After losing the first Test last week, Gregor Townsend’s side were under pressure to reverse the outcome and take the series to a deciding final match. They duly delivered with four tries from Hamish Watson, Mark Bennett, Matt Fagerson and Sam Johnson sealing a deserved victory.
Scotland led 8-6 at the break, Watson providing the try on his 50th cap, but it was a much improved second-half performance that provided the foundation for the win with three converted tries in 18 minutes from Bennett, Fagerson and Johnson putting them out of sight.
Argentina tried to hit back – and scored a try through Guido Petti only for it to be disallowed on a TMO review for a forward pass – but Scotland produced some superb last-ditch defending to prevent Los Pumas from crossing the whitewash.
Here is how the Scotland players rated out of 10:
13. Mark Bennett - 7
Made it two tries in two Tests in Argentina with his score early in the second half. Stuck in after a difficult opening 40. 7 Photo: Paul Devlin - SNS Group / SRU
14. Darcy Graham - 6
Brave on the ball and had one outstanding moment when he collected a high kick and went on a weaving run. Would have been nice to see him given more ball. 6 Photo: Ross MacDonald - SNS Group
15. Rory Hutchinson - 5
Struggled to get things going with Kinghorn and was forced off with injury just before half-time. 5 Photo: Ross Parker - SNS Group
16. Replacements
Kyle Rowe came on for Hutchinson and won an important turnover but his Scotland debut lasted only ten minutes as he sustained an ankle injury which looks set to rule him out of the final Test. Ross Thompson (pictured) stepped in at stand-off in the subsequent reshuffle and kicked two conversions. Ali Price set up Johnson for the final try. Photo: Ross Parker - SNS Group