These are the rugby stories making headlines on the evening of Monday, November 24.Wales are training with the Scarlets (Image: David Davies/PA Wire.)

These are your evening headlines on the evening of Monday, November 24.

Scarlets drafted in to train with Wales

The Scarlets have been drafted in to train against Wales ahead of the final autumn Test against South Africa.

The Welsh squad has seen 13 players forced to depart because the game has been organised outside of the international window, meaning players based in England and France are not allowed to play.

It has left the Welsh team without a number of its best players against the world champions, although the Springboks will also be missing a number of key stars. Louis Rees-Zammit, Tomos Willaims, Max Llewellyn and Dafydd Jenkins are among those absent for Wales.

The game also clashes with the latest round of URC fixtures, with the Welsh regions without their based players for some key matches.

Steve Tandy has brought in four new faces for this week as Ellie Mee, Evan Lloyd, Garyn Phillips and James Ratti join a squad that now has 30 players.

That is still short of the usual number Wales would have for training, so the Scarlets will be at the national team’s Vale base on Tuesday for a mutually beneficial hit-out.

They host Glasgow on Saturday, while the Ospreys travel to Edinburgh, Cardiff make a trip to Zebre and the Dragons host Leinster on Friday night.

Pumas call for investigation

Argentina have formally demanded an investigation into the explosive tunnel incident involving England flanker Tom Curry and Pumas head coach Felipe Contepomi after Sunday’s fiery Test at Twickenham.

The allegations emerged in a remarkable post-match press conference following England’s 27-23 win, with Contepomi branding Curry a “bully” and claiming the forward shoved him in the tunnel and told him to “f*** off”.

The row is said to have stemmed from Curry’s tackle on Juan Cruz Mallía, which Contepomi insists was “reckless”.

Argentina have since confirmed Mallía suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The tackle – for which Curry was penalised – is now under review, with Six Nations Rugby, who run the Autumn Nations Series, having a 24-hour window to issue a citing.

They can also open disciplinary proceedings over the tunnel clash.

Pumas players confronted Curry on the pitch immediately after full-time, with tensions escalating further once both teams headed down the tunnel. Contepomi said: “He came in the tunnel and gave me a little smack. Not a smack, a push in the chest. I’m 48 and he’s 27. Maybe that’s his nature, I don’t know.”

The former Argentina captain added the England flanker showed “no humility or respect” following the injury to Mallía. “We told him: ‘Mate, you broke his knee,’ and he said: ‘F*** off,’ and pushed me. Maybe that is his way of being a bully. If we want bullies in this game, good on them.”

Ojomoh: Competition drove me on

By Duncan Bech, PA Rugby Union Correspondent

Max Ojomoh insists England’s midfield riches inspired his outstanding Allianz Stadium debut against Argentina on Sunday.

Ojomoh was a late replacement at inside centre after Fraser Dingwall had been ruled out by a side strain and the 25-year-old responded with a man-of-the-match performance in which he scored one try and created two more.

It leaves Steve Borthwick with a selection headache for the Six Nations opener against Wales on February 7 with Ojomoh, Dingwall and Seb Atkinson competing to start for what has long been a problem position for England.

“A year ago people were going crazy about a centre crisis,” said Ojomoh, who won his second cap as Steve Borthwick’s men completed an autumn clean sweep.

“Now I’m seeing Seb, Fraser, Ollie Lawrence, Luke Northmore and a lot of 12s coming through and that kind of competition pushes everyone to perform at a higher level.

“Seb and Fraser have been excellent in their last games at 12 so I thought I had to try something out there.

“Only the lucky ones and the very, very good players get picked straight away, play well and keep their spot.

“It’s a very competitive position so there are a lot of contenders up there for one position on the field. If you are in form you keep going.

Having opened the scoring with a well-timed 10th minute finish, he set up tries in each half for Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Henry Slade.

Feyi-Waboso raced over after catching Ojomoh’s pinpoint kick-pass at full stride while Slade benefited from his centre partner’s hard run and pass out of the tackle to cross for a crucial try.

“My favourite bit was cross kick because I have never done that in the Prem,” Ojomoh said.

“I have tried when I’ve had penalty advantage and I have spooned all of them so it was a great time for it to stick. And to kick it to a very good friend in Manny – I’m glad he got the try.

“I was really surprised for the off-load. I saw Sladey and I was ‘nothing to lose, may as well have a crack’.”

England amassed their 11th consecutive victory by overcoming the Pumas and enter the Six Nations as genuine title contenders.

“I’m very happy for the team that they have got four from four this month. It’s a great note to end on,” Ojomoh said.

“It’s been a very good campaign from a very well gelled squad. It’s good to be a part of.”

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