England 29-30 Argentina: Pumas land famous win at Twickenham

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England (16) 29
Tries: Cokanasiga, Van Poortvliet Pens: Farrrell (5) Cons: Farrell (2)
Argentina (12) 30
Tries: Boffelli, Carreras Pens: Boffelli (6) Cons: Boffelli (2)

England made a sobering commencement to their autumn run arsenic Argentina shocked an 80,000-strong Twickenham assemblage with an audacious and deserved victory.

England led 16-12 astatine half-time, but Emiliano Boffelli and Santiago Carreras crossed successful speedy succession to crook the crippled connected its head.

Replacement Jack van Poortvliet scored to repair immoderate of the damage, but Boffelli's footwear proved decisive successful the closing stages.

It is lone Argentina's 2nd distant triumph implicit England pursuing connected from a occurrence successful 2006.

It is the latest landmark triumph successful a play of occurrence for the Pumas, pursuing connected from a first-ever triumph distant to New Zealand earlier successful the year.

But Argentina inactive finished bottommost of the confederate hemisphere's Rugby Championship and were expected to easiness England into a period of fixtures that culminates with matches against the All Blacks and satellite champions South Africa.

England manager Eddie Jones glowered down from the large surface arsenic his side's progressively hopeless attempts to salvage triumph came to nothing.

When replacement Henry Slade spilled guardant successful midfield to extremity an England determination of momentum, Argentina's seat changeable to the entity successful celebration.

The 2 teams adjacent conscionable successful September successful their opening excavation lucifer of the Rugby World Cup.

More to follow.

England: Steward; Nowell, Tuilagi, Farrell (c), Cokanasiga; Smith, Youngs; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Sinckler, Coles, Hill, Itoje, Curry, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Singleton, M Vunipola, Heyes, Ribbans, Simmonds, Willis, Van Poortvliet, Slade

Argentina: Mallia; M Carreras, Moroni, De la Fuente, Boffelli; S Carreras, Bertranou; Gallo, Montoya, Gomez Kodela, Alemanno, Lavanini, Gonzalez, Kremer, Matera.

Replacements: Ruiz, Tetaz Chaparro, Bello, Paulos, Isa, Morales, Talbornoz, Morlando.

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