Pumas still fuming at fixture list

Loffreda, who already voiced his discontent with his side’s cramped fixture list, re-stated his argument after making six changes to the team which beat Namibia last weekend — including the novel step of appointing his third different skipper in as many games.

“We have two games in four days, it is not long enough,” he said. “We were supposed to be the seeds in the group and the way the fixtures have worked out favours Ireland. Maybe it is because we are regarded as a second rate rugby nation, but it is not right.

“If we had seven days to prepare for Sunday’s match, like Ireland have, we might do things differently but, as it is, we have to use our resources in the best way we can.”