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Nov 2, 2012 9:29pm
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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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