Ireland survived a fierce second half comeback from Argentina to narrowly defeat the Pumas 22-19 at the Aviva Stadium this morning.
Ireland led 22-9 at halftime after ruthlessly punishing an early Argentina yellow card with two tries in the first seven minutes from Jack Crowley and Mack Hansen.
Joe McCarthy added a third after Tomas Albornoz had kept the visitors in touch.
A very different Argentina side emerged after halftime with Juan Cruz Mallia slicing the hosts open with the try of the game and Albornoz cutting the lead to just three points as the Irish errors of a week ago began to creep back in.
But the hosts composed themselves, in no small part thanks to an impressive debut off the bench from 21-year-old fly-half Sam Prendergast and hung on at the death to avoid back-to-back defeats for the first time since 2021.
In other Test matches, the Fiji Water Flying Fijians will take on Spain at 2am tomorrow, England will face the Springboks at 5.40am tomorrow, France will meet the All Blacks at 8.10am tomorrow and the Wallabies will play Wales at 4.10am Monday.
