Ireland hold off Argentina's fightback after making rapid start

11/15/2024 05:17 PM

• Ireland 22-19 Argentina
• Three first-half tries enough for Andy Farrell's side

Jeopardy is a word with plenty of currency in rugby these days. Mostly it's used in reference to how competitions are structured, but also in describing individual matches. This one had plenty. Not always evident, especially in the first half when Ireland looked a good deal better than against the All Blacks. But the race down the home straight, with Argentina a man down, had heaps of it. When at last the pressure was relieved for the home team pretty much all of them called the knock on. 

By way of compensation after last week the light rain made its way elsewhere well before kick off, so we had a game with fewer stoppages and, mercifully, fewer scrums: just one in the opening quarter. And plenty of quick, watchable rugby.