The hosts overcame an early deficit sparked by Mateo Carreras to take full control, establishing a comfortable 21-5 advantage by halftime behind solid lineout execution. Argentina struggled after losing captain Julian Montoya to a head injury and having Justo Piccardo sin-binned. Sam Prendergast crossed for his first international try immediately after the restart to ensure the bonus point before further tries sealed the rout. Ireland ultimately finished with a commanding 42-12 result despite losing their own skipper, Dan Sheehan, to a head knock.
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Ireland collected a crucial bonus point to aid their standing in the Nations Championship…: Ireland collected a crucial bonus point to aid their standing in the Nations Championship northern section.
Head coach Andy Farrell validated bold lineup choices, including the inclusion of Craig C…: Head coach Andy Farrell validated bold lineup choices, including the inclusion of Craig Casey and Nick Timoney.
Argentina's struggles deepened with an eighth defeat across their last 11 test matches ah…: Argentina's struggles deepened with an eighth defeat across their last 11 test matches ahead of European road tests.
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DUBLIN, Nov 6 : A Hugo Keenan hat-trick helped Ireland find some of the form that has evaded them of late in a 42-12 thrashing of Argentina at the Aviva Stadium as the Nations Championship between the best of the northern and southern hemispheres resumed on Friday.
Three more tries from Dan Sheehan, Sam Prendergast and Ronan Kelleher added to the comfortable margin Ireland deserved. Two Mateo Carreras tries, one of which gave Argentina the lead, were all the thoroughly outclassed visitors could muster in response.
"The game was never going to be perfect but to win 42-12 first game of the season against a really good side, you have to be really pleased," said coach Andy Farrell, who has challenged his side to turn themselves back into World Cup contenders for next year's tournament.
"We can double down hard now on where we can get better, how we can improve and what our new standards are. Be a little bit more ruthless because that's the team that we want to be."
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