Andy Farrell giving Ireland players a chance to right an awful lot of wrongs against Argentina

"Sometimes you drop people and after a conversation five minutes later you wish you should have picked them because they get another chance," said Farrell.

WRONGS TO RIGHT: Head coach Andy Farrell is giving his players a chance to redeem themselves. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

You do not need to have the perception of a seasoned Kremlinologist to know Andy Farrell thrives under pressure and wants his Ireland players to feel the same way.

Yet the head coach’s thoughts on the team he selected to face Argentina this Friday night have piled an awful lot more pressure on those he retained from last weekend’s deeply underwhelming performance in defeat to New Zealand than they might have bargained for.