The Pumitas they come playing a M20 World Cup to get excited. Although they suffered a severe setback at the start of the tournament against England, from then on they showed all their power. And they did it twice before South Africathe owner of the house and one of the most dangerous rivals in the contest.
In that sense, they exhibited all their weapons: a powerful pack, strength in the line and, especially, in the maul and also great sleight of hand.
In fact, the latter was seen in one of the last plays of the first half. When just over 37 minutes had passed, Elizalde, the fullback, took the ball in his 22 and started forward. And from then on there were passes and passes before South African contact arrived. Thus, the team ran the entire field from right to left, passing through the two blind men, and ended up in the try by Gerónimo Pérez Pardo.
The Pumitas rounded off a dream match, which ended with a 34-24 victory and will allow them to fight for fifth place against Wales or Australia. With tries from Juan Greising Revol, Efraín Elías, Pérez Pardo and Timoteo Silva (the latter had a try disallowed for a forward pass) plus three conversions and a penalty from Santino Di Lucca and a penalty and a conversion from Elizalde (one of the best silvers of the tournament), the Argentine team dominated South Africa and never saw victory at risk.