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Argentina thrash underdogs Namibia

Cape Town - Argentina have thrashed Namibia by 64 -19 in a Pool C clash at the Leicester City Stadium in Leicester. 

As it happened: Argentina v Namibia

Argentina who lead 36-7 at half-time, ran in 9 tries to 2 tries and now qualify for the quarter-finals where they will face the winner of today's clash between France and Ireland. 

Scorers

Argentina

Tries: Juan Martin Hernandez, Matias Moroni, Horacio Agulla, Facundo Isa, Lucas Noguera, Matias Alemanno, Leonardo Senatore, Julian Montoya, Tomas Cubelli

Conversions: Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias (4),  Juan Pablo Socino (4)

Penalty: Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias

Namibia

Tries: Johan Tromp, JC Greyling, Eugene Jantjies

Conversions: Theuns Kotze (2)


Teams

Argentina

15 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, 14 Matias Moroni, 13 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Juan Martin Hernandez, 9 Martin Landajo (captain), 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Julian Montoya, 1 Lucas Noguera

Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Ramiro Herrera, 19 Leonardo Senatore, 20 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Marcelo Bosch, 23 Juan Imhoff

Namibia

15 Chrysander Botha, 14  Johan Tromp, 13 JC Greyling, 12 Johan Deysel, 11 Conrad Marais, 10 Theuns Kotze, 9 Eneill Buitendag, 8 Leneve Damens, 7 Wian Conradie, 6 Rohan Kitshoff (captain), 5 Tijuee Uanivi, 4 Janco Venter, 3 Johannes Coetzee, 2 Torsten Van Jaarsveld, 1 Jaco Engels

Replacements: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Johnny Redelinghuys, 18 Raoul Larson, 19 Renaldo Bothma, 20 Tinus du Plessis, 21 PJ Van Lill, 22 Eugene Jantjes, 23 Heinrich Sm

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