Argentina claimed their first victory against New Zealand on November 14, 2020. -

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History!

Argentina, led by its opening half Nicolas Sanchez, author of all points for his team, tamed the All Blacks (25-15) for the first time in its history, Saturday in Sydney, during the third day of the Rugby Championship.

Indeed, the Pumas had never yet beaten New Zealand, in 30 confrontations.

For the All Blacks, after their setback last week against Australia (22-24), on the 2nd day of this event in which South Africa does not participate due to the Covid-19 pandemic, c It's the cold shower: this is the first time since 2011 that New Zealand has lost two consecutive matches.

This time, we can no longer speak of surprise: after their defeat last week against Australia, the first since the World Cup-2019, the All Blacks have some concerns.

All the best blacks were there

And yet New Zealand were eager to quickly forget this affront and to do so, New Zealand manager Ian Foster had made ten changes to line up what almost looked like a typical squad, with all of their current best and in particular a first line composed of Tyrel Lomax, Dane Coles and Joe Moody.

But that was without counting on the Argentines, for whom it was the first match in this new version of Tri-Nations, and the first for 13 months, and their victory at the World Cup in Japan against the United States (47 -17).

Exceptional Nicolas Sanchez

The formation coached by Mario Ledesma, who was already leading to the 16-3 break, was imperial from start to finish, both in attack and defense, against unruly All Blacks, making too many mistakes.

Imperial, Nicolas Sanchez, the Stade Français player, took care of everything: a try (19th), a transformation, and six penalties.

The All Blacks waited until the 53rd minute to score their first try of the meeting, by Sam Crane, before reducing the score in stoppage time by Caleb Clarke with a try for the honor.

But it was too late.

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