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Class act: Argentina fly-half Santi Carreras
PICTURE: Alamy
A RECURRING thought in the week following Argentina’s landmark first home victory over New Zealand is how they managed to carve out a 29-23 victory in Buenos Aires with a scrum which is such a below par holding-operation?
Gargantuan displays by flankers Pablo Matera and Juan Martin Gonzalez is one answer. Great poise and goal-kicking by Santiago Carreras is another, as is scrum-half Gonzalo Garcia’s ability to ”fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee”. Argentina’s collective capacity t…
