Argentina break free in second half to overwhelm Georgia
Argentina shook off first-half nerves and played the attacking rugby they enjoy to overwhelm Georgia 54-9 in their Rugby World Cup pool C match on Friday, coach Daniel Hourcade and captain Agustin Creevy said.
Argentina shook off first-half nerves and played the attacking rugby they enjoy to overwhelm Georgia 54-9 in their Rugby World Cup pool C match on Friday, coach Daniel Hourcade and captain Agustin Creevy said.
The score was 14-9 to the Pumas at half-time after they had scored an early try in an even first half before a one-sided second half in which Argentina added another six tries with two each from wings Juan Imhoff and Santiago Cordero.
We played with confidence and enjoyed ourselves, that’s why the score was so big
“I’m obviously very happy with a victory playing good rugby in a match that opened up after a difficult first half,” Hourcade said after his side’s first win of the tournament.
“We committed a lot of errors in the first half that prevented us from playing our game, so at half-time we urged ourselves to go out there and shake off the pressure and do what we know best.
“We played with confidence and enjoyed ourselves, that’s why the score was so big,” said hooker Creevy, who was impressed by the Argentine support in the crowd at Kingsholm and likened the atmosphere to that at a football match.
Creevy admitted the sin-binning of Georgia’s talismanic captain Mamuka Gorgodze early in the second half helped Argentina take off.