WATCH: The bizarre play that helped Los Pumas beat the All Blacks

Argentina secured only their third-ever victory against the All Blacks – and their second on New Zealand soil – but a bizarre phase of play proved to be key to Saturday’s success. 

Scott Robertson’s side had a slender 30-28 advantage heading into the final 15 minutes, but Agustin Creevy’s try just two phases after this All Blacks error put Los Pumas in front, and they held on to claim a famous win in Wellington.

In a bizarre passage of play, New Zealand stole an Argentina lineout around halfway, but were quickly tracking back to their own line. A pass from Ardie Savea at the base of a ruck fell to floor, and this was followed up by another misplaced pass from Damian McKenzie.

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Argentina could easily have scored off this directly if not for the pace of Rieko Ioane tracking back, but a powerful scrum and some strong pick-and-goes eventually got Los Pumas over the line as Creevy burrowed over.

Argentina gaining 50m without touching the ball. byu/joaofig inrugbyunion

Before this moment of madness, New Zealand looked to have put the game to bed as Mark Tele’a crossed the Argentina whitewash, but it was pulled back for a forward pass in the build-up. Argentina later compounded this with a penalty, but the All Blacks actually stole the lineout, which in turn led to this strange set of errors.

An eventful first-half saw Sam Darry and Anton Lienert-Brown cross for the All Blacks, but other scores from Lucio Cinti and Mateo Carreras helped make it 20-15 at half-time.

Argentina took an early lead in the second-half through Franco Molina, but this advantage quickly vanished as Tele’a put his side back in front.

Following the odd play above,  Creevy’s try – along with Santi Carreras’ conversion – gave Los Pumas a five-point advantage heading into the final exchanges of the game; and later another Carreras penalty eventually gifted his side an eight-point victory.

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