Irish crush Pumas

Most of the Ireland pack which edged the All Blacks was retained to neutralise Argentina, and they duly delivered to set up a record 53-7 victory at Lansdowne Road in Dublin yesterday. Late changes to the pack were made just before kickoff after injuries to lock Iain Henderson and No 8 Jack Conan, but they weren’t missed as the forwards bossed the Pumas in the tight and the collisions and tellingly scored all seven of their tries. Ireland completed an autumn series sweep. But even in putting their highest score and biggest winning margin on Argentina, the Irish didn’t live up to the thrills of the Japan or New Zealand wins.