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Quarter-Finals

WALES 17 29 ARGENTINA

Saturday 14 October Stade de Marseille. Attendance: 62,576

In this match Karl Dickson took the whistle after an early calf injury to Jaco Peyper. Wales saw a 10-0 lead evaporate and Nicolás Sanchez’s late interception try booked their third RWC semi-final. Lock Guido Petti escaped a card after a shoulder to the head of Nick Tompkins.

Magic moment With Wales trailing 19-17 on 74 minutes, Louis Rees-Zammit lunged for the corner after Rio Dyer’s break – and replacement Matias Moroni made a brilliant try-saving tackle.

Winners’ podium Full-back Juan Cruz Mallía: “This team showed once again that it is more united than ever and that it trusts what we do.”

Wing Josh Adams: “We’re devastated. We believed in the group but we just weren’t at the races in

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