Argentina Jaguars 33-13 Scotland A - 17:00 (Bucharest)

Last year's tournament champions Scotland A finished winless after the Argentina Jaguars produced their best display to beat them 33-13.

Although the intensity of the clash between Scotland A and the Argentine Jaguars defied the lowly position of the two teams in the tournament table, the battle of attrition between two evenly matched sides was fought very much in the spirit of the recently concluded series between Scotland and the Pumas in Argentina.

The match served to remind everyone at the Arcul de Triumf stadium that the two teams were former Tournament champions here but, such was the quality of this year's line-up that the original favourites found themselves battling avoid the dreaded wooden spoon.

The Scots inspired by their senior side's Series win yesterday, desperately wanted to finish the tournament with a flourish but in the end it was the Jaguars who stole the show thanks to two well taken tries by full back Mauricio Guidone, one in each half, and equally significantly by the boot of both Santiago Gonzales Iglesias and Nicholas Snachez, who between them landed the remaining 25 points.

It was a well-deserved win that should enable coach Daniel Hourcade to smile again after the early tournament setbacks against Georgia and Romania. At the opposite end of the spectrum, all this means a return to the drawing board for Scotland and A coach Sean Lineen.

This article was posted on 20-Jun-2010, 17:47 by Hugh Barrow.