Ireland survive Argentina comeback to claim narrow win

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Ireland survive Argentina comeback to claim narrow win

Ireland survive Argentina comeback to claim narrow win

Ireland have survived a fierce second half comeback from Argentina to narrowly defeat the Pumas 22-19 at the Aviva Stadium and just about bounce back from last week’s disappointing loss to New Zealand.

Ireland led 22-9 at half-time after ruthlessly punishing an early Argentina yellow card with two tries in the first seven minutes from Jack Crowley and Mack Hansen.

Joe McCarthy added a third after Tomas Albornoz had kept the visitors in touch.

But a very different Argentina side emerged after half-time with Juan Cruz Mallia slicing the hosts open with the try of the game.

Albornoz cut the lead to just three points as the Irish errors of a week ago began to creep back in.

But the hosts composed themselves, in no small part thanks to an impressive debut off the bench from 21-year-old flyhalf Sam Prendergast.

The hosts then hung on at the death to avoid back-to-back defeats for the first time since 2021.

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