Scottish hooker Ford facing battle on two fronts

SCOTLAND hooker Ross Ford believes his team’s narrow victory over Italy in the Pool C eliminator is the “ideal warm-up” for Sunday’s quarter-final against Argentina.

The Azzurri and the Pumas have risen to rugby’s top table in recent years on the back of their powerful packs.

The Scots just about managed to nullify the threat of the Italian forwards in last Saturday’s 18-16 victory in St Etienne but they will be faced with just as severe a test eight days on, when they come up against Argentina’s scrum at the Stade de France.