RELATIONS between the IRFU and ARU have slumped after Ireland’s kickers were denied access to the Estadio Jose Amalfitani, home to Argentine soccer club Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires yesterday.

Man of the moment, Shane Jennings, is returning to Leinster next season, but fans might not get a glimpse of him in blue until November if the open-side flanker makes it to the World Cup.

NIALL O’DONOVAN is expecting the Argentinean pack to up the ante in tomorrow’s second test in the Estadio Jose Amalfitani, Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires.