Ireland vs Argentina . . .

I know it's very early to start this thread but I've got a strong feeling the Pumas are going to cause an upset tonight.

Vamos Los Pumas!!!

Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 Craig Casey, 22 Sam Prendergast, 23 Jamie Osborne

Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Matias Moroni, 11 Bautista Delguy, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Thomas Gallo

Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Ignacio Calles, 18 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Santiago Grondona, 21 Gonzalo Garcia, 22 Santiago Carreras, 23 Justo Piccardo

That would be a real upset….I think Ireland is hurting after there AB loss and will be out for redemption….

But if there is a team that can cause a surprise, it is the Pumas….Go Pumas:)

If the Pumas can just keep their discipline for once they have a real shot here. Thomas Gallo to monster Finlay Bealham.

Anyone know what time Jake Paul vs Mik e Tyson is happening? I might be pulling an all-nighter tonight.

I like Thomas Gallo he is a very good LH prop….Not the Heaviest at 107kg, but great technique….He is going to give Bealham a real go.

At 8 pm ET on Netflix….I will be watching that :)

If Jake Paul for some reason hurts Iron Mike, he will be very unpopular!

Than ks Emp.

I so wished Alvarez would have accepted Paul's challenge.

And then not knocked him out but just beat the piss out of him for however many rounds Paul is allowed to fight these days.

Saying that, Paul has grown up a bit and is a touch more palatable lately.

You really wanna see the fight live, Rooi?

My routine is...have a lovely night's sleep. In the morning my girlfriend puts the fight on for me. I try not to even look at her in case her demeanour gives me some indication as to who may have won.

This was particularly tricky with the Dricus-Izzy fight since she was just as invested as me.

Back to the Rugby……it’s going to be an interesting match. Ireland were quite unlike themselves last week, I thought. If Argentina get their tails up, who knows what will happen. 

If Los Pumas can keep their discipline and not give away a raft of penalties then they're just the kind of team that can run Ireland ragged with their fast and skilful backline. 

I agree. 

They’ve certainly come along with Contepomi at the helm. 

https://www.indy100.com/sport/mike-tyson-slaps-jake-paul-as-tempers-flare-in-fiery-face-off

Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul in a fiery and controversial face-off after the weigh-in ahead of their fight in Texas.

Ahead of the fight on November 16 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, in the first event of its kind to be live-streamed on Netflix, tempers finally fully flared as Tyson could not hold himself back from reacting to Paul's antics.

As the pair prepared to face-off, Paul crawled his way up to Tyson before standing up in front of his face seemingly in an effort to intimidate him.

Argie anthem starts . . . time for a quick nap . . .

Tyson is on edge and Jake Paul came up to Mike just a bit to fast ….just a little love tap, howzit :)

Now it’s on and Jake wants to knock him out…..It’s personal he says:) going to be interesting…..

Everybody talking the Argies up.

Ireland should restore order tonight.

...but confidence is a funny thing.

Pumas struggling to get out of their own 22 . . . 

A chargedown and partial chargedown has the Argies in trouble early but they get out of it.

Yes! Moroni scores! TMO checking something . . . 

Haha is that try gonna stand!?

Try Argen tina. Ireland pass goes astray, Argie 11 beats about the whole Ireland side before his pass is slapped back but collected by Arg to score anyway.

Uh-oh . . . Moroni with head contact . . . no try and Moroni gets a yellow . . . 

Oh dear, there's a bad looking hit from Argentina. Head on head.

Here we go with the cards...

Well that's unfortunate.

Should be mitigation.

Hell, from a try at one end Argie is back on their own tryline.

Easy try Ireland. Argie never looked like they were going to stop that.

Another for the Paddy bunch.

Easy times.

Hansen over. That yellow may just have lost Arg the game.

Crowley scores. against the 14 men . . . and converts 7-0.

Arg taking forever to get the ball from the ruck.

Scrum time.

Argies should get a penalty here.

Their scrum is better that that of the Irish.

Now Hansen scores after a good break by Gary Ringrose. Pumas paying for the yellow.

Argies never give up...hoping they can get back into this.

Poor pass by the scrumhalf loses Arg 5 meters as the hooker has to take it above his head and gets driven back .

Looks like Moroni will be back, or is the review verdict still coming?

12-3

Yeah remains yellow, he'll be back.

Penalty to the Pumas in range. Take the kick!

Yellow remains a yellow thank goodness.

Albornoz kicks the penalty . . . 12-3.

Beirne over for Irel and. Did he ground it?

Ireland over but Beirne couldn't control. No try.

Nope. Tryline dropout.

Now Ireland down to 14. Bealham sent off for dangerous play.

Ireland now in trouble for a croc roll.

Crock roll being looked at...

Defos a yellow.

Could be a 20 minute red.

Corn rows on white dudes piss me off.

I'm glad he got a yellow ;)

Albornoz kicks the penalty. 12-6.

What a bloody ridiculous rule….the game is being totally over lawyered

Terrible box kick Argies. Wasted possession.

‘Be more careful’ on a nothing burger tackle.

Crowley drop kick. Ireland lead 15-6.

Fortunately for Arg Ireland botches the lineout and lose 10m. Still have possession, just outside the 22 now.

B ealham yellow remains a yellow.

Droppie one minute after you refused a kickable penalty, but hey, 3 points.

Nice drop kick….good to see Ireland reintroducing  the old Bok calling card.

Even the yellow was questionable.

‘Not a high degree of danger’…you bet Sherlock, nor was the croc roll.

Argies turned over.

Ireland now kicking away their possession but the Argies oblige them by losing it in contact.

A sleepy looking Clarkson comes on for Van der Flier.

Penalty Pumas. Albornoz will go for poles from 45m. This to make it 15-9 . . . it's over.

Albornoz makes it Alboryez.

Terrific kickoff take by Keenan has Ireland on the front foot

Stupid penalty Argies. Ireland going for the lineout 5.

Ireland win it from the restart and on the attack. Pumas defending well but now it's a penalty and Ire land have an attacking lineout.

Bealham back and so is Van der Flier. Clarkson can continue his nap.

Ireland may strike left here. Yeah, Argies fanned out well though.

Pumas need to score the next points to stay in this but they're pinned in their own 22.

And somehow they've turned it over.

Ireland seemed to have Arg pinned right at the start of the set move with space wide but the pass didn't come. Might be wrong, no replay to check. Ireland score now after a good burst by Lowe.

Try Ireland. Joe McCarthy over. Crowley converts and it's 22-9.

Just get the feeling that Argentina isn't going to be able to keep Ireland out when they get that close.

Montoya back on and he makes a telling tackle. Scrum to the Pumas. They need a score here.

Sharp work by Montoya as he catches Gibson-Park at the base of the ruck.

And Argentina fluffs it. Ball lost, Lowe clears.

Sustained attack by the Pumas but there's a knock on. Back for the pena lty. Pumas go for the corner.

Cinti again loses the ball as he goes to ground but Argies had an advantage.

Pumas over but held up . . . back for the penalty. Another lineout. Come on Pumas!

What a jumbled mess that turned into. Argies over but no grounding, looks held up.

Argies lack their usual finesse.

Another penalty to the P umas . . . card coming?

Beirne probably in trouble here, went right under the maul.

Oh no he just fell that way from the lineout, never mind. Looked like he deliberately infringed on the live action.

No card. Pumas tap and go . . . good defence Ireland . . . Ireland turn it over . . . it's half time. Ireland 22-9 and you can't say it's not a deserved lead.

Big Ireland counter rucking and they get the turnover.

Ireland looks like they have the Argies' number here unless something drastically changes. Argies look like a midweek side again.

Back underway and Pumas have a lot of possession without much gain.

Penalty Pumas and they go for the corner . . . lineout lost though and Ireland clear.

Man the Argies look planless.

Mal lia breaks through and keeps going. Try to the Pumas. 22-14 with the kick to come . . . and it's over. 22-16. Pumas needed that.

Finally the break comes, Mal lia with a scorcher of a try.

Fabulous Bargie try…the step on Hanson would satisfy Kolbe

Mallia made some Irish stars look a bit ordinary there.

Crowley now with a terrible cross kick.

Mallia can't get past Gibson-Park though.

James Lowe pushes Puma player off the ball and it's a penalty. Attacking lineout to the Pumas . . . back for the penalty and this could be a yellow for McCarthy . . . yes. Offsid e on a penalty warning. 

Argies have a lineout on the Irish 22. Going blind where there's no space for some reason.

Albornoz lines it up . . . it's over. 22-19. Game on! Vamos los Pumas!

Alboryezzzz makes it 22-19. Argies within 3.

Irish pass goes straight into touch. Jitters? Sleepy Clarkson on again.

Crowley with an early tackle. Penalty Pumas . . . is it in range? They kick for the corner.

Great take in the air by Hansen . Waste of possession with a man advantage.

Albornoz misses the drop kick. Poor option if you ask me.

Albornoooooz pushes the droppie wide.

Argies pick and go themselves to a standstill, there's no momentum.

Carreras on for Isgro who has barely touched the ball. Carreras to fullback and Mallia to the wing.

Less than 3 minutes of the yellow remaining. Not much advantage taken.

Big tackle Ringrose.

Piccardo on for Cinti who hasn' t had his best game.

Piccardo on for Cinti who hasn't been much of a shake.

Lowe boots away a promising Irish attack.

Ireland back to 15 men. Pumas need to do more.

Rookie flyhalf replaces Crowley who has had a good game. Prendergast is his name.

Scrum penalty to the Pumas and some handbags follow.

Sleepy Clarkson wakes up in the middle of a fight.

Pumas fluff it again.

Now Ireland win a scrum penalty. They kick for territory. Cian Healy coming on.

Ireland have a proper rumble but Lowe loses it.

Argentina rucks over it and gains possession after sustained Irish attack. Still on their line though.

Terrific pressure mark by Alberyezzz.

Pumas defen ding that may just be a turning point. Let's see.

And a turnover penalty for Pumas after Ireland looked threatening again.

Yellow Pumas, cleanout to the head.

After that big goal line stand the Bargie gives away the game. These guys are talented, but it’d hard to watch them.

Pumas h aving a last rumble!

Overdoing the pick and go.

Final score Ireland 22 Argentina 19.

Yep, lost it.

Endless pick and goes. Sad for the Pumas but they were largely toothless outside of Mallia's bit of brilliance.

Some team needs to reinvent the 10 metres out game….so predictable. One longs for Joe Cool cutting onto the ball at pace. It’s all forwards now,

They got very close...well done...the Pumas took a step up this season...deserved top 5 side.

Not convincing from Ireland….nice little fight back from the Pumas….

Something told me that this would be a staged event ( Paul vs Tyson) and it was ….but what could you expect for a 58 year old Boxer.

Any case the thousands of people most probably was sorry to have spend there money on that ticket…

The other fights was good and most probably made up for the glorified sparring match….

Plus Mike flashed everyone his naked behind just before the fight started :)

I watched he est and wa only imprssed by the theatrics of the Irish flyhalf when the Irish scored a try/   He a lying on the ground pretending to be injured and the try was disallowed - 3 minuetes later he scored  ty himself - great perormance wirhy of Holliwood actors.    .   

S uth Africa scored a runaway victory in Nelspruit against the similar side used by he  Argentinians and beat them by a mle - so is Ireland as stroga s they claim they are?   fter their loss against the AB;s and the anrrow win against Argentina I have my doubts as to that team.