Los Bumitas lost to New Zealand 32-9

Argentina’s under-20 rugby team, Los Bumitas, lost 32-9 (PT 13-9) to New Zealand in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Oceania Rugby Championship in Brisbane, Australia. .

After beating Australia 24-22 in the first match, Argentina’s second match was played at the Sunshine Coast Stadium, while the Australians thrashed Fiji 58-5.

Bumitas, coached by Jose Bellicena, will face Fiji again on Sunday at 1pm (Argentine time), while New Zealand will play against Australia at 3pm to close out the tournament.

The goals for New Zealand, who thrashed Fiji 74-5 in the previous game, included tries from Jakob Te-Hivi, Oliver Haig, Joel Lam and Maka Springer, two penalties and a conversion from Lucas Cashmore and two goals from Cam Miller.

Nine of the points for Los Bumitas came from penalties scored by La Plata’s starting midfielder Tomás Suarez Folch, all in the first half, the tournament’s official website said.

Argentina played well in the first phase And leading 9-6, local Hayden Michaels took advantage of a yellow card, but the All Blacks juniors made the difference with a 19-0 margin in the second half.

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A good performance for Los Bumitas who fell to a rival who managed to show their superiority in the second half.#VamosLosPumitas #RugbyArgentino pic.twitter.com/PFh4QHMh0s

– The Pumitas (@lospumitasarg) July 5, 2022

Bhumitas had already lost 40 for 7 against New Zealand in a friendly in Brisbane on June 25.

New Zealand have won the tournament four times (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) and are one step away from regaining the title they lost against Australia in 2019, while matches in 2020 and 2021 were not played due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Las Bumitas was created with: Matthew Soler; Valentin Soler Filloy, Justo Piccardo, Mariano García Ascárate and Tomás Elizalde; Tomás Suárez Folch and Mateo Albanese; Eliseo Chiavassa, Pedro Rubiolo and Aitor Bidosola; Efrain Elías and Federico Albrisi; Martin Villar, Boris Wegner and Madias Medrano.

included Renzo Chanella, Manuel Arroyo, Francisco Palazzi, Lorenzo Collidio, Juan Cruz Strada, Benjamin Elizalde, Facundo Garcia Hamilton, Agustin Sascaro,

For its part, New Zealand created: Harry Godfrey; Jakob Te-Hivi, Riley Higgins, Joan Rowa and Maka Springer; Lucas Cashmore and Noah Hotham; Joe Braille, Hayden Michaels and Oliver Haig; Jamie Hanna and Josh Behre; Seb Calder, George Bell and Josh Bartlett.