BRENDAN GALLAGHER REPORTS ON HOW ONE COUNTRY HAS BUILT A RUGBY STRONGHOLD DOWN IN SOUTH AMERICA

Delight: from left Santiago Carreras, Juan Cruz Mallia, Bautista Delguy and Matias Moroni celebrate Argentina’s win against South Africa and, inset, Marcos Kremer
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THERE was a time back in the noughties when we dubbed Argentina the new France in that you never knew which Pumas would turn up on any given match day. They could compete with the best one day and look bang average or worse the next.
Well, there is still plenty of that in their make-up but to the...