Yep, I was at the match at it felt like a big step up from last year. The scrum and line out looked solid and there some quick recycling which got the ball moving fast. However, it was one of those days where everything Argentina did seemed to work. Their cross kicking was impressive but all the bounces worked for them whereas when Wales kicked the ball seemed to always bounce wrong, most notably with the break they made in the first few minutes.
The two tries right before the break were killers just as it looks poked like they’d seen off the yellow card (we had no idea in the ground what that was for at the time, I assumed it was head contact but saw nothing on the replays. It was only after I was told it was for kicking things air). The second of those tries was galling as it came from a missed tackle in the Argentine 22 but a superb kick by their flanker. Then after the break Wales had a long period with loads of phases, made no ground at all then lost the ball and two or three phases later Argentina scored. That was then compounded by gifting an interception straight afterwards.
Concerns for me are:
No-one really looking capable of breaking the line.
Murray seems incapable of winning 50-50 high balls in attack or defence.
Too many missed tackles and getting too narrow which allowed all those cross kicks.
Loss of two of our best forwards in Morgan and Wainwright
Definitely felt it was a move in the right direction though and a base to work from.
