Argentina smashed Uruguay by 57-0 in their Pan-American Championship fixture in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, putting the Pumas in pole position to claim the 2003 title.
The Pumas, who recorded a massive 42-8 win over the USA at the weekend, scored nine tries without reply as Uruguay had no answer to the powerful Argentines, who held a 33-0 half-time lead.
Argentina captain and scrum-half Agustín Pichot, who is back from injury, ran in one of his team's tries, with lock Rimas Álvarez and exciting Stade Francais fullback Ignacio Corleto both weighing with doubles.
The other try-scorers were loosehead prop Mauricio Reggiardo, tighthead Martin Scelzo, left-wing José María Núñez Piossek and veteran hooker Federico Méndez.
The Pan-Am tournament ends on Saturday when Argentina, the likely winners, face Canada, while the USA face potential Wooden Spoonists Uruguay.
The Teams:
Argentina: 1 Mauricio Reggiardo, 2 Federico Mendez, 3 Martin Scelzo, 4 Patricio Albacete, 5 Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 6 Martin Durand, 7 Rolando Martin, 8 Pablo Bouza, 9 Agustin Pichot (c), 10 Gonzalo Quesada, 11 Octavio Bartolucci, 12 Manuel Contepomi, 13 Jose Orengo, 14 Jose Nunez Piossek, 15 Ignacio Corleto
Reserves: Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, Roberto Grau
Unused: Diego Albanese, Felipe Contepomi, Mario Ledesma Arocena, Gonzalo Longo Elia, Santiago Phelan
Uruguay: 1 Eduardo Berruti, 2 Diego Lamelas, 3 Guillermo Storace, 4 Juan Alzueta, 5 Juan Alvarez, 6 Nicolas Grille, 7 Marcelo Gutierrez, 8 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 9 Emiliano Caffera, 10 Sebastian Aguirre, 11 Carlos Baldassari, 12 Diego Aguirre (c), 13 Hilario Canessa, 14 Emiliano Ibarra, 15 Joaquin Pastore
Reserves: Bernardo Amarillo, Nicolas Brignoni, Jose Viana, Juan Andres Perez, Hernan Ponte
Unused: Juan Carlos Bado, Juan Machado
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Klemp a.
Points Scorers:
Argentina
Tries: Corleto I. 2, Nunez Piossek J.M. 1, Pichot A. 1, Reggiardo M.H. 1, Mendez F.E. 1, Scelzo M.A. 1, Alvarez Kairelis R.E. 2
Conv: Quesada G. 6
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