LIVE: 'Cheap shot' ignites tense Wallabies Test

Nine's Michael Atkinson reports that Len Ikitau is disconnected to hospital.

"Len has conscionable near the stadium, successful a backstage car with a Wallabies official, disconnected to infirmary to get scans connected that shoulder," Atkinson says.

"Wallabies officials aren't rather definite what it is but we anticipation scans travel backmost showing it is not excessively serious."

Indeed.

Emiliano Boffelli has regained the pb for Argentina with different sweetly struck penalty.

The Pumas pb 20-17 aft an hour's play.

"The Argentinians are looking for a repetition of 2020 erstwhile they took down the All Blacks astatine this venue. It was a brainsick aged clip successful 2020," Sean Maloney says connected Stan.

And that's the cleanable effect to the inexpensive changeable arsenic Wallabies halfback Nic White snipes from an attacking scrum to drawback the Pumas napping and people a important try.

It's each quadrate astatine 17-17 aft 53 minutes.

"That's wherefore helium has been a peculiar subordinate for a agelong time," Sonny Bill Williams says connected Stan.

"Special player's play what's successful front. Things didn't spell to plan, helium turned astir and saw a spread and took it. Moments similar these you request your big players to measurement up and helium did."

The Wallabies person conscionable been awarded a punishment for Pablo Matera's inexpensive changeable connected Nic White.

"Very inexpensive and I archer you what, that is worthy a review. We don't privation endless reviews but that is cheap, disconnected the ball, from the side," Justin Harrison says connected Stan.

"Foul play, it plays a relation successful injuring a player. Nowhere adjacent the ball, successful from the side. Pablo Matera precise fortunate to beryllium connected the field."

Morgan Turinui agrees.

"Such a fantastic player, Pablo Matera, helium doesn't request that successful his game. He tin beryllium pugnacious and carnal without taking connected a subordinate to the broadside of the ruck disconnected the ball."

The Wallabies are successful occupation present arsenic Pumas skipper Julian Montoya powers implicit to springiness the visitors a 17-10 lead.

"The subject of the Wallabies is starting to go a concern, particularly successful that portion of the field," Drew Mitchell says connected Stan.

"Back-to-back penalties, they person to get Richie Arnold back."

That's different cardinal infinitesimal successful this lucifer arsenic the Wallabies triumph a scrum punishment with the Pumas blistery connected onslaught astatine the extremity of the archetypal half.

We're locked up astatine 10-10 astatine the interruption and Australia volition commencement the 2nd fractional a antheral down.

"Some large resilience, we person been defending for monolithic parts of the archetypal fractional truthful bully to support them retired there," Reece Hodge says connected Stan.

"But I deliberation the absorption for the 2nd fractional is to hopefully person a spot of territory and clasp the shot for much than a mates of phases."

Hodge besides addresses Len Ikitau's nonaccomplishment and Carter Gordon playing successful midfield.

"It is simply a monolithic nonaccomplishment but Carter has done good coming connected and I deliberation you volition spot 12 and 13 interchange successful onslaught and defence and the boys are crossed the detail."

Injured Wallabies co-captain Michael Hooper admits the determination to lone person 2 backs connected the seat "can beryllium a curse."

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The Wallabies are down to 14 men arsenic fastener Richie Arnold is yellowish carded by referee Jaco Peyper for deliberately slowing the shot down with the Pumas blistery connected attack.

"He is disconnected his feet, each time of the week, helium has to beryllium disappointed," Justin Harrison says connected Stan.

"If it was hard with a 70/30 possession and territory number (to the Pumas), it is adjacent harder present with Richie Arnold off."

It's 10-10 aft 40 minutes.



Wow, a large infinitesimal successful this Test arsenic Carter Gordon looked acceptable to people his 2nd agelong scope effort successful arsenic galore games earlier getting bundled into interaction by Pumas centre Lucio Cinti.

"A fantastic portion of hands, scooping up the ball," Morgan Turinui says connected Stan.

"Great pursuit arsenic well, a ft contention close to the extremity and that is implicit desperation from Argentina, redeeming the 5 pointer there."

Gordon is playing retired of presumption astatine wrong centre pursuing Len Ikitau's wounded portion Samu Kerevi is astatine No.13.