Video and gallery: Hard to find the silver lining in Argentina defeat

If the past week felt like something akin to a funeral, with stories of a career well led doing endless rounds following Paul O’Connell’s World Cup-ending injury, the wake may just have begun.

If it feels like we’ve been here before, it’s probably because we have.

Yet again, our World Cup bogie team, Argentina, contrived to drive the final nail into our tournament coffin and bury hopes of glory for at least another four years when the Land of the Rising Sun plays host — perhaps a glimmer of hope amid the doom and gloom of a miserable Cardiff afternoon.