England hold on to beat Argentina in a chaotic match in the Nations Championship after the hosts have a last-gasp try controversially ruled out in Santiago del Estero.

England held on to beat Argentina in a chaotic match in the Nations Championship after the hosts had a last-gasp try controversially ruled out in Santiago del Estero. With 13-man England leading 31-24, Argentina wing Bautista Delguy scored in the corner with the final play - leaving a difficult conversion to secure a draw. Referee Angus Gardner had awarded the try on field, but television match official Brett Cronan insisted Delguy was in touch. While Gardner repeatedly suggested there was no clear evidence to overturn his original on-field call, the try was eventually chalked off. Henry Slade's covering tackle on Delguy proved to be the decisive moment, with Gardner surrounded by frustrated Argentina players at full-time. The late officiating decision in the visitors' favour came just three days after England's football team suffered a heart-breaking defeat by Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals. A combined seven yellow cards were shown in Saturday's action-packed thriller, with England receiving four in the second half and twice being down to 13 players. Steve Borthwick's side looked set for back-to-back Nations Championship wins after Tommy Freeman's try and two scores from Ben Earl gave them a 16-point half-time lead.