Pumas maul poor Wales, Tandy reign begins in loss

Argentina overpowered Wales 52-28 in Cardiff on Sunday as home coach Steve Tandy’s first game in charge of the national side ended in a record loss.

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Victory gave Argentina their highest score and largest winning margin against Wales.

To make matters worse for Wales, talismanic captain Jac Morgan went off with a shoulder injury early in the second half that is set to rule the flanker out of the remainder of their Autumn Nations Series campaign.

The Pumas, sixth in the world rankings to Wales’ 12th place, ran in seven tries, with Geronimo Prisciantelli scoring two and Pedro Delgado, Simon Benitez Cruz, Mateo Carreras, Bautista Delguy and Santiago Grondona also going over.

All of those scores were converted by Santiago Carreras, who also landed a penalty ina faultless haul of 17 points from the kicking tee.

Four of those tries came ina first half when Argentina led 14-0, were pegged back to 14-14, but still turned round in command at 31-14.

“We're really happy with the result)” fly-half Prisciantelli, the player of the match, told the BBC. “We knew Cardiff is a very difficult place to come and we knew Wales would be tough”