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CORDOBA, Argentina—Debutant Manuel Montero scored a late winning try for Argentina on Saturday, which narrowly defeated France 23-20 at the Mario Kempes stadium. Jamaal Charles Youth Jersey . France had the better possession, but mistakes handed Argentina a try in each half, while France could only manage one try. France hasnt won a game in Argentina against Los Pumas since 1998, but will get a chance in the final game of its two-game tour on June 23 in Tucuman. Both sides were using the game as a chance to experiment with their starting lineups, with each fielding two debutants from the start. It was Montero who made the key play of the game. He chased down a kick forward in the 77th minute, took the ball under control and avoided two tackles to make it 21-20 to the home side. A misplaced pass by France handed Argentina possession, which it swiftly turned into a try on the counter-attack. Felipe Contempomi then converted to give Argentina the three-point victory. France had started the brighter side, going ahead through a Morgan Parra penalty kick in the 3rd minute. Argentinas Belisario Agulla scored a try one minute later after a poor pass from France number 10 Francois Trinh Duc gifted him an unchallenged passage to the try line. Both sides traded penalty kicks, before France scored an imaginative try in the 26th with the score at 10-9 to Argentina. A diagonal kick into the corner was knocked down by winger Yoann Huget, for number-8 Louis Picamoles to pick up and drive over the line. Parra scored two penalties early in the second half to take France to a 20-13 lead, but Argentina responded through a penalty to trail by four. Contepomi then missed what appeared an easy penalty attempt in the 64th and France looked to be in control, before Montero stole victory in the final minutes. France coach Philippe Saint-Andrea left the experienced trio of Thierry Dusautoir, Imanol Harinordoquy and Nicolas Mas at home with eye on the 2015 World Cup. Argentina coach Santiago Phelan is preparing his team ahead of Los Pumas debut in the Rugby Championship in August. Regular prop Rodrigo Roncero wasnt selected for Argentina. ———Scorers: Argentina 23 (Belisario Agulla, Manuel Montero tries, Felipe Contepomi 2 conversions, 3 penalties) France 20 (Louis Picamoles try; Morgan Parra 5 penalties). HT: 13-14 Matt Cassel Jersey . Canadian head coach Melody Davidson hopes people see that when Canada and defending champion U.S. meet for gold at the womens world hockey championship Sunday (TSN, noon ET). Jamaal Charles Elite Jersey . Their starting rotation is one of the NLs best. So far, the defending World Series champion Cardinals dont seem to miss Albert Pujols all that much. http://www.cheapkansascitychiefsjerseys.com/jamaal-charles-jerseys . Federico Macheda scored after 19 minutes at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Uniteds first game of its two-match tour of South Africa. Jamaal Charles Nike Jersey . Steve Mason stopped 32 shots for his first shutout of the season, defencemen Fedor Tyutin and Nikita Nikitin both scored, and the Blue Jackets beat the Avalanche 2-0 on Thursday night to end an 0-9-1 skid against Colorado that dated to the 2009-10 season. Jamaal Charles Jersey . J. Paul Reddam, who hails from Windsor, Ont., made his comments in a blog appearing on the bloodhorse.com website. He writes there were two offers from U.S. breeding operations, one valued at just under $5 million, the other at $3 million.The New Jersey Devils evened up their series with the Philadelphia Flyers, taking a 4-1 decision in Game Two. Scott Cullen looks at how the Devils pulled together in the absence of top line scorer Ilya Kovalchuk. The Devils dominated the contest, outshooting the Flyers 34-20, including 12-2 in the second period, but it wasnt until the third period that they finally broke through against Flyers G Ilya Bryzgalov. With Devils RW Ilya Kovalchuk out with a lower body injury, rookie C Adam Henrique stepped up, leading all Devils forwards with 21:54 of ice time. Henrique had played between 14 and 17 minutes in seven of his first eight playoff games this year, going up to 21:03 in Game Seven of the first round series against Florida, a double-overtime game in which Henrique scored a pair of goals including the series winner. Devils rookie D Adam Larsson, seeing his first action of the playoffs after being a healthy scratch to this point, played only 13:15, but scored the Devils first goal, was plus-2 and registered a game-high five hits. The game-winning goal was tallied by David Clarkson, the first of the postseason for the Devils right winger who scored 30 goals in the regular season. Clarkson has seven points in nine games, to rank second on the team in scoring, behind Travis Zajac, who also scored a goal—his fifth—to give him eight points in nine games. Dainius Zubrus, who had gone seven games without a point after two points in the playoff opener, picked up two assists in Game Two against Philadelphia. Yet another example of the lesser-known Devils rising to the occasion in the absence of a star performer. Jamaal Charles Womens Jersey. Danny Briere, who has been a playoff hero for the Flyers, endured a tough night. For only the second time in eight playoff games, Briere was held off the scoresheet but, with a minus-3 rating, it marked the fourth time in eight games that he was minus-2 or worse. Brieres linemates, James van Riemsyk and Jakub Voracek didnt have productive nights either, as both failed to register a shot on goal. LW Eric Wellwood, who played the least of any Philadelphia forward (11:19) led the Flyers with four shots on goal. While the Game Two task seemed daunting for the Devils, playing in Philadelphia without Kovalchuk, there was no question which team deserved to win the game, as the Flyers were consistently beaten to loose pucks and seemingly outhustled consistently throughout the game. Heading home for Game Three, the Devils continue to get contributions from their depth players, so who knows which one is next to make the difference. From the Flyers perspective, they can take solace in the fact that Bryzgalov, despite the final score, was strong in net. Its reasonable to think that the Flyers wont often be as flat as they were in Game Two and if theyre playing better as a team and getting goaltending from Bryzgalov, that actually makes Philadelphia a more dangerous team than theyve shown thus far. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. ’ ’ ’
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