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England labour to World Cup win
England (3) 13
- Tries: ngs
- Con: Wilkinson
- Pens: Wilkinson 2
Argentina (6) 9
- Pens: Contepomi, Rodriguez 2
ngs spared England’s blushes with his late try
Scrum-half Ben ngs spared England a stunning World Cup defeat as his try pipped Argentina in Dunedin.
Martin Johnson’s side were 9-3 down with 13 minutes left when the replacement scooted under the posts.
Jonny Wilkinson, who had missed five successive kicks, converted to put England in front.
He added a late penalty, while Argentina missed six kicks as they failed to punish England’s indiscipline.
More to follow.
England: Ben Foden, Chris Ashton, Manu Tuilagi, Mike Tindall (captain), Delon Armitage, Jonny Wilkinson, Richard Wigglesworth; Andrew Sheridan, Steve Thompson, Dan Cole, Louis Deacon, Courtney Lawes, Tom Croft, James Haskell, Nick Easter.
Replacements: Dylan Hartley (for Thompson, 62), Matt Stevens (for Sheridan, 62), Tom Palmer (for Deacon, 66), Tom Wood, Ben ngs (for Wigglesworth, 50), Toby Flood, Matt Banahan.
Yellow card: Cole (34)
Argentina: Martin Rodriguez, Gonzalo Camacho, Gonzalo Tiesi, Santiago Fernandez, Horacio Agulla, Felipe Contepomi (captain), Nicolas Vergallo; Rodrigo Roncero, Mario Ledesma, Juan Figallo, Manuel Carizza, Patricio Albacete, Julio Farias Cabello, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Juan Fernandez Lobbe.
Replacements: Agustin Creevy (for Ledesma, 55), Martin Scelzo for Vergallo, 57, for Roncero, 77), Mariano Galarza (for Leguizamon, 78), Alejandro Campos (for Cabello, 69), Alfredo Lalanne, Marcelo Bosch (for Contepomi, 27), Juan Jose Imhoff (for Tiesi, 36).
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