Scots Booed from Murrayfield

The Scottish team were booed from Murrayfield yesterday after they had lost 25-16 to Argentina. Just as he had done a week ago against Wales, Felipe Comtepomi orchestrated his side’s victory by kicking five penalties and converting Ignacio Corleto’s second half try.

Scotland. Derrick Lee (Glasgow Rugby); Cameron Murray (Edinburgh Rugby), James McLaren (Glasgow Rugby), John Leslie (Northampton Saints), Roland Reid (Glasgow Rugby); Gregor Townsend (Castres), Andy Nicol (Glasgow Rugby); 8 Jon Petrie (Glasgow Rugby), 7 Andrew Mower (Newcastle Falcons), 6 Jason White (Glasgow Rugby), 5 Stuart Grimes (Newcastle Falcons), 4 Scott Murray (Saracens), 3 Mattie Stewart (Northampton Saints),2 Gordon Bulloch (Glasgow), 1 Tom Smith (Northampton Saints) (capt).

Replacements:
16 Steve Scott (Edinburgh), 17 George Graham (Newcastle Falcons), 18 Iain Fullarton (Sale Sharks), 19 Gordon Simpson (Glasgow Rugby), 20 Graeme Burns (Edinburgh Rugby), 21 Gordon Ross (Edinburgh Rugby), 22 Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Rugby).

Argentina. I Corleto (Narbonne); G Camardon (Roma), J Orengo (Perpignan), L Arbizu (Bordeaux-Begles, capt), D Albanese (Gloucester); F Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns), A Pichot (Bristol Shoguns), 8 G Longo (Narbonne), 7 R Martin (S.I.C), 6 S Phelan (C.A.S.I), 5 R Alvarez (Perpignan), 4 I Fernandez Lobbe (Castres Olympique), 3 O Hasan (Agen), 2 F Mendez (Mendoza Rugby), 1 M Reggiardo (Castres Olympique).

Replacements: 16 M Ledesma (Narbonne), 17 R Grau (Liceo), 18 M Durand (Champagnat), 19 N Fernandez Miranda (Hindu), 20 G Quesada (Narbonne), 21 Lucas Ostiglia (Hindu), 22 B Stortoni (C.A.S.I).

Referee: Joel Jutge (France).

Touch-judges: Didier Mene (France) and Robert Davies (Wales)