Jaguars beat Wolves
The Argentina Jaguars beat Portugal 24-13 in Lisbon on Saturday.
This match came a week after the Jaguars’ 24-22 defeat by Georgia.
The Jaguars scored two tries, including a penalty try, to one.
In the pouring rain, Portugal struck early when Eduardo Acosta scored a try after just three minutes and Pedro Leal converted. 7-0. Santiago González reduced the lead with a penalty but Leal increased the lead with a penalty.
The Jaguars struck back with a try by Belisario Agulla to make the score 10-8 after 17 minutes. That was the half-time score. Each time Portugal scored, the Jaguars hit back. The first penalty was two minutes after Acosta’s try and the Jaguars’ try came a minute after Leal had kicked the penalty.
González goaled three penalties before Pedro Cabral got one back for the home side to make the score 17-13 to the Jaguars with four minutes to play. But a penalty try made the game safe for the Jaguars.
Scorers:
For Argentina Jaguars:
Tries: Agulla. penalty try
Con: Sánchez
Pens: González Iglesias
For Portugal:
Try: Acosta
Con: Leal
Pens: Leal, Cabral
Teams:
Portugal: 15 Francisco Serra, 14 David Mateus, 13 Miguel Portela, 12 Diogo Mateus, 11 Gonzalo Foro, 10 Duarte Cardoso Pinto, 9 Pedro Leal, 8 Juan Severino, 7 Salvador Palha, 6 Vasco Uva, 5 Gonzalo Uva, 4 Eduardo Acosta, 3 Juan Murre, 2 João Correia (captain), 1 Jorge Segurado.
Replacements: 16 João Junior, 17 Thomas da Costa, 18 Tiago Girão, 19 Aurélien Beco, 20 Emmanuel Rebelo, 21 Pedro Cabral, 22 Pedro Silva.
Coach: Tomaz Morais.
Argentina Jaguars: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Belisario Agulla, 13 Juan Pablo Estelles, 12 Miguel Avramovic, 11 Francisco Merello, 10 Santiago González Iglesias, 9 Francisco Albarracin, 8 Leonardo Senatore (captain), 7 Agustín Guzmán, 6 Rodrigo Bruno, 5 Tomás Roan, 4 Hugo Schierano, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Matías Cortese,, 1 Gastón De Robertis.
Replacements: 16 Álvaro Tejeda, 17 Juan Gómez, 18 Mariano Galarza, 19 Rodrigo Báez, 20 Martín Landajo, 21 Nicolás Sánchez, 22 Gabriel Ascárate
Coaches: José Orengo, Raúl Pérez.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
