Three things for Ireland to achieve in today’s meeting with Argentina

Ireland’s captain’s run at Aviva Stadium yesterday. If Joe Schmidt’s men can reproduce the accuracy of that performance against South Africa, a clean sweep of November wins is firmly within their grasp, writes Donal Lenihan

1. Lay down back five markers

When you look at the composition of the current Irish side, the forward pack and half-backs that started against South Africa appear nailed on for Ireland’s Six Nations opener against France in Paris next February.