England vs Argentina LIVE! Rugby World Cup 2023 match stream, latest score and updates today
The Rugby World Cup continues with a massive Pool D clash in Marseille this evening. The two favourites to advance from the final group lock horns in the headline fixture of day two, with England desperate to make a fast start to silence their growing army of critics following a dreadful build-up to the tournament.
It has been a harrowing 2023 for England so far, losing six of their first nine matches under new head coach Steve Borthwick, who is already feeling the pressure. Such a run has included a record humbling by France and first-ever loss to Fiji, leaving them a lowly eighth in the latest world rankings – two spots below tonight’s opponents Argentina, who pulled off a deserved victory at Twickenham last autumn.
But all of the mounting negativity could be instantly swept away with an opening win over the physical Pumas, who put 62 points on Spain in their final warm-up Test having finished third at the most recent Rugby Championship. Follow England vs Argentina live below, with expert analysis from Standard Sport’s Nick Purewal at the Stade Velodrome!
Live updates
England 3-3 Argentina
11 mins: IT’S RED FOR TOM CURRY!
No mitigation and the yellow is upgraded.
An absolute horror show for England.
England 3-3 Argentina
10 mins: Cool as you like from Ford, who dusts himself down to step up and calmly dispatch the penalty.
All square in Marseille. Now the final Curry decision is coming…
England 0-3 Argentina
10 mins: It’s 14-men apiece inside 10 minutes!
Santiago Carreras goes to charge down a Ford kick and smashes into the Sale fly-half very recklessly indeed.
He joins Curry in the bin and again this will be reviewed in the bunker.
Now Ford will hope to level the score from the tee…
England 0-3 Argentina
7 mins: Still we wait to hear the final ruling on that Curry yellow.
Lawes is off his feet at the breakdown and Argentina have another kickable penalty, which is narrowly missed by Boffelli.
3-0 to the Pumas it remains. England need to get their discipline sorted here.
England 0-3 Argentina
5 mins: A superb kick from Boffelli punishes 14-man England immediately.
Borthwick will nervously be awaiting the final ruling of this bunker review.
Curry did wrap his arms and bent at the hip, which could well save him from the yellow being upgraded to red.
But the head-to-head contact was nasty.
England 0-0 Argentina
Standard Sport’s Nick Purewal at the Stade Velodrome
A horror start for England as Tom Curry is sin-binned for a clash of heads with Juan Cruz Mallia. Mallia goes for a head injury assessment, and Curry has to sit out the next 10 minutes.
England 0-0 Argentina
4 mins: It’s yellow for Curry and this could yet be worse as it goes to the bunker.
A nightmare for England.
England 0-0 Argentina
3 mins: Mitchell has started really well here and Steward then poses real danger.
Curry hits Mallia after the Argentine full-back takes the ball in the air and there’s a head-on-head collision, leading to some blood repairs for the England flanker.
It’s not immediately flagged, but the officials are now reviewing it. This could be trouble for England and Curry.
England 0-0 Argentina
2 mins: A good start from England under pressure as they win the early aerial battle with a strong first set.
Mitchell standing up firm and holding his nerve.
But it’s Argentina doing all the early attacking, Santiago Carreras trying a chip over the top to put England under more pressure.
England vs Argentina
Kick-off in Marseille!
Argentina kick to get us underway, in their familiar blue and white striped home strips.
England in their blue/black away kits.
