Ireland 20-43 Argentina: how World Cup quarter-final was won and lost | James Riach

The wow factor from the Pumas was too much for Joe Schmidt’s side, though it could have been different if Paul O’Connell and Jonathan Sexton had been fitThis was no flash-in-the-pan performance from Argentina and you know the show is special when Sonny Bill Williams simply tweets “wow”. The Pumas are not one-hit wonders and are undoubtedly capable of reaching the final on evidence of this fluent and frantic display. Let us not forget that before this World Cup they beat South Africa 37-25 in Durban. In the group stage of this tournament the All Blacks’ margin of victory was only 10 points agai…