Sunday’s November International Rugby action comes from Murrayfield where Scotland clash with Argentina
Scotland v Argentina, Sunday 16th November, Edinburgh, KO 17:10 (South African time)
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Angus Gardner (RA), Luke Pearce (RFU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
Weather Forecast - Edinburgh
Scotland:
Scotland had tuned up for last weeks clash with the All Blacks a 85-0 demolition of USA. They started as 7.5 point underdogs against the New Zealanders and things didn’t go to plan as they conceded the first 17 points of the game. However a stirring fight back with early second half tries from Ewan Ashman and Kyle Steyn saw them bring the game level at 17-17, they had chances to go in front but it New Zealand who found the final try on 73 minutes and a subsequent penalty saw Scotland go down 25-17.
Scotland’s mid year program saw them win at the Maori All Blacks (29-26), they lost in Fiji (29-14) and then beat Samoa (41-12).
Earlier this year Scotland finished down the field in the Six Nations with 2 wins and 3 defeats. They started with a 31-19 home win over Italy before defeats at home to Ireland (32-18) and away to England (16-15). Their second win came at home to Wales (35-29) and they finished that tournament with a 35-16 loss in France.
In the November international series of 2024 Scotland beat Fiji (57-17), Portugal (59-21) and Australia (27-13) but they lost to South Africa (32-15).
After this the Scots will host Tonga.
Argentina:
Argentina’s first action of this series came against Wales in Cardiff last week and they came out on top 52-28, scoring 4 tries in the first half and another 3 in the second all of which were converted by
Santiago Carreras.
In the Rugby Championship in August / September / October Argentina won 2 and lost 4 of their matches. A double against the All Blacks saw Los Pumas go down 41-24 but they subsequently pulled off a first win over New Zealand on their home turf in winning the Round 2 clash 29-23. Two matches against the Wallabies in Australia were both thrillers with the Wallabies edging the first 28-24 before Argentina came out on top in the second 28-26. To finish up Argentina lost 67-30 to the Boks in South Africa before another meeting at Twickenham saw them go down 29-27.
In July Argentina lost 2 test matches at home to England (35-12 and 22-17) before thrashing Uruguay (52-17).
In the 2024 November series Argentina won in Italy (50-18), they were edged out in Ireland (22-19) and then lost in France (37-23).
After this Argentina will take on England
Recent Head to Head
Nov 22 INT Edinburgh Scotland 52-29 Argentina
Jul 22 INT Santiago Argentina 34-31 Scotland
Jul 22 INT Salta Argentina 6-29 Scotland
Jul 22 INT San Salvador Argentina 26-18 Scotland
Team News
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (captain), 11 Kyle Steyn, 10 Finn Russell (vice-captain), 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Gregor Brown, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 D’Arcy Rae, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Josh Bayliss, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 Jamie Dobie, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Duhan van der Merwe
Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Geronimi Prisciantelli, 9 Simon Benitez Cruz, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Julian Montoya (captain), 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Thomas Gallo, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Efrain Elias, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Agustin Moyano, 22 Santiago Carreras, 23 Justo Piccardo
The Betting
Average early show, subject to change
Scotland -3.5 points at 9/10
Argentina +3.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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