French World Cup hopes suffer setback against Argentina

FRANCE’S build-up to the World Cup suffered a major setback on Saturday when they crashed to a 10-6 defeat to Ireland’s Pool A opponents Argentina.

Eddie O’Sullivan’s side face the South Americans in their penultimate pool game on Sunday October 26 in Adelaide Oval.

It was a morale-sapping defeat for Bernard Laporte’s side especially as they dominated large parts of the match but were unable to convert their pressure into pointsArgentina got off to a flying start when Jose Maria Nunez Piossek scored the opening try of the game after just two minutes.