Pumas score nine tries in 64-19 romp over Namibia

“If we go out with that guts, character, determination, anything can happen in a game of rugby”, Davies said.

“We did good things today, we had a good performance”.

“We’re looking for a dynamic game, a game that we feel comfortable with”.

He captained the side in Sunday’s 64-19 defeat against Argentina, bring to a close a campaign in which the African team lost all four games but proved more competitive than in previous years.

But Argentina touched down for the first time after just seven minutes when neat footwork from Matias Moroni created an opportunity for Juan Martin Hernandez to score under the posts, converted by Iglesias.

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Leonardo Senatore, Julian Montoya and Tomas Cubelli rounded-off the second-half scoring for the Pumas; however, Eugene Jantjies ensured Namibia has the final word by scoring his side’s third try off of the final play of the match.

Roared on a sizeable portion of the 30,198 crowd, Argentina showed a willingness to run the ball at every opportunity and the pace of their attack often left Namibia clutching at air.

Prop Johnny Redelinghuys, retiring after this, his 50 cap, was allowed to take the conversion but his effort fell as short as his smile was wide.

Namibia: 1-Jaco Engels, 2-Torsten Van Jaarsveld, 3-Johannes Coetzee, 4-Janco Venter, 5-Tijuee Uanivi, 6-Rohan Kitshoff (captain), 7-Wian Conradie, 8-Leneve Damens, 9-Eneill Buitendag, 10-Theuns Kotze, 11-Conrad Marais, 12-Johan Deysel, 13-JC Greyling, 14-Johan Tromp, 15-Chrysander Botha. Not surprisingly, he missed from out wide.

“For people like us, we love him, and for us it’s really important to have his support”.

Namibia is still yet to win a match at its fifth Rugby World Cup, but earned its first competition point at the tournament earlier in the week in a one-point loss to Georgia.

Argentina, which reached the semifinals in 2007, will have a few concerns over the availability for the quarterfinals of Marcelo Bosch, who was yellow-carded in the 53rd minute for a tip tackle on Namibia flyhalf Theuns Kotze.