Argentina inflict second autumn loss for Scotland

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Scotland suffered a calamitous second-half collapse against Argentina, falling to two consecutive Autumn Nations losses that ask serious questions of Gregor Townsend’s side.

Argentina scored 33 points as against Scotland’s 24.

In stark contrast to the narrow loss to New Zealand last week, Scotland enjoyed a strong first half and went 21-0 up early in the second, before being dragged into a dogfight by Los Pumas.

Four tries in 18 second-half minutes turned the game on its head, and with Scotland toiling to get out of their own half, Argentina pilfered the ball to score a fifth and put the game beyond doubt, winning in Edinburgh for the first time since 2009.

Tries from Jack Dempsey and Ewan Ashman had Scotland well ahead, while defensively they managed to keep out the visitors, who missed two penalties from the tee.

But the second half was a different story. Although Ashman scored a second, scores from Julian Montoya, Rodrigo Isgro, and Pedro Rubiolo put Argentina right back in it.