SAINT-ETIENNE — Samoa had been left to rue too many dealing with errors at a moist Stade Geoffroy Guichard as they slipped to a 19-10 defeat by Argentina of their Rugby World Cup Pool D fixture on Friday, a blow to their quarter-final hopes.
A late strive from substitute hooker Sama Malolo gave Samoa some hope late within the contest, however they lacked the accuracy within the troublesome situations and got here away with out a level.
Argentina wing Emiliano Boffelli scored 16 factors that proved the distinction in a decent conflict through which each defences put in some big hits and had been troublesome to interrupt down.
“We made too many errors and did not adapt to the situations, notably at first of the sport,” Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua mentioned. “I assumed Argentina executed their gameplan rather well and we weren’t in a position to adapt.
“We knew that with Boffelli of their workforce that they may slot them (penalties) from anyplace and getting that yellow card (for fullback Duncan Paia’aua) early on did not assist us.