Argentina

Ireland's World Cup inquest will start in earnest on Monday, and revolve around injuries, supposed inexperience and miscalculations.

Argentina dumped Ireland out of the World Cup for the third time as a 10-minute, two-try salvo floored Joe Schmidt's battered and shattered side at the Millennium Stadium.

As a part-Irishman and an accomplished polo player Argentinaian prop Marcos Ayerza is itching to take down the land of his ancestors with the Pumas secret scrummaging weapon.

Juan Martin Hernandez believes Argentina can prove Ireland's World Cup scourge once more in a fourth "El Clasico".

There was no Diego Maradona for inspiration, but Argentina did not need him as the Pumas danced past Namibia in a nine-try, 64-19 win at Leicester City Stadium.

World Cup quarter-finalists Argentina will conclude their pool campaign against Namibia with inspiration from Diego Maradona driving them on.

Argentina all but secured their place in the World Cup quarter-finals with a 45-16 victory over Tonga.

Argentina took a huge step towards reaching the World Cup quarter-finals by crushing Georgia 54-9 in Gloucester.

Georgia coach Milton Haig has poured scorn on Argentina threatening an upset against world champions New Zealand ahead of facing the Pumas.

A final-quarter surge saw New Zealand open their World Cup defence with a 26-16 victory over an impressive Argentina at Wembley.

South Africa gained revenge for last weekend's surprise Rugby Championship defeat to Argentina in Durban with a 26-12 victory over the Pumas in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

The Rugby Championship 2015 is over with the Wallabies the unlikely winners given that they started the competition as the third ranked team. Here are seven things we've learnt over the last month.

Juan Imhoff's hat-trick led Argentina to a stunning 37-25 upset in Durban as South Africa's World Cup preparations continue to falter with a fourth straight defeat.

The Rugby Championship may still have a round of fixtures left to play, but the four games played so far have highlighted a lot of the respective strengths and weaknesses of the quartet from the southern hemisphere.

All 20 nations involved in the upcoming Rugby World Cup are currently building towards the tournament, trying to ensure they have the best possible campaigns, and though Argentina are no different, they could be forgiven for having an eye on the 2019 event in Japan.

Australia set up a Rugby Championship showdown against New Zealand as they routed Argentina 34-9 in a bonus point victory in Mendoza.

New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina began their preparations for the Rugby World Cup in serious fashion this weekend as a condensed Rugby Championship got underway.

New Zealand scored five tries as they got their Rugby Championship title defence up and running with a 39-18 victory over Argentina in Christchurch.

Ahead of the opening weekend of the Rugby Championship, Talking Rugby Union previews Round One’s encounters.

We won’t find out until October 31st who is the best international team on the planet, but the Rugby Championship, which begins this weekend, will give us a slight indication at how well the Southern Hemisphere teams are shaping up.