Australia have slumped to their biggest-ever defeat by Argentina, a 48-17 thrashing in which Los Pumas score seven tries-to-two to square the series
The Wallabies have been unable to back up their openingsuccess, crashing to a 48-17 loss to Argentina in a helter-skelter affair in San Juan.
It proved a turning point with the remainder of the game almost one-way traffic in a disappointing display by the visitors. Australia got off to the worst possible start and they trailed 14-0 after seven minutes. Veteran winger Juan Imhoff opened the scoring in the first minute when he pounced on a mix-up between Wallabies winger Jordan Petaia and fullback Tom Wright and raced to the line.
It looked like the visitors would take the lead after O’Connor crossed after some clever interplay with Petaia but referee Karl Dickson and the TMO deemed an earlier clean-out by Slipper was illegal. The half-time margin could have been more ugly but for a miracle try-saving tackle by Marika Koroibete.
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