Pichot refuses to dwell on the past as history puts Lens in focus

AGUSTIN PICHOT squirms slightly at the question. It’s only Monday evening in the Crown Plaza Hotel in Coogee Beach, Sydney, but perhaps he is already realising that, with six days to go before Argentina’s clash with Ireland, it’s a topic he is going to have to deal with far too many times for his liking.

Pichot refuses to dwell on the past as history puts Lens in focus

The question of course concerns Lens four years ago. A night of infamy for Ireland but one of deliverance for the Pumas after three World Cups where they consistently failed to deliver on their undoubted promise.

The knock-on effect of that night for Pichot personally and Argentinian rugby in general was nothing short of life changing. Pichot, surprisingly, is simply not interested in any of that now.

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