The most viewed of 2024: the repercussions of the Puma defeat in the Australian press

ByDavid Mitchell
The most viewed of 2024: the repercussions of the Puma defeat in the Australian press

A little more than three months after the historic and impressive victory they achieved The Pumas in Santa Fe by 67-27 against Australiawithin the framework of the fourth date of the Rugby Championshipin Scrum We review the strong criticism on the other side of the ocean.

The Australian media were forceful with their team and even made the headline “Wallabies humiliated”, showing his discontent with the level exhibited by those led by Joe Schmidt.

The morning The Sydney Morning Herald It was one of the harshest newspapers: “Wallabies humiliated by Pumas in the biggest defeat in their history” and left spicy phrases like: “ItArgentina’s 67 points are the highest score ever conceded by the Wallabies, surpassing South Africa’s 61-22 victory in Pretoria in 1997”.

Rugby.com.au, For his part, he highlighted: “Furious Argentina walks away with a victory against the Wallabies” and commented: “The Australians started fast to take a 20-3 lead“, but then “Argentina gained momentum and took the game with a near-perfect display of attacking rugby”.

Then, Fox Australia He was also very harsh and pointed out: “The worst defeat in Wallabies history. Australia capitulates in embarrassing 40-point loss to Argentina”.

Another medium that did not save anything was The Roarwhich he titled: “Humiliating, Wallabies fall to new low after conceding most points as Argentina run riot”.

An Australian newspaper that chose a peculiar phrase for its headline was the Canberra Timeswhich stood out. “Argentina gives the Wallabies the historic Santa Fe belt”. The text also mentioned: “It is the most points the Wallabies have ever conceded in a test, surpassing the 61-22 drubbing they suffered in South Africa in 1997.”.

Nine.com.au He alluded to the Wallabies statistics and titled: “Records shattered in Wallabies’ embarrassing defeat to Argentina in Rugby Championship“, while in the body of the text he noted: “The margin of defeat of 40 was the second worst in Australia’s history, behind only the 53-8 loss to South Africa in Johannesburg in 1998.”.

Finally, Code Sports reported that the “Wallabies were humiliated by Argentina in their worst defeat”.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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