Decoding Ireland’s seeding puzzle

It’s all come down to this in terms of Ireland’s seeding for the 2015 Rugby World Cup draw.

Win against Argentina and they are in the pot that contains the second seeds, lose and they drop a level and will face a tough task as a third seed.

The figures and permutations give a complex facade but as Ireland manager Michael Kearney put it: “The bottom line is we need to win and the benefit of that is we’d move up to sixth.”