Thibaud Flament scored on his Test debut as France beat Argentina
Thibaud Flament scored on his examination debut as France beat Argentina
Second-half tries by debutant lock Thibaud Flament and hooker Peato Mauvaka, and superb goalkicking by Melvyn Jaminet helped France to a 29-20 victory over a battle Argentina .
Flament was playing fly-half in the fifth team of England ‘s Loughborough University five years ago but on Saturday he was the pledge of Paris after his excellent grudge broke through a determine Puma defense early in the second half. Argentina were leading 10-9 at the meter after a first-half Tomas Cubelli attempt but Flament ‘s score was followed by a second try for Mauvaka to put the hosts absolved.

Argentina showed terrific spirit to launch a series of attacks in the last 10 minutes and closed the gap with a Mateo Carreras try but France had the survive word with Jaminet ‘s one-fifth punishment. France had the best of the hatchway quarter and led 6-0 after two penalties from classy full-back Jaminet but Argentina hit back with a try out of the amobarbital sodium after 22 minutes. Emiliano Boffelli missed a penalty attack but Pablo Matera charged down Matthieu Jalibert ‘s subsequent 22 drop come out of the closet and, after he was hauled down precisely short, Cubelli scooped up the ball to score under the posts, with Boffelli converting for a 7-6 run. Jaminet edged France 9-7 ahead with his third punishment but then missed a relatively easy fourth fair before the break in – only his second miss from 20 attempts in his fledgling international career. France had hoped to find some creative trip by playing Romain Ntamack as a second distributor outside Jalibert but it was the Puma backline that started to click, earning a penalty that Boffelli landed to restore his sides lead.

It lasted merely a copulate of minutes however, as 6ft 8in ( 2.03m ) lock in Flament, who had an excellent all-around debut, ran a scholar fly-half ‘s line onto a Jalibert pass to send the family fans wild. Another capital combination sent scrum-half Dupont scampering down the line but his score was ruled out for an earlier knock on. Argentina defended desperately to stay in the game and were rewarded with another Boffelli penalty to bring them back to 16-13 down, halfway through the half. however, France ‘s replacements brought even more intensity and a mighty shove splintered an Argentina scrum to earn another punishment for Jaminet for a 19-13 lead. France ‘s persistent pressure finally told again as Jalibert popped a pass off the ground to rampaging substitution hooker Mauvaka for their second base test.

France were forced into some desperate and impressive defend in the last 15 minutes and though Carreras scored belated on and another try was ruled “ held up ”, Jaminet ‘s fifth penalty glossed a deserve succeed. France adjacent boldness Georgia ahead of their confrontation with New Zealand, while Argentina, who have nowadays lost seven in a course after their clean embroil of defeats in the Rugby Championship, play Italy.