The All Blacks have beaten Argentina in Buenos Aires by 25-19, but it was not at all convincing. There were way too many dropped balls by the ABs - admittedly it was drizzling a little, but I would have expected them to copy better than they did.

However, the game was overshadowed by the shocking performance of the referee. I don't think he was biased, but just insisted on issuing as many penalties as possible, and generally stopping play. At many times the players seemed very unclear as to what they were actually being penalised for.

But, Argentina did play quite well - the ABs definitely need to lift their game before the Tri-Nations - fortunately they'll have the best players available for that, rather than the last 3 game where two completely separate teams have been used.

Posted by Dave Bryant at 3:13 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)