Argentina held on for an 18-13 win over France in a low-quality affair at the Stade de France.

Los Pumas dominated the first half, opening up a 15-0 lead thanks to the boots of Nicolas Sanchez and Juan Martin Hernandez.

France eventually woke up and responded with a try from Wesley Fofana just before the hour.

They couldn’t get the final score they needed to finish the comeback however, with Scott Spedding held up on the final play.

More to follow…

The scorers:

For France:
Try: Fofana
Con: Lopez
Pens: Lopez, Kockott

For Argentina:
Pens: Sanchez 3
Drop Goals: Sanchez 3, Hernandez

The teams:

France: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Maxime Mermoz, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Xavier Chiocci
Replacements: 16 Alexandre Menini, 17 Guilhem Guirado, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Yoann Maestri, 20 Charles Ollivon, 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud

Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Juan Imhoff, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Juan Martín Hernández, 11 Manuel Montero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Tomás Cubelli, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Facundo Isa, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustín Creevy (c), 1 Marcos Ayerza
Replacements: 16 Matías Cortese, 17 Lucas Noguera Paz, 18 Ramiro Herrera, 19 Lucas Ponce, 20 Tomás Lezana, 21 Martín Landajo, 22 Santiago González Iglesias, 23 Lucas González Amorosino

Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)