England's rugby players avenged defeat to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals with a chaotic, ill-tempered 31-24 Nations Championship victory that went to the wire in Santiago del Estero. <p>Steve Borthwick's side recorded a sixth straight win on Argentinian soil to offer a crumb of consolation three days on from heartache at the hands of Lionel Messi and co in Atlanta.</p><p>England received a hostile reception at Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades, where Argentina's players wore replica shirts inspired by Diego Maradona's iconic 1986 World Cup kit and fans unveiled Falklands-themed banners in the stands.</p><ul><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">stream with no contract</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12110/10952996/sky-sports-push-notifications-faq-how-to-receive-the-alerts-you-want">Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want</a></strong></li></ul><p>England looked to do their talking on the pitch, with Tommy Freeman's early try and a Ben Earl double silencing the partisan home crowd and securing a 16-point half-time lead.</p><p>Argentina, who had been reduced to skirmishes in a one-sided first half, roared back after the break, slashing the deficit to two through Mateo Carreras' score and a penalty try that saw England reduced to 13 men after Alex Coles joined Jack van Poortvliet in the sin-bin.</p><p>Late tries from Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Marcus Smith looked to have shielded England from costly ill-discipline, only for further yellow cards to Henry Pollock and Emmanuel Iyogun to leave them needing to see out the game with 13 men.</p><p>Justo Piccardo's 80th-minute score moved Argentina to within a converted try of salvaging an unlikely draw, which Bautista Delguy looked to have secured when he crossed with the clock four minutes into the red.</p><p>But a dramatic TMO intervention, which ruled Delguy in touch, came to England's rescue in the final act of a Test match that was as absorbing as it was bonkers.</p><p><em>More to follow.</em></p><h3>England's Nations Championship results</h3><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/13560437/south-africa-45-21-england-springboks-show-muscle-in-seven-try-nations-championship-victory">South Africa 45-21 England</a> (Johannesburg)</strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/fiji-vs-england/111674">Fiji 8-73 England</a> (Liverpool)</strong></li><li><strong>Argentina 24-31 England (Santiago del Estero)</strong></li></ul>
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