Argentina beat a stuttering British and Irish Lions for the primary time ever on Friday with a 28-24 warm-up recreation victory on the Aviva Stadium that left coach Andy Farrell with a lot to do as his squad prepare to go away for Australia.
Simply as they did after they final met in a 25-25 draw earlier than the 2005 tour, the Pumas had the Lions on the ropes early because of tries from Ignacio Mendy and Tomas Albornoz both facet of a Bundee Aki effort that gave them a deserved 21-10 halftime lead.
The Lions, taking part in with out nearly half of their panel on account of latest membership commitments and harm, have been a special animal early within the second half and regained the lead after a penalty try to one other dwelling crowd rating, this time for Tadhg Beirne.
However Santiago Carreras put Argentina again in entrance towards the run of play with one other nice workforce try to the error-strewn Lions couldn’t reply once more to go away themselves 5 extra video games, all in Australia, to set issues proper earlier than the primary take a look at towards the Wallabies on July 19.
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