Eight tries, seven yellow cards, a disallowed Argentina try in the 83rd minute... the final match of the Southern Hemisphere series had it all.

England beat Argentina 31-24 in Santiago del Estero to finish the summer on a high but there are question marks aplenty about their "comical" discipline.

Steve Borthwick's side will head into November's Nations Championship fixtures in third place in the table and on a two-match winning streak following back-to-back bonus point wins. Argentina sit fourth in the Southern Hemisphere standings.

Make sure you read Alastair Telfer's report here.

Until then, goodbye!

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• New Zealand 40-21 Ireland
• Japan 15-42 France
• Australia 57-10 Italy
• Fiji 17-33 Scotland
• South Africa 43-0 Wales
• Argentina 24-31 England

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• 4 July - South Africa 45-21 England
• 11 July - Fiji 8-73 England
• 18 July - Argentina 24-31 England

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Three of the seven yellow cards were for deliberate knock-ons - England's Jack van Poortvliet and Alex Coles and Argentina's Santiago Carreras.

Coles' infringement resulted in a penalty try.

Ireland were overwhelmed by a ruthless New Zealand, losing 40-21 as the hosts preserved their 32-year unbeaten run at Eden Park.

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Scotland were indebted to their replacements, with Pierre Schoeman, Scott Cummings, and Jamie Dowie (twice) scoring off the bench as they overturned a 17-7 deficit to beat Fiji 33-17.

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Wales endured a tough 80 minutes against South Africa, failing to score against the world champions in a 43-0 defeat.

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Right, let's have a quick recap of how the other home nations fared, shall we?

In this series alone...

Argentina 24-31 England

Yellows: Jack van Poortvliet, Alex Coles, Henry Pollock, Emmanuel Iyogun

Fiji 8-73 England

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South Africa 45-21 England

Yellows: Tommy Freeman, Guy Pepper

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Comical is certainly one word to describe England's discipline.

In 2026, they've received 14 yellow cards and one red card in eight matches.

Matt Dawson
Former England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's been a hellishly tough two weeks for England, with incredible mileage and loads of pressure on them. It started with 20 minutes from hell down in South Africa, to all of a sudden finding themselves dominating Argentina in the opening 40 minutes, so there has been real progress there.

I know the wagons were circulating around Borthwick in some of the media, but I think this performance showed there's enough progress, whether it's enough to win a World Cup is another matter but there's progress from the Six Nations and certainly from Feyo-Waboso's perspective.

Argentina came back into it but England got themselves out of a hole.

The big question is what to do with England's discipline. It's verging on comical. It's ridiculous how many cards this team have had.

Chris Ashton
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

Argentina is a really rough environment to play in and they have managed to produce a really good first half, but the number of yellow cards takes the edge of it.

If you are playing against England you know they are going to give penalties away and make some stupid errors that result in them losing games.

England winger and player of the match Immanuel Feyi-Waboso: "A tough-fought match. What did it go to, 83 minutes? Really dramatic to finish like that.

"Argentina - the passion, the fans, the atmosphere was amazing.

"Discipline wasn't great from us. We managed to see out the victory at the end."

On what England need to improve on: "Discipline is a huge thing. I don't know how many cards there were but too many. We can't be having games where we finish with 13."

However, England were reduced to 13 players for the final five minutes, with Henry Pollock and debutant Emmanuel Iyogun heading to the bin.

Justo Piccardo scored in the 80th minute to get Argentina to within one converted try of a draw and after more than 20 phases from the restart - and three minutes after the hooter - Bautista Delguy thought he'd scored in the right corner.

It was given on field but after a lengthy disagreement between referee Angus Gardner and video referee Brett Cronan, it was chalked off due to the ball being grounded on the sideline.

Argentina 24-31 England.

Then it was Argentina's turn for a yellow card, Joaquin Oviedo pinged for a dangerous clear-out on Guy Pepper.

England extended their advantage to 14 points heading into the final 10 minutes, with tries from Marcus Smith and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso.

Argentina roared into life after the break, with Mateo Carreras scoring in the 43rd minute.

Jack van Poortvliet and Alex Coles were yellow-carded for deliberate knock-ons in quick succession, with the latter also pinged for a penalty try.

Argentina 17-19 England.

Ok, I'm going to try and recap that.

Thinking back, the first half was a breeze.

England ran in three tries - one for Tommy Freeman, two for Ben Earl. Argentina responded with a penalty from Tomas Albornoz and had Mateo Carreras sent to the bin for a tackle on Freeman.

19-3 at the interval. England in total control, Argentina over-emotional and their own worst enemies.

The final whistle blows. Argentina are not happy. A bizarre finish to a bizarre 40 minutes of rugby. In fact, all 80 were bizarre.

England finish the summer with back-to-back wins and extend their unbeaten run over Argentina to six matches.

There's going to be a lot to unpack.

Chris Ashton
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

I don't think the stadium is going to take this very well.

Brett Cronan has the final word. It's grounded on the intersection of the sideline and try line.

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