HOW THEY RATED
FREDDIE STEWARD 6
Spent most of the game fielding high balls, which was symbolic of the lack of ideas in attack.
JACK NOWELL 5
Came off his wing looking for work but did not have the speed of tearaway Pumas.
MANU TUILAGI 6
Had the crowd on their feet with trademark tackle but was given little space in attack.
OWEN FARRELL 5
Misplaced pass gifted a breakaway try and struggled to click in new-look midfield.
JOE COKANASIGA 7
Carried with intent, scoring the opening try, but often lacked support.
MARCUS SMITH 5
Rigid structure in attack allowed no chances for his trademark moments of magic.
BEN YOUNGS 5
Passing was hit-and-miss in the first half. His replacement Van Poortvliet offered more tempo.
ELLIS GENGE 7 Defused the Pumas’ scrum to milk penalties and carried with his usual menace.
LUKE COWAN-DICKIE 6
Conceded a poor penalty to gift points as England missed Jamie George.
KYLE SINCKLER 8
Built up some early momentum at the scrum but gave away two penalties in the second half.
ALEX COLES 5
Clocked up solid numbers in attack but his debut was littered with avoidable errors.
JONNY HILL 5
Ran the lineout but made a couple of handling errors as he tried to match Pumas niggle.
MARO ITOJE 6
A world-class lock but did not have his usual impact after switching to back row.
TOM CURRY 7
Won a trademark turnover on the stroke of half-time and was the leading tackler.
BILLY VUNIPOLA 5
Weathered some big shots and offloaded well but lost the ball four times in contact.
Subs: Mako Vunipola (for Genge 59min) 4; Joe Heyes (for Sinckler 74) 4; Sam Simmonds (for Vunipola 57) 5; Jack Willis (for Coles 75) 5; Jack van Poortvliet (for Youngs 55) 7, Henry Slade (for Tuilagi 68) 4.
ARGENTINA: Mallia 7, M Carreras 6, Moroni 6, De La Fuente 6, Boffelli 8.5, S Carreras 8, Bertranou 7, Gallo 5, Montoya 7, Gomez Kodela 5, Alemanno 6, Lavanini 6, Gonzalez 7, Kremer 7, Matera 7. Subs: Ignacio (Montoya 68) 6.5, Bello (Kodela 59) 6, Paulos (Kremer 74) 6.5, Isa (Lavanini 57) 6, Orlando (M Carreras 68) 6.