Iain Henderson backed to fill injury gap against Argentina

Iain Henderson has been tipped to spearhead Ireland’s new breed of enforcers in the absence of key pack leaders Paul O’Connell, Peter O’Mahony and Sean O’Brien.

Ireland will be forced to reshuffle almost half their pack for Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final with Argentina at the Millennium Stadium, with O’Connell and O’Mahony out of the competition and O’Brien banned.