Cardiff Blues 15 Stade Francais 38

Cardiff 15 Stade Francais 38

NOT a single member of the 10,000-plus Irish people who bit their fingernails to the bone and sat on the edge of their seats in the Adelaide Oval last Sunday will fail to recall one particularly heart-stopping moment in the second half.

Ireland marched proudly into the World Cup quarter-finals and banished the ghosts of 1999 as they beat Argentina 16-15 in a thrilling match in Adelaide today.

Brian O'Driscoll has admitted Ireland were "biting their nails" right to the end of their hard-won win over Argentina today.

Argentina are back to within a point of Ireland with a Gonzalo Quesada penalty goal.

Gonzalo Quesada has missed a penalty goal to leave the scoreline unchanged in the opening minutes of the second half.

Argentina dominated the opening quarter but it was Ireland who scored the opening try to lead 7-3.

Gonzalo Quesada adds three more points to Argentine tally wth a penalty goal.

Ireland are working hard to edge further ahead of Argentina.

World Cup Pool A Argentina v Ireland

AT long last, it’s time for the talking to stop and the real action to begin.

Argentina named superstar scrum-half and captain Agustin Pichot to play in the crucial pool match against Ireland in Adelaide on Sunday, even though the Stade Francais star was unable to train at all on Friday.

World Cup outsiders Namibia raised the roof at Gosford tonight with a defiant performance against highly-rated Argentina.

World Cup Pool A Argentina v Namibia

Eighty thousand expectant Australians have been warned - Argentina are out to spoil your party.

RUGBY World Cup squads yet to make the trip to Australia should heed the warnings of Argentina who were the first team to arrive Down Under.

SEVERAL of the French players who line-up against the All Blacks next Saturday won’t just be playing for their country’s honour but for world cup places, coach Bernard Laporte said.

Gonzalo Quesada’s injury-time drop goal gave Argentina a narrow 33-32 victory over France in the second and final Test of the series in Buenos Aires.

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IRISH rugby has experienced more than its fair share of low points. Forget a dark night of the soul, the men in green have been through enough black moments to put them back to back and form an annus horribilis.