The Brumbies clinched a 39-15 bonus-point victory against the Jaguares in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
Following last weekend’s scrappy win over the Kings, the Brumbies produced an impressive six-try performance to overcome the Jaguares and end their two-match tour on a high.
The Jaguares started strongly and led 10-7 after the opening quarter, thanks to Tomas Lavanini’s converted try and a penalty. Sam Carter’s try from the back of a rolling maul accounted for the Brumbies’ points.
The momentum then swung in the Brumbies’ favour and fullback Tom Banks completed a first-half double, while teammate Wharenui Hawera booted a penalty as they led 20-10 at the interval. It went from bad to worse for the hosts, when captain Agustin Creevy was yellow-carded for cynical play, with the Brumbies on attack.
The Brumbies’ relentless pressure on the Jaguares’ defence didn’t let up in the second half. Wing Henry Speight surged through a gap for another try to extend his team’s tally, before replacement wing Andrew Muirhead grabbed a brace to seal the result.
Replacement lock Guido Petti did breach the Brumbies’ line for a score late in the match, but his effort was a mere consolation for the Jaguares, who are now 18 points behind the second-placed Sharks in the Africa 2 conference standings.
Jaguares – Tries: Tomás Lavanini, Guido Petti. Conversion: Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias. Penalty: Nicolás Sánchez.
Brumbies – Tries: Sam Carter, Tom Banks (2), Henry Speight, Andrew Muirhead (2). Conversions: Wharenui Hawera (3). Penalty: Hawera.
Jaguares – 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Ramiro Moyano, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 11 Batista Ezcurra, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6 Tomás Lezana, 5 Matías Alemanno, 4 Tomás Lavanini, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Lucas Noguera Paz.
Subs: 16 Julían Montoya, 17 Santiago Garcia Botta, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Javier Ortega Desio, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Matías Moroni.
Brumbies – 15 Tom Banks, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Aidan Toua, 10 Wharenui Hawera, 9 Joe Powell, 8 Jordan Smiler, 7 Chris Alcock, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Sam Carter (c), 4 Rory Arnold, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Josh Mann-Rea, 1 Ben Alexander.
Subs: 16 Robbie Abel, 17 Nic Mayhew, 18 Leslie Leulua’iali’i-Makin, 19 Blake Enever, 20 Jarrad Butler, 21 De Wet Roos, 22 Andrew Muirhead, 23 Andrew Smith.
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