Argentina round off group stage with rampant win over Namibia

Martin Landajo being tackled by the Namibian players in their Rugby World Cup match

Argentina scored nine tries in an emphatic 64-19 win over minnows Namibia in their final Pool C game I'm Leicester at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.Since their opening match defeat against New Zealand, where they actually led for most of the game, the Pumas have turned in one impressive performance after another as they've actually looked the best team in the pool.

With the final game merely a formality, Argentine coach Daniel Hourcade picked the youngest 15 in the history of the Rugby World Cup. And the South Americans' youthful side took Namibia apart with some free-flowing rugby. Namibia did have their moments too, and did end up scoring two tries either side of half-time. But they were completely swamped by the Pumas who had scored four tries inside 36 minutes and wrapped up the bonus point.

The Pumas actually made a sloppy start to the game with some good chances early on fumbled due to unforced errors. This included a missed penalty from 22 metres out. The first try did come inside the first 10 minutes though as Juan Martin Hernandez touched down on seven minutes after the assist from Matias Moroni. Santiago Gonzales Iglesias added the conversion. Iglesias added another penalty on 11 minutes.

Johan Tromp scored Namibia's first half try after capitalising on an errant pass from Hernandez to race away for the touchdown. The double digit lead was soon restored though as Moroni scored for Argentina from a lineout.

Namibia did try their best, but the relentless pressure from the Argentines told as Horacio Agulla, Facundo Isa and Lucas Noguera Paz all scored tries to open up a 36-7 lead going into the break.

Argentina's adventurous play meant that they did make a few mistakes and Namibia did make use of another to score their second try six minutes into the second half, JC Greyling scoring. Matias Alemmano responded for the Argentines three minutes later to act as killjoy for the Namibians and despite going down to 14 men after Marcelo Bosch's yellow card, did not let Namibia back in the game.

Exhibiting some scintillating side-to-side passing and lightning quick counter attacks, Argentina went on to score three more times from Leonardo Senatore, Julian Montoya and Tomas Cubelli.

Argentina finished second in the group and will play the winner of the match between Ireland and France to decide who tops Pool D.