New Zealand triumph over Argentina at Wembley

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>New Zealand 26&comma; Argentina 16<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A final-quarter surge saw New Zealand open their World Cup defence with a 26-16 victory over an impressive Argentina at Wembley&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A first win for the Pumas over the All Blacks at the 22nd attempt would not have been the biggest of surprises in the tournament after Japan’s defeat of South Africa&comma; but it would have sent a message that the 2011 winners were beatable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once Aaron Smith scored New Zealand’s first try after 57 minutes&comma; to put his side ahead for the first time in nearly 30 minutes&comma; the All Blacks never looked like relinquishing victory in their Pool C opener&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;image161&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;image161&period;jpg" alt&equals;"ALL BLACKS VS ARGENTINA" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79844" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sam Cane also touched down and Dan Carter scored 16 points in an immaculate kicking display as the two-time winners of the Webb Ellis Trophy prevailed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was far from straightforward&comma; though&comma; with Puma resistance and All Black indiscipline playing a part before the late flourish&comma; when Sonny Bill Williams was influential&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Referee Wayne Barnes has history with New Zealand&comma; it was the Englishman who was blamed for the favourites exiting the 2007 tournament to France&comma; and they were reacquainted in front of a record World Cup crowd of 89&comma;019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Few Kiwis could argue Barnes was wrong to sin bin first Richie McCaw&comma; for tripping Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe&comma; and next Conrad Smith&comma; for hands in the ruck&comma; temporarily reducing the All Blacks to 13 players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It contributed to the Pumas taking a 13-12 half-time lead&comma; with the only try from Guido Petti&comma; who could not continue after<br &sol;>&NewLine;sustaining a blow to the head in touching down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nicolas Sanchez kicked three more points in a tally of 11&comma; but Argentina could not breach the black wall again in the second half&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minnows Namibia are next up for the All Blacks at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday&comma; while Georgia play Argentina in Gloucester on Friday&period; Tonga are also in the group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three Carter penalties&comma; the second after Pablo Matera was sin-binned for offside&comma; preventing a likely try&comma; appeared to show the holders were in control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But the Pumas&comma; back to 15 men&comma; then bludgeoned through the vaunted All Blacks defence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tomas Lavanini was stopped short of the line before his second row partner Petti barged over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was caught by Carter’s boot as he scored and could not continue&period; Sanchez converted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sam Whitelock felt he was impeded by Tomas Cubelli as he tried to reach Nehe Milner-Skudder’s inside pass with the try-line in sight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nothing was given and next McCaw cynically stuck out his right leg to trip Fernandez Lobbe as Argentina took a tap penalty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even the All Blacks captain&comma; a master at the dark arts&comma; could not escape sanction under Barnes’ nose&period; Sanchez kicked the penalty to put the Pumas in front&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fine Argentina defence frustrated New Zealand&comma; who next had Conrad Smith sent to the sin-bin for hands in the ruck as the Pumas countered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;image160&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;image160&period;jpg" alt&equals;"New Zealand All Blacks vs Argentina RWC" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79843" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sanchez kicked the resulting penalty&comma; but Carter responded with his fourth after McCaw had returned to the field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another Sanchez penalty&comma; this time after an Owen Franks offside&comma; enhanced Argentina’s lead&comma; but New Zealand seized control once more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Williams made an instant impact off the bench and saw an offload dropped by Milner-Skudder with the try-line beckoning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Marcelo Bosch was penalised for offside as the All Blacks exerted pressure and Aaron Smith darted round a maul&comma; evading Cubelli&comma; to score&period; Carter converted for a three-point lead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New Zealand scented blood in their tiring opponents&comma; but Kieran Read’s pass was too far ahead of McCaw and next Aaron Smith’s pass was dropped by replacement Cane&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cane completed an overlap after the All Blacks sucked in defenders and Carter converted for a 10-point advantage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beauden Barrett had a score chalked off for a knock-on and the All Blacks were unable to breach the Argentina line again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e8f91907">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; 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