The Pumas They achieved a historic victory against New Zealand by 38 to 30 as a visitor. The commitment corresponded to the 1st date of the Rugby Championship 2024. Victory against the All Blacksthe Head Coach of Argentina, Felipe Contepomi, spoke to the media.
These were his feelings: “The boys played a great game. Many of the things we proposed worked out. It was not a perfect match, but when they came back we were solid in the formations and we took the match where we wanted. Very happy, they played a great match.”.
He added: “There is no such thing as a perfect match, one aspires to that, but one must understand and accept that things are not perfect. The key is not in the error, but in how to recover from the error.” When we were behind or a counter-attack try they came together and went back to what we planned, they had a lot of character to do that.”.
Analyzing the match, the All Blacks started better and went into half-time winning 20-15. Although little by little Los Pumas managed to tilt the game and near the end they turned the result around thanks to a try by none other than Agustín CreevyIt is Argentina’s third victory over New Zealand in its history.
The Rugby Championship is considered the most difficult rugby tournament on the planet. Some even consider it more difficult to win than the World Cup. This is a quadrangular between Argentina, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, where each team will face each other at home and away.
That is to say, there are six dates in total. The Pumas have been competing in the Championship since the 20212 edition and not only have they never managed to win it, but the most they have achieved is two victories. So having started off on the right foot generates a lot of expectations.
The Pumas’ agenda
Los Pumas’ next match will take place on August 17, again against New Zealand as a visitor. It will start at 4.05 hrs. That means we will have to get up early again. As an extra fact, in the other result of the 1st round, South Africa beat Australia by 33 to 7.