in the seventh minute. After ten minutes of play, and conceding a try, Boffelli scored another penalty goal for Argentina in the seventeenth minute. Following Argentina's second penalty goal, New Zealand scored a converted try and two penalty goals to lead 15–6, before Boffelli kicked another two penalty goals before half-time, reducing the deficit to three points (15–12). Argentina made the strong start to the second-half, capitalising on a re-start after a penalty goal Richie Mo'unga. Flanker Juan Martín González received the ball before he ran around into space on the short side of the field, going through for a try. Boffelli slotted the conversion, and, for the third time in the match, Argentina were leading. With vast bursts of physicality and many mistakes throughout the second-half, Boffelli added another six points to the score before full-time. The match finished New Zealand 18, Argentina 25. Historically, it was the first Argentina win against New Zealand, in New Zealand. It was the first time ever that New Zealand had lost three-straight home matches (the first two were against Ireland). It is also the second, back-to-back history-making match for Argentina with Michael Cheika as coach, mentioning, “It’s a first for me, I’ve never won a Test match in New Zealand.” When asked about the matches specialty regarding beating his home country (Australia) vs. beating New Zealand, Cheika replied: “I don’t look at it like that. I look at it from our point of view and growing the team and, in particular, towards the World Cup.” Following the historic result, Argentina jumped two placings in the World Rugby Rankings (9th to 7th) to sit just 0.01 points below Australia in sixth. In the following round (four), Argentina suffered there heaviest defeat to New Zealand since 1997, losing 53–3. In very wet conditions, it took Argentina thirty-two minutes of play to finally score any points, coming through the boot of Emiliano Boffelli, by which point they had already conceded two tries and a penalty goal (score reading 17–3). Conceding over double the amount of turnovers as New Zealand, Argentina went on scoreless while the All Blacks scored an additional five tries by the end of the match. The loss to New Zealand put Argentina last on the Rugby Championship table, having been first for the previous two rounds (13 August – 3 September 2022). Despite the heavy defeat, Argentina went up one ranking (7th