DUBLIN (Reuters) -Eire made it a clear sweep of November check victories on Sunday after they adopted up final weekend’s memorable overcome New Zealand with a extra routine 53-7 thrashing of an indisciplined Argentina on the Aviva Stadium.
Seven tries from Eire’s more and more spectacular group of forwards additionally made it a sweep of weekend wins for the northern hemisphere over their southern counterparts, establishing an thrilling 2022 Six Nations wherein Eire must be real title contenders.
The defeat capped a disappointing yr for Argentina, who conceded 53 unanswered factors after taking an early lead and performed many of the final half hour with 14 males after a yellow card for Pablo Matera and a crimson for Tomas Lavanini.
“We’re striving to be an important workforce, we’re definitely not there but however we’ve put some nice weeks collectively. I’ve beloved each minute of it,” stand-in Eire captain Peter O’Mahony stated in a pitchside interview.
“You’ll be able to see guys are smiling on a regular basis. Not simply after the video games, smiling within the video games which is mad as a result of they’re savagely intense.”
After Eire unleashed hell on the All Blacks from the phrase go final week, they had been far slower out of the blocks this trip and the guests took full benefit, creating a large overlap for Mateo Carreras to dash clear and contact down on 5 minutes.
That served as a wake-up name for the hosts who regained the initiative, first from a superbly executed lineout maul completed off by flanker Josh Van der Flier after which a ahead shunt that pushed all-action prop Andrew Porter over.
Argentina had been left to rue two fluffed Emiliano Boffelli penalties and a knock on close to the Irish line from Carreras when Caelan Doris, one among Eire’s greatest performers this month, responded by bouncing off a double hit to make an enormous carry over the road for a 24-7 halftime lead.
Mario Ledesma’s facet, who ended a run of seven consecutive defeats with final weekend’s victory in Italy, tried briefly to get again within the recreation within the second half however Matera’s yellow card on 50 minutes successfully ended the competition.
Extra Irish scores had been inevitable and the excellent Tadhg Furlong led one other wave of Irish ahead carries that led to Van der Flier going over for his second attempt.
Argentina’s self-discipline went from unhealthy to worse when Lavanini picked up the third crimson card of his worldwide profession for a reckless hit on Cian Healy that prompted an indignant response from O’Mahony.
The floodgates opened with alternative hooker Dan Sheehan, a prolific attempt scorer in his younger Leinster profession, getting his first for Eire in simply his second look and Healy marking his 112th cap with Eire’s sixth attempt.
Tadhg Beirne rounded off the scoring to make it eight wins in a row for an Irish facet rising in confidence.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin, Enhancing by Ed Osmond and Pritha Sarkar)
