Wales humbled by Argentina as Tandy sees scale of task ahead

The start of a new Welsh rugby chapter left fans reading the same old story, Argentina claiming their biggest victory against the host side and consigning Wales to their 19th defeat in 20 Tests.

- Sarah Rendell

Bautista Delguy goes over for his second and Argentina's fifth try

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Welsh supporters had hoped the team had turned a page in the summer after they ended their losing run with a win against Japan and had since given the reins to their new head coach, Steve Tandy. But it is clear there is still a lot of work to do to get this once formidable Wales side back to its glory days.

Alongside their torrid form, discussions will be focused on the Wales centre Ben Thomas after he escaped a red card. Thomas was being held in a ruck and kicked a leg towards Pablo Matera's head, for which he was shown a yellow card.

The incident was referred to bunker review but remained at the sin-bin threshold, the fact he did not make contact with Matera's head a large part of the reason why. However, the decision was heavily discussed with the former referee Nigel Owens putting the case forward on S4C that Thomas should not have even had a yellow card, while many fans believed the punishment should have involved him being shown a straight red.