Los Pumas finished as Pool D runners-up behind England.
MATEO CARRERAS SCORED a hat-trick of tries as Argentina beat Japan 39-27 in a thriller in Nantes on Sunday to set up a World Cup quarter-final against Wales.
The Pumas made a sensational start, Marcos Kremer pounding Japan captain Kazuki Himeno from the kick-off and then producing a driving maul before the ball was recycled right into the hands of Santiago Chocobares. Argentina cleared their lines, but what came next was superb. Japan moved the ball quickly to the left, where Leitch drew two defenders and offloaded to hard-charging lock Amato Fakatava.
The ball sat up nicely and the Tongan-born lock gathered and galloped over for a fine individual try converted by Rikiya Matsuda. Mallia split the defence and offloaded to scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou, who went on a rampaging run left and, with right winger Matsushima out of position, found Mateo Carreras to step around Lemeki for a straight run in to the line.Japan raced back, slightly against the run of play. Siosaia Fifita broke before finding Saito on his inside for another beauty of a try, Matsuda converting to make it a one-point game at half-time.
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