Spain finishes sixth in Perth after losing to Argentina

The Spanish rugby 7 team has placed sixth in the Perth tournament (Australia)fourth stage of the regular phase of the World Series, at the end of a Sunday day in which they beat Great Britain (28-19) and lost with Argentina (19-24) the duel for fifth position.

Charlton Kerr, the British captain, dominated the start of the match, as he practiced in the first minute and won the subsequent center kick to facilitate the goal with which Sunni Jardine The score was 0-14, which Spain balanced at half-time with tries from Juanchín Ramos and Jeremy Trevithick.

The dominance in the conquest phases allowed the ‘Lions’ to live a relatively peaceful second half, as they immediately put distance between themselves and Eduardo López and Ángel Bozal. which ensured their victory despite Ross McKnight’s discount in the final moments (28-91).

The configuration of the match against Argentina, which Spain had beaten the day before and in their five previous matches, was identical, since the South Americans took the lead from the start through Marcos Moneta and Mateo Graziano, but López and Antón Legorburu, enabled by two passes from Ramos, left the score equal at half-time (12-12).

A raid by Graziano, who absorbed three defenders along the right wing, allowed Pedro de Haro to put the ‘Pumas’ ahead, although Trevithick scored his seventh try of the weekend so that Ramos’ transformation from the 15-meter line put a new tie on the scoreboard (19-19).

With the clock at zero, Spain had one last ball to winbut Paco Cosculluela did not catch a pass and Lucho González, very attentive, gave his team the victory after taking the oval in dribbling and diving spectacularly to make the final score 19-24.

The 10 points that the national team adds with this sixth keep it in seventh place in the general classification with 36 units and allow it to move away from Great Britain, eighth and last in the Australian stage, which totals 28.