Wales v Argentina: Who said what after first quarter-final

Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 8:05 PM
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by AFP and Nathan Williamson
Argentina celebrate their win over Wales. Photo: Getty Images
Argentina celebrate their win over Wales. Photo: Getty Images

Wales started fast but it was Argentina that came away with the win after a second-half surge.

Here os who said what as Argentia beat Wales 29-17 in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final in Marseille on Saturday.

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"Wales are a really good and tough team as they always are. We knew it was going to be very tight. We like to be a team that fights for everything. (It was) far from perfect but we are going to Paris."

-- Argentina captain Julian Montoya on the Pumas' disjointed performance in coming back from 10-0 and 17-12 down to win.

"We need to keep going and keep going, and that at some time the game would open for us."

-- Argentina wing Emiliano Boffelli on what head coach Michael Cheika had said at half-time with the team trailing 10-6.

"It was a difficult moment but we were always convinced that we could win, be well and happy with a lot of energy to see what we could contribute to the team.

-- Argentina hooker Agustín Creevy on closing out the game

"I am pretty happy to be here. A semi-final won't be the end, that's what I am expecting. That sounds pretty obvious but teams who are playing in Paris  look to be already in the semi-finals and finals. In a couple of days we will start to prepare ourselves. We are happy but that is not the final step, we want to go further."

-- Argentina coach Michael Cheika on returning to the semi-finals

"We started reasonably well and got to 10-0 but gave away a couple of penalties. Argentina were tough and stayed in the fight and you have got to give them credit and congratulate them. They hung in there. We probably weren't at our best but we were up against a good side who took their chances."

-- Wales head coach Warren Gatland on how the team let slip their winning position.

"We knew they were going to be a physical team but discipline and a couple of errors let us down. We let them into our half and they capitalised on that. We let them have more possession and they got points out of it. It is a devastating result."

-- Wales captain Jac Morgan on what went wrong in the second half.

"The emotions are running high at the moment, we're gutted as a group from missing out on the final four, all the work we've done over the past four months to get to this point."

-- Wales replacement hooker Dewi Lake on the disappointment of being knocked out.

“Frustration, disappointment, a mixture of those two really. You know sometimes when you’re absolutely hands-down beaten, you can hold your hands up and let it slide a little bit but we felt like we had control of that game, certainly for large periods of that first half. We probably could have been a couple more scores ahead.

-- Wales flyhalf Dan Biggar on finishing his Test career with the defeat

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