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Gallo double helps Argentina draw series with scandal-hit France
Argentina prop Thomas Gallo scored twice as his team beat France 33-25 in Buenos Aires on Saturday to level the two-Test series, hours after two members of the visitors' squad were charged with rape and beating a woman.
Replacement Gallo made his contributions in a 10-minute spell during the second half as Los Pumas claimed their first win over Les Bleus since 2016.
France forwards Hugo Auradou, 20, and flanker Oscar Jegou, 21, were arrested on Monday and formally charged on Friday after a woman accused them of raping her multiple times and beating her in a hotel room in the city of Mendoza after last weekend's first Test.
The player have denied the accusation, and say sexual relations with the woman were consensual.
Youngster Mickael Guillard and veteran flanker Judicael Cancoriet replaced Auradou and Jegou in the starting line-up as Fabien Galthie's side eyed a first series success over Los Pumas since 1998.
Galthie was also without full-back Melvyn Jaminet after he was removed from the squad for making racist comments in a video on social media.
Another player missing was scrum-half Antoine Dupont as French rugby's poster boy prepares to play sevens at this year's Paris Olympics.
Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi handed flanker Pablo Matera his 100th cap for the game at a sold-out Estadio Jose Amalfitani, having lost his first game in charge of the team seven days ago.
- Half-time lead -
Galthie's side began sluggishly lacking possession and territory before Dupont's stand-in Baptiste Serin pounced on an Argentina error to open the scoring after 10 minutes.
The teams were level by the end of the first quarter as prop Eduardo Bello responded for the visitors with Santiago Carreras' conversion making it 7-7.
Contepomi's outfit continued to dominate and led 21-10 at the break after the referee awarded the hosts a penalty try after a powerful scrum and fly-half Carreras crashed over after France outside-half Antoine Hastoy kicked a penalty.
Les Bleus returned from the interval better and were back ahead with half an hour remaining as Pau team-mates Emilien Gailleton and Theo Attissogbe scored to make it 25-21.
Argentina's hopes of a first win over France in five games were handed a boost as Les Bleus prop Georges-Henri Colombes was shown a yellow card for a high tackle on lock Lucas Paulos with 23 minutes to go.
The hosts made Colombes' absence count as 25-year-old Gallo crossed twice, with Carreras converting one of the tries, to take the score to 33-25 with 13 minutes left.
Colombes' return to the field failed to inspire a comeback as Argentina prepared for next weekend's Test in Montevideo against Uruguay and the upcoming Rugby Championship on a positive note.
M.Fischer--AMWN