Argentina have beaten every other Tier 1 nation away from home, Ireland preserving their record should be praised
Rarely, it seems, have opinions varied so much in the aftermath of an Irish game, and especially a victory. Plenty appear to have been decidedly unimpressed, even
But part of the problem with that was Ireland’s failure to score again added to the sense of anticlimax. Argentina's Juan Cruz Mallia on his way to scoring his side's first try of the game. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire But it seemed to discommode Ireland. They lost direction. Crowley kicked out on the full. Jamison Gibson-Park kicked straight to Mallia.
Ultimately Ireland were a little fortunate that the referee Paul Williams seemingly detected a slight knock-on at the last ruck which was never proven by replays. Let’s just say that the experienced Cian Healy seemed to demonstrate all his wiles at that ruck. That first-half display by Crowley, when he really stamped his personality on the game in a way he hadn’t done so against New Zealand, was a mentally strong response from the Munster man, who cannot be deaf to the outside noise and the admiration for Prendergast, not least by Farrell.Having played 80 minutes in all of Ireland’s Six Nations title defence and the first Test in South Africa, Crowley has now been replaced around the hour mark in three successive games.
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