Wales v Argentina LIVE: Rugby World Cup final result and reaction as Nicolas Sanchez late try sinks Wales

Wales 17-29 Argentina: Warren Gatland’s men are out of the Rugby World Cup having been beaten in Marseille

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Argentina pulled off a fine comeback to sink Wales in the first Rugby World Cup quarter-final of the weekend. Warren Gatland’s side took control early in the game after Emiliano Boffelli missed a penalty kick. Dan Biggar scored the first 10 points with a try and a penalty but from there the momentum swung.

Mistakes slipped into Wales’ play and two penalties later, Argentina went into the break trailing by four. Boffelli found his range and belted a fourth penalty over the sticks 10 minutes into the second half to put the Pumas in front for the first time only for Wales to find a response through Tomos Williams.

They could hold onto that lead though as Joel Sclavi went over for Argentina before Nicolas Sanchez latched onto an interception and all but won the game with a try three minutes from the end. The Pumas head to Paris and Gatland’s men are going home.

Relive the action from Marseille below and get all the latest Rugby World Cup odds right here:

Wales vs Argentina

• Argentina scrap their way to Rugby World Cup semi-finals as Wales come up short
• Wales lost to Argentina at the Stade Velodrome in their World Cup quarter-final
• PENALTY! Wales 17-29 Argentina (Nicolas Sanchez, 80 minutes)
• TRY! Wales 17-26 Argentina (Nicolas Sanchez, 77 minutes)
• TRY! Wales 17-19 Argentina (Joel Sclavi, 68 minutes)
• TRY! Wales 17-12 Argentina (Tomos Williams, 57 minutes)
• PENALTY! Wales 10-12 Argentina (Emiliano Boffelli, 49 minutes)
• PENALTY! Wales 10-9 Argentina (Emiliano Boffelli, 44 minutes)
• PENALTY! Wales 10-6 Argentina (Emiliano Boffelli, 40+5 minutes)
• PENALTY! Wales 10-3 Argentina (Emiliano Boffelli, 37 minutes)
• PENALTY! Wales 10-0 Argentina (Dan Biggar, 21 minutes)
• TRY! Wales 7-0 Argentina (Dan Biggar, 14 minutes)

[14 October 2023 16:29 · Mike Jones]

Wales 10-0 Argentina

24 mins: Argentina look to respond through Juan Martin Gonzalez who gets through the Wales defence and makes a few yards before being dragged down.

The Pumas send the ball over to Marcos Kremer but he’s hit low by Tommy Reffell and knocks on.

[14 October 2023 16:26 · Mike Jones]

PENALTY! Wales 10-0 Argentina (Dan Biggar, 21 minutes)

Wales move further ahead as Dan Biggar punts the ball right in the middle of the sticks. The further they can get ahead the more comfortable Wales will become in this tense, tense match.

So far, so good.

[14 October 2023 16:25 · Mike Jones]

Wales 7-0 Argentina

20 mins: Wales win themselves another scrum in the middle of the pitch. Aaron Wainwright pulls the ball out and releases it to Dan Biggar.

Wales spread the ball over to the left wing but are marshalled well and switch direction. An offside tackel from Argentina gifts them a penalty and the Welsh decide to kick for goal.

[14 October 2023 16:22 · Mike Jones]

Wales 7-0 Argentina

18 mins: Harry is correct. Jaco Peyper has informed both captains that he has picked up an injury and will be being replaced on the field by Karl Dickson.

The officials are all prepared for such big games so things shouldn’t change too much but it adds another twist to this quarter-final clash.

[14 October 2023 16:18 · Mike Jones]

Wales 7-0 Argentina

Harry Latham-Coyle at the Stade Velodrome: "Drama - it appears Jaco Peyper has tweaked a calf! The referee is going to have to be replaced!"

[14 October 2023 16:17 · Mike Jones]

TRY! Wales 7-0 Argentina (Dan Biggar, 14 minutes)

Wales strike first!

Dan Bigger at fly-half releases the ball to George North who flies through a gap in the line and offloads to Gareth Davies before being brought to the ground.

Wales have a two on one as Davies sends the ball back to Biggar to send him over for the first try right beneath the sticks.

[14 October 2023 16:15 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Argentina

12 mins: An issue for Wales, is that the players are losing the numbers on the back of their shirts. About half the team has an problem with the numbers being ripped away during the tackles.

The bigger issue is that Argentina are dominating possession. They’ve seen 77% of it so far and Wales will need to change that with their next scrum.

[14 October 2023 16:13 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Argentina

9 mins: A lovely combination from Gareth Davies and Jac Morgan sees the Wales captain shift out of a tackle and storm down the left side of the field.

An attempted offload gives the ball back to Argentina, cutting short a potentially solid attack from the Welsh.

[14 October 2023 16:08 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Argentina

Harry Latham-Coyle at the Stade Velomdrome: "A rare miss from the tee from Emiliano Boffelli, normally deadly accurate.

“It feels like the sort of game where every point will count - both sides settled into their structured attacking game nicely but breaking down the red zone defences proved altogether tougher."

[14 October 2023 16:08 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Argentina

6 mins: The first chance to put points on the board comes to Argentina who pressure the Wales defence and win themselves a penalty over on the right side of the field.

Emiliano Boffelli lines up the kick but pulls it wide of the posts and the score remains the same.