Nations Championship: Argentina give Wales reality check

The Argentines had too much pace, power and guile for Wales, whose defense was again desperate but sometimes lacked first-up tackling.

“There’s a lot of learning there for us,” Tandy said.

“Coming away from home we have to be a bit more accurate and Argentina probably dominated the physicality.

“That’s something we have to look at. We dropped a couple of tackles in the first half and that creates momentum that’s hard to wrestle back.”

A quick look at the match statistics again shows just how dominant Wales’ opponents have been

Argentina made 458 meters in attack, making 15 clean breaks and beating 31 defenders while Wales managed just 209 metres, making three clean breaks and beating 15 defenders.

Wales’ attack was more methodical with three tries from front row forwards Dewey Lake, Ben Warren and Rhys Carre – who scored for the fifth time in six internationals in a well-worked effort.

Crossing the gain line was a major problem for Wales in San Juan and the attacking play against the Pumas was more pedestrian than their opponents.

The jury is still out on Wales’ midfield with Scarlets trio Sam Costello, Joe Hawkins and Eddie James selected this weekend.

Wales’ main threat came from driving line-outs and it was only in the final quarter that the attack threatened to show any fluidity.

Wales flanker Jack Morgan once again highlighted his all-round impact in San Juan with 23 tackles, impressive turnovers and a second-half burst.

Exeter back-rower Ken James was prominent as a second-half substitute, winning his first cap.