England Score Last-gasp Try To Beat Argentina

Argentina: (17) 17

Tries: Cinti, Mendy Cons: Carreras 2 Pen: Carreras

England: (14) 22

Tries: Atkinson, Steward, Van Poortvliet Cons: Ford 2 Pen: Ford

Jack van Poortvliet scored a last-gasp effort successful San Juan to manus England a melodramatic triumph and an awesome 2-0 bid triumph complete Argentina.

With nan scores locked astatine 17-17 for astir of nan 2nd half, England were closing successful connected a bid triumph aft winning nan first Test successful La Plata, but Van Poortvliet ensured they would return location pinch a cleanable sweep.

Centre Seb Atkinson had opened some nan scoring and his England relationship and Freddie Steward added his 2nd effort successful a superb, end-to-end first half.

The hosts were lacklustre a week agone but recovered good successful nan 2nd Test arsenic tries from Lucio Cinti and Ignacio Mendy, positive a Santiago Carerras penalty, handed them a slender lead astatine nan interval.

George Ford restored parity from nan footwear aft nan break earlier some sides became locked successful an limb wrestle arsenic they pushed for nan decisive score.

Argentina seldom threatened nan England statement but nan visitors allowed aggregate opportunities to evade them earlier Guy Pepper made nan important break and offloaded for replacement Van Poortvliet to dive complete successful nan corner.

Ford missed nan consequent conversion but, pinch nan timepiece successful nan red, England caught nan restart and fired nan shot into nan stands to declare their 10th Test triumph successful Argentina.

Victory for Steve Borthwick's broadside is their sixth successful a statement - a tally which began successful nan 2nd information of nan Six Nations.

Argentina: Elizalde; Moroni, Cinti, Piccardo, Mendy; S Carreras, Cruz; Gallo, Montoya (capt), Kodela, Petti Pagadizabal, Rubiolo, S Grondona, Gonzalez, Matera.

Replacements: Bernasconi, Vivas, Delgado, Paulos, Isa, B Grondona, Moyano, Roger.

England: Steward; Roebuck, Northmore, S Atkinson, Muir; Ford (capt), Spencer; Baxter, Dan, Heyes, Ewels, Coles, B Curry, Underhill, T Willis.

Replacements: Langdon, Rodd, Opoku-Fordjour, Cunningham-South, Pepper, Dombrandt, Van Poortvliet, Murley.

Referee: Luc Ramos (Fra)