Rugby-Argentina look to turn attacking platforms into tries

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Argentina must turn the attacking options they created against England last weekend into points to beat Wales on Saturday, said coach Santiago Phelan.

"We must work on our attacking system, we still have a lot to improve in that area," Phelan, whose side lost 16-9 to England at Twickenham last Saturday, said.

"We must take another step forward to launch the game and distribute our players," he was quoted on Argentine newspaper websites as telling reporters in Cardiff.

"It's probably partly due to the little preparation time (we have) or that not all the backs we able to be at our previous training meetings," Phelan said.

"I want us to have more and more confidence to attack our rivals."

"We need a bit of work on our finishing. We created more (than England), we broke the gain line several times, we won the duels, that's why it hurt to lose," said hooker Mario Ledesma.

England scored the only try of the match at Twickenham in a rare attacking option in which they caught the Pumas a man short in defence on the wing.

Mauricio Reggiardo, Phelan's assistant and a former Pumas prop, said: "We have to dare to attack more. On Saturday, we got good possession in the scrum and we didn't always take advantage of it to create play.

"Worse, though, would be not to create any situations. Against England we had four try chances and unfortunately didn't score. We lack the final thrust."


Source:reuters.com