Argentina report card: Pumas left to rue injuries to key players

Updated 25/10/2015 at 20:03 GMT

Australia beat Argentina 29-15 to reach their fourth Rugby World Cup final – here’s how they rated.

Santiago Cordero (Argentina) vs Australia

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MATCH GRADE: B

Very unfortunate to lose three such influential players as Juan Imhoff, skipper Agustin Creevy and Juan Martin Hernandez to injury but they kept on going until the end. On the end of one or two iffy decisions.

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1- Federico Nicolas Sanchez

His willingness to take the game to Australia cost his side dear early on with an intercept pass. But it didn’t ruffle the playmaker and he kept on setting up attacks whilst keeping his side in the game with flawless kicking. The player of the tournament for Argentina and he has one match to go.

2- Santiago Cordero

Some storming runs and impressive tackling in the Argentina midfield and never took a backwards step in the entire 80 minutes.

3- Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe

A tough ask against the might of Pocock and Hooper at the breakdown but Lobbe held his own with a solid performance.

ARGENTINA COACH DANIEL HOURCADE

I feel very proud of what the team has achieved but Australia played very well. They are a great team and if we played again, I would follow the same plan as this is what we always wanted."