France triumphs over Argentina in hat trick of autumn wins
France’s Les Bleus on Friday won its third autumn test by beating Argentina 37-23 at the Stade de France in Paris.
France eased to a 37-23 victory over an ill-disciplined Argentina at a bitterly cold Paris in their final game of the November internationals on Friday.
Les Bleus claimed four tries including a superb solo effort from in-form winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey, following on from victories over Japan and New Zealand.
"Three from three during the series makes us happy, it was the objective," Bielle-Biarrey told TF1.
"Japan was a little warm-up, then against the All Blacks we fought until the end. We end with three wins and I feel we improved game on game."
Los Pumas had two players shown yellow cards in the first half, captain Julian Montoya and Juan Martin Gonzalez, which led to the hosts leading 30-9 at the break.
"We didn't start the way we wanted, our discipline wasn't good," Montoya told TNT Sport.
"What made me proud was we went again until the 80th minute, there's things to improve."
France coach Fabien Galthie made four changes from last Saturday's nerve-wracking one-point win over New Zealand as Charles Ollivon came in for the dropped Gregory Alldritt at No 8.
Argentina boss Felipe Contepomi switched his scrum-half giving Gonzalo Garcia a start instead of Gonzalo Bertranou after last Friday’s loss to Ireland.
Against the All Blacks, Les Bleus lost prop Tevita Tatafu to an early injury and loose-head Jean-Baptiste Gros suffered a similar fate after four minutes on Friday with a leg problem.
(AFP)
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