Argentina show no ill effects after Romania tie

ARGENTINA, Ireland's opponents in the crunch World Cup tie at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, finally arrived in the South Australia capital at 6pm local time yesterday.

They did so with no ill effects of their heavy defeat of Romania on Wednesday, a result achieved largely by a second strength selection.

Even so, that didn't prevent their captain, the gifted scrum-half Augustin Pichot, from again complaining about the draw which saw them forced to play four matches in 17 days as against the 22 allowed to Ireland.