ARGENTINA are full of surprises when it comes to the Test arena, and nothing changed in the week between their epic 38-30 first Test Rugby Championship victory over New Zealand in Wellington, and their no-show 42-10 flop in the second at Eden Park.
Their new coach, Felipe Contepomi, was an inspirational Pumas fly-half, and he seemed to have tapped into the same seam in his selection for the first Test. There was a coherence, as well as a ferocity, about Argentina’s pack. With Pablo Matera at his pugnacious best in a well rounded back row featuring the bruising Marcos Kremer and...