Juan Martin Hernandez has warned Argentina to be on guard to face “one of the best players in rugby history” in Matt Giteau.

Argentinian’s transformation of Aussie scrum means Welsh pack must up game, says Baldwin...

You don’t need to be a scout or an outdoor enthusiast to learn how to light fires without a match, build a shelter from basic materials or cook under the open sky, says Áilín Quinlan.           

Brighton grabbed a last-minute winner to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 and snatch the last play-off spot on a dramatic final day in the Sky Bet Championship.

Middlesbrough 0 Hull 2

Lazio 0 Tottenham 0

Lazio 0 Tottenham 0

Argentina captain Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe has credited New Zealand’s World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry with transforming the Pumas’ self-belief.

Sunderland 0 Middlesbrough 1

Tottenham 0 Lazio 0

IT was the tournament that launched a million footballing passions on this side of the world, as Mario Kempes, Daniel Passarella and Leopoldo Luque stole our hearts en route to their first World Cup triumph in 1978.

A STONY-FACED Graham Henry drew a line under reports All Blacks had been drinking in the build-up to yesterday’s World Cup quarter-final, saying he had “dealt with it”.

ARGENTINA captain Felipe Contepomi looked ahead to the World Cup quarter-final with New Zealand after his side sealed their place in the knockout stages with a 25-7 win over Georgia at Arena Manawatu in Palmerston North.

SCOTLAND’S dejected players immediately turned their attentions to beating England in Auckland on Saturday after a loss to Argentina left them facing World Cup elimination.

Courtney Lawes faces the possibility of missing the rest of England’s Rugby World Cup campaign after being cited for allegedly striking Argentina hooker Mario Ledesma with his knee.

COURTNEY LAWES’ World Cup could be curtailed if Argentina cite the second row following England’s victory yesterday.

ARGENTINA hooker Mario Ledesma believes England are under-estimating the Pumas ahead of today’s Rugby World Cup clash in Dunedin.

ENGLAND scrum coach Graham Rowntree has steeled his men for the ultimate challenge of facing Argentina’s set piece in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup opener.

Argentina have brought Gonzalo Tiesi into a full-strength side for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup opener against England.

Ireland conclude their autumn series against Argentina today hoping to end a disappointing month with victory over their fierce rivals.

IRELAND should be thankful they don’t have to spend too much time assessing Argentinean play-maker Felipe Contepomi a few days before the last of their autumn internationals at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.

ARGENTINA will arrive in Dublin on the back of an error-strewn 15-9 defeat to France in Montpellier.

ARGENTINA bounced back from their home series defeat by Scotland in style with a record thrashing of Six Nations champions France in Buenos Aires.

WALES’ greatest Test match kicker Neil Jenkins led the applause after Shane Williams and company did their utmost to prove running rugby is not extinct.

ARSENE WENGER maintained last night’s Champions League win over Olympiacos showed just why Arsenal are not “desperate” for new signings.

CLERMONT AUVERGNE saw their faint Heineken Cup hopes extinguished despite a comprehensive bonus point victory against Montauban in the all-French Pool One clash at Stade Marcel Michelin last night.

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MARIO LEDESMA is 35, Raphael Ibanez has also celebrated that landmark.

WALTER SMITH is confident Rangers can secure the win they need in Kaunas and book a place in the final qualifying round of the Champions League despite last night’s goalless stalemate at Ibrox.

Chelsea made 11 changes from the team which defeated Huddersfield in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday and, as expected, both Frank Lampard and captain John Terry were rested.

ON A DAY of huge hits and titanic forward battles, it was probably fitting that the man-of-the-match award went to a man who was permanently in the thick of things, Clermont hooker Mario Ledesma.

LAWRENCE Dallaglio admits European champions Wasps “have to do the business” on Saturday after suffering their biggest Heineken Cup defeat for almost six years.

DAVID HILL kicked Bristol to the most notable win in their Heineken Cup history as tournament favourites Stade Francais suffered a surprise Pool Three defeat.

SCOTLAND’S World Cup run came to a disappointing end at the quarter-final stage as Argentina stuttered into a last-four date with South Africa with a scrappy victory in Paris last night.

ARGENTINA fly-half Felipe Contepomi believes securing a crucial bonus point against Namibia today is no foregone conclusion.

WELL, at least the beer on offer in the Stade de France is no longer under scrutiny.

France launched the 2007 Rugby World Cup tonight amid huge expectancy levels in coach Bernard Laporte’s final assignment before he takes up a French ministerial post.

ARGENTINA prop Rodrigo Roncero played down the importance of his side’s 27-20 defeat to Wales on Saturday.

Argentina U21 20 Ireland U21 42

Argentina 23 South Africa 34

Lions 25 Argentina 25

CHANGES in the threequarter line and in the back-row are likely when coach Alan Gaffney today names the Munster team to meet Castres in the crucial Heineken European Cup tie at Thomond Park tomorrow.

PULLING off try-saving tackles should hardly be the responsibility of a second row forward.