Argentina Shock Six Nations Champions On Their Own Turf

by Paul Cook - While the Wallabies were fading dimly against France in the City of Light, their fellow Rugby Championship tourists were faring somewhat better in their own cross Hemisphere battles. Wins for New Zealand, South Africa and perhaps most notably, Argentina on the opening weekend of November internationals certainly didn't help to diffuse the barbs being thrown at Robbie Deans and his troops after their Stade de France debacle. Argentina went to one of the most daunting venues in world rugby in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff but played superbly to come away with a memorable 26-12 victory. It was their first win on Welsh soil since 2001 - ironically eleven years to the day - and it was earned off the back of a thrilling second half performance where they broke the Welsh apart to score the only two tri
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