigo Martínez, 19 Federico Gutíerrez, 20 Lautaro Bázan Vélez, 21 Juan Pablo Castro, 22 Facundo Ferrario, 23 Santiago Mare, 24 Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel, 25 Ramiro Tallone

Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Assistant Referes: Frank Méndez, (Chile), Cauá Ricardo (Brazil)