Ireland saved by mighty Tomas Quinlan

Ireland 18 Argentina 16: There is something familiar about a kicker from Cork Con having nerves of steel to land a last-gasp winning penalty, but Tomas Quinlan wrote a script all of his own to get Ireland’s World Rugby U20 Championship off to a winning start.

Quinlan was only added to the squad prior to departure last week when experienced out-half Ross Byrne was ruled out of the tournament, and he had never been capped for the Irish U20s.

However, you wouldn’t have thought that when he stepped forward and nailed a penalty from the right touchline in the final play of the game to snatch victory. The win was no more than Ireland deserved but they made life difficult for themselves in the sweltering heat and failed to take a string of good try opportunities.