Pumas on test run

Argentina will be looking to maintain their place in world rugby’s top eight when they play four tests on next month’s tour of Japan and Britain, coach Daniel Hourcade said yesterday. The fifth-ranked Pumas, who have just finished the four-nation Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship with the wooden spoon after one win in six matches, play 2019 World Cup hosts Japan in Tokyo on November 5. They then head to Britain to play Wales, Scotland and England on the following three Saturdays.