Defeat leaves England with four defeats from their last six matches
This defeat leaves England with four defeats from their last six matches, the resilience shown in the second two Tests against Australia not evident enough here and there will be question marks over Owen Farrell’s captaincy due to his side’s inability to close the match out. Ultimately, it is the torpor from which England so often struggled to emerge that concerns the most.
In the opening stages kicking from deep was the order of the day. There is a sense of excitement within the England camp of a midfield comprising Marcus Smith, Farrell and Manu Tuilagi but early on the latter was starved of the ball. Indeed, on the first four occasions Smith touched the ball he kicked it. On the fifth, he passed to Farrell, who put his foot through it instead.
Joe Cokanasiga, in particular, looked busy and it was he who scored the opening try on 25 minutes. Ben Youngs’s clever kick in behind was taken over by Mateo Carreras and from the ensuing scrum, Cokanasiga took a short ball from his scrumhalf and thundered through Jerónimo de la Fuente and Pablo Matera.
England could not shake their habit of letting Argentina back in just after scoring, however, and a third Boffelli penalty kept the home side’s lead to a point. Much to Ellis Genge’s delight, a powerful England shove on Argentina’s put-in gave Farrell the chance to push the lead out to four at the break – about as much as they deserved but with little room for comfort.
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