Los Pumas vs. Escocia

Yesterday we headed out to the outskirts of the city of Buenos Aires (technically Capital Federal) to watch Argentina take on Scotland in a little south versus north rugby action. We had awesome seats, 7 rows up right on the midline, and though it was a bit a touch windy it would be hard to ask for a better day to play rugby. And now as a special treat, my best impression of an English style rugby write-up:

Argentina beat the Scots 21-14 the previous week, but were picked apart by Chris Patterson's near flawless boot and ended up on the wrong side of a 26-14 rout. Scotland looked crisp and precise from the outset and were backed by stunning defense against a multi phased Puma attack inside their 22. Following the patient slotting of three penalties and a well worked try from Ross Ford in the closing moments, the visitors were rewarded with a 16-0 lead at the interval.

Argentina showed signs of life in the second, and in his last test match, "Nacho" Lobbe's touch down and the resulting conversion narrowed the gap to 19-7 at 60 minutes. The Pumas continued to assert themselves and had seemingly added a second try four minutes later, but the video referee ruled a knock on and the score remained. Argentina's composure did not and they again showed the nervous indecisiveness that plagued them in the first. A lazy pass from the Pumas' 5/8th led to a clever interception by Dan Parks who set up Graeme Morrison to finish under the posts, sealing the match for the visitors. Horacio Agulla added a last second try in the corner for the Pumas and Todeschini hit the extras at the final whistle.

Anyways, things are starting to wrap up here. I've got under two weeks left in BsAs, then I'm off to Macchu Picchu and then back to Denver. I've got one postcard stamp left, so if you want one leave me a comment.

Ciao, ciao