Published: September 28, 2019
- Argentina 28-12 Tonga
- Hooker Julian Montoya scored three tries in the first half
Argentina have played two good halves back-to-back in this World Cup, the trouble is that they’ve been spread across two games. After out-scoring France 18-3 in the second-half of a Test they lost last week, they shot into a 28-7 lead in the first half against Tonga, in a match they ended up winning 28-12.
It was their hooker, Julian Montoya, who did most of the damage. He scored a hat-trick in 26 minutes, and became the first hooker to score three tries in a World Cup match since Keith Wood did it for Ireland back in 1999. He was substituted just after half-time, so missed most of the gnarly, bad-tempered second half, when the two teams took turns knocking chunks out of each other.
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