Argentina pulled off a stunning 33-24 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield, overturning a 21-0 deficit in the second half. The comeback, the largest in Argentina's Test rugby history, was orchestrated by Bath fly-half Santi Carreras, one of five replacements introduced after half-time.
Scotland had dominated the first half, with fly-half Finn Russell creating three tries. Darcy Graham, Jack Dempsey, and Ewan Ashman crossed the line, with Russell converting all three to give the hosts a commanding lead. However, the match turned when Russell's loose pass was intercepted by Agustín Moyano, leading to a try for Mateo Carreras and a yellow card for Blair Kinghorn.
Argentina capitalised on the momentum shift, scoring five tries in the final 24 minutes. Julián Montoya, Rodrigo Isgró, Pedro Rubiolo, Pablo Matera, and Justo Piccardo all touched down, with Santi Carreras converting the decisive try. Scotland's head coach Gregor Townsend acknowledged the error was costly, saying: 'Sometimes you make an error and nothing happens... But for it to flip the field and us to lose a yellow card, it was obviously very costly.'
Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi praised his team's resilience: 'We knew the challenge we were facing and we said this was going to go for 80 minutes. We felt when we had the ball with long sequences we could hurt them.' The victory follows Argentina's thrashing of Wales last weekend, setting up a clash with England at Twickenham.
Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu admitted the performance was not good enough: 'As players we need to take a good hard look at ourselves... That performance just was not good enough and we have to own that.' Townsend insisted mental fragility is not an issue, but Scotland fans will be concerned after this collapse.
