Seeking a response to defeat by the All Blacks seven days prior, Ireland's victory over Argentina answers some questions while presenting a few more.
Seeking a response to a jarring defeat against the All Blacks seven days prior, Ireland's victory against Argentina at the Aviva Stadium on Friday served to answer some questions while presenting a few more.
The game had seemed in hand at half-time, yet come the final whistle the overriding emotion in Dublin was one of relief. But, beaten so decisively by the All Blacks last week when discipline was a massive issue and the attack misfired, rarely in recent times had it felt like there was so much to fix from one game to the next.
A third, as well as a disallowed fourth through Tadhg Beirne, would follow before the turn, but Ireland failed to score a single point across the game's final 48 minutes.While Argentina failed to take advantage of yellow cards for Finlay Bealham and Joe McCarthy, and would see two players sent to the sin bin themselves, Ireland conceded 13 penalties for the second game in succession.
Having selected a team so obviously for the present rather than the future against the All Blacks, some quarters were calling for wholesale changes and an infusion of youth.
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