Jones hails impressive England effort

England coach Eddie Jones described it as one of the best team efforts he has been associated with after his side came from 31-23 down in dramatic fashion to snatch a 38-34 win over Argentina.

Replacement fly-half Juan Martin Hernandez thought he had won the first Test in San Juan for the Pumas with his drop goal that broke the deadlock at 31-31, but replacement winger Denny Solomona, one of 10 new caps, went over for the match-winning try in the final minute. “It was an incredible game of rugby,” Jones said. “For our guys to win that was a tremendous effort.

“In the end, we had 10 new caps on there and to show poise and stick to what we needed to do in the circumstances was an unbelievable effort from the young guys.

“When you are playing a full-strength Argentina team, I think it is one of the best team efforts I have been associated with.”

Fly-half George Ford contributed 23 points with a try and seven kicks from eight attempts, while Solomona’s late heroics helped make up for a couple of defensive blunders that played a part in Argentina scoring two tries in three minutes to opening up an eightpoint lead.

“George Ford was absolutely brilliant,” Jones said. “There were guys who made mistakes but they didn’t dwell on them.

“Denny made two horrendous errors in defence but got one back. He is going to be doing some defensive work this week.”

Flankers Tom Curry, at 18 the youngest player to start for England since 1927, and Mark Wilson particularly caught the eye.