Andy Farrell’s side came out on the wrong side of the penalty count for the second week running.
Maintaining discipline would have been a key theme for Ireland heading into Friday night’s game against Argentina .
Against Argentina, Ireland conceded 12 points directly from four penalties kicked by Tomás Albornoz. The Pumas’ other seven points in their 22-19 defeat came from a converted Juan Cruz Mallía try. Against Argentina, Ireland conceded 136 metres of territory from the Pumas’ eight penalty kicks to touch, whereas Ireland gained 81 metres from their five penalty kicks to touch.
The broadcast footage doesn’t give us a wide view of Henshaw’s positioning as the ball is lifted by Argentina scrum-half Gonzalo Bretranou, but Henshaw is ahead of his team-mates. Andrew Porter does an excellent job of catching it down near his feet but Gibson-Park’s displeasure on the ref mic is obvious, even if it’s unclear what he says.
Bealham reacts instinctively by going for a croc roll – which is now illegal – as he drops his own body weight off to the side of Sclavi and attempts to pull the Pumas prop away in that direction. Ireland’s third penalty concession is another avoidable one caused by their own mix-up while in possession of the ball.
It goes nowhere and rather than kicking for the posts again in the 37th minute, Argentina decide to go into the corner.Ireland deny the Pumas maul and then dig in for tryline defence but Doris is pinged for offside a second time in quick succession. In the split second after Ryan has stripped the ball away, Williams shouts, “Tackle” and indicates for Ireland to release. When the ball comes out on Ireland’s side, Williams instantly blows his whistle for a penalty to Argentina.“Timing. Knee down, called ‘tackle,’ then the rip came second,” says Williams.
This kind of ‘escorting’ by García has been a big focus in these autumn internationals, with referees told to focus on obstruction first ahead of pushing by chasing players. But in this instance, the call goes against Ireland.Argentina kick down into their 22 and there’s another Irish penalty for offside, with McCarthy sent to the sin bin for this one.
But Crowley gets his timing just wrong as he hits Albornoz before his right foot lands back on the ground. “Angle, loosehead,” says Williams after blowing for the penalty. Argentina lift the pressure in their own half and kick down into Ireland’s to launch a lineout attack. Gibson-Park runs a support line on Osborne’s inside as he looks for an offload that’s going to be difficult for Osborne to throw blind, McCarthy seems to initially anticipate a pass to the left from Osborne as he instead dummies, while Clarkson moves to get around the corner to the left for the next phase.
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