Pumas no match for Eddie’s masters of the mud

Ireland 16 Argentina 7

The much vaunted Argentinean pack capitulated in the heavy conditions at Lansdowne Road as Eddie O'Sullivan's side swapped their dancing shoes for construction boots.

Hardly a match for the purists, but the nine-point winning margin did not flatter Ireland. Coach Eddie O'Sullivan said after his side's sixth successive victory: "It has been a good half-year but we know there is another half to come."