Last hurrah for Hickie?

DENIS HICKIE pulls on the Irish jersey for the 62nd time at the Parc des Prince on Sunday. And if the team fails to score four tries and beat Argentina by more than seven points, it will be his last time to do so.

Hickie, 31, slightly controversially announced his retirement from international rugby prior to the World Cup. It looked as if his days were numbered anyway when he was dropped for last week’s clash with France and he struggled to conceal his disappointment.

However, that was nothing compared to the dismay felt by Geordan Murphy when he was dropped from the replacement panel for the same game, not having had the chance to either prove himself or to do anything wrong!