{"id":288173,"date":"2023-09-09T21:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T21:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288173"},"modified":"2023-09-09T21:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T21:34:49","slug":"england-27-10-argentina-george-ford-scores-all-the-points-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/england-27-10-argentina-george-ford-scores-all-the-points-for-england\/","title":{"rendered":"England 27-10 Argentina: George Ford scores all the points for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>England 27-10 Argentina: George Ford steals the show by running riot against Argentina with a 27-point masterclass for 14-man England as Owen Farrell&#8217;s replacement scores ALL of his side&#8217;s points in vital World Cup win<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>George Ford scores all 27 of England&#8217;s points in a fantastic kicking performance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>England went a man down with Tom Curry&#8217;s dismissal but only got better<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Early and late points masked a dreadful, mistake-riddled night for Argentina\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>George Ford arrived in Marseille like a dead-eye gun slinger in the Wild West. England\u2019s sharp-shooting No 10 flung open the saloon doors and delivered a performance that Jonny Wilkinson would be proud, pulling out England\u2019s rusty pistol and firing his team to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Three, six, nine. Bang, bang, bang. He was practising his drop goals before kick off and boy did it pay off. After Tom Curry was shown a red card in the fourth minute, Ford hit three in quick succession to put England on course for one of their biggest, ugliest victories. It is not going to win any beauty pageants but Steve Borthwick could not care less.<\/p>\n<p>This was a show of guts, intelligence and English pride. It was a chess match where the pieces came to life as 100 kilo men. A masterclass from the fly-half who, defiant in the face of adversity, proved that\u2019s England\u2019s show of confidence through the week was not just idle chatter.<\/p>\n<p>The sea of blue and white Argentina supporters who took over Boulevard Michelet before kick off were reduced to a stunned silence. They had been loud and confident in the evening sun, singing and dancing to the same songs they sung when Lionel Messi lifted the football World Cup in Qatar last year.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s fans, in contrast, had spent the day seeking the shade, sweating through their t-shirts in a nervous fear of what lies ahead. Confidence was low, even though 10 of the matchday 23 played in the 2019 World Cup final. Their greatest hope was that their players would tap into some kind of ancient muscle memory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/22\/75253625-12499995-image-a-40_1694293665365.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>George Ford produced a masterful performance, scoring all 27 of England&#8217;s points<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/22\/75253649-12499995-image-a-41_1694293721665.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tom Curry was dismissed 11 minutes in when his yellow card was upgraded to a red &#8211; but adversity brought out the best in England\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It felt like a South American carnival but the mood turned sour when fans faced huge delays getting into the ground. The police shrugged their shoulders. The chaos outside the ground spilled onto the pitch when Tom Curry was shown a red card after three minutes. England thought they were turning a new leaf when they flew over to France, leaving behind the demons of Twickenham. They talked about hope and confidence but when Curry was accidently clashed heads with Juan Cruz Mallia it started to feel like old times. Both player\u2019s heads were left covered in blood and Curry was shown a yellow that was upgraded to red. The fastest red card in the history of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Emiliano Boffelli kicked the Pumas in front and England\u2019s demise seemed inevitable. But George Ford levelled the scores after a late yellow-card hit from Santiago Carreras and England rallied. Courtney Lawes and Manu Tuilagi, the old warhorses, put in double hits to knock the wind out of Argentina\u2019s sails. They squeezed mistakes out of the Pumas and hoofed the ball downfield.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring tries still seems to be England\u2019s down fall but when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Ben Earl charged all over the pitch but he butchered an attack when he grubber kicked the ball into touch. Elliot Daly was ushered towards touch as another attack fizzled out but up stepped Ford.<\/p>\n<p>Creating something from nothing, after Ellis Genge was carried backwards in the tackle, Ford engineered some space to kick his first drop foal. A few minutes later, he whacked another one from half way. And with 35 minutes on the clock, he kicked another. The dead-eye shooter lurked behind the rucks and kicked three after three, emulating Wilkinson in the 2003 World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie George rallied the crowd as his weakened team walked into the dressing room for half time. Suddenly there was hope and belief.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/22\/75253657-12499995-image-a-42_1694293809145.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emiliano Boffelli kicked the Pumas in front early on but they did not score again until the very end of the match on a miserable night for Michael Cheika&#8217;s men\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/22\/75253735-12499995-image-a-43_1694293949444.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Courtney Lawes also put in an impressive performance as he acted as captain for England\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Stade Velodrome is a spectacular arena packed with history. It is where England beat Australia in the 2007 World Cup, when Ford and Owen Farrell were schoolboys who used to hang around the changing room with their dads. Steve Borthwick played second row.<\/p>\n<p>Ford hit kick after kick. It was perfection from the tee, taking his tally up to 27. England finally showed their bite. Maro Itoje won a turnover and they held up Argentina on the try line. It was easy to forget that they played 77 minutes with 14 men. They barely gave the Pumas a sniff, with Ford bossing the show with such authority that it will be some call to give his shirt back to Owen Farrell after his suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina scored a late consolation try through Rodrigo Bruni but it mattered not. This was England\u2019s night to savour\u00a0\u2013 and one that Ford will remember for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12499995\/England-27-10-Argentina-George-Ford-scores-points-England-Steve-Borthwicks-men-brush-aside-opponents-despite-Tom-Curry-red-card.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>England 27-10 Argentina: George Ford steals the show by running riot against Argentina with a 27-point masterclass for 14-man England as Owen Farrell&#8217;s replacement scores <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/england-27-10-argentina-george-ford-scores-all-the-points-for-england\/\" title=\"England 27-10 Argentina: George Ford scores all the points for England\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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