Five things we learned from yesterday's quarter-finals

1. It is time to face facts

Scotland’s effort against Australia complicates a tale that looked very simple two hours earlier, but the troubles suffered by all the European teams in this tournament can’t be overlooked, and they provide yet more evidence of the need for things to change up north.

It may be the season or simply the culture, but the manner in which Argentina cut through Joe Schmidt’s side in the opening and closing quarters yesterday made it especially obvious that teams in this region need to adapt if they are to ever truly thrive at World Cups.