Argentina enjoying the last laugh after their Six Nations snub | Eddie Butler

Sunday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final will see a role reversal with Australia’s pack pumped up by Mario Ledesma’s nous while the Pumas’ backs have been reinvented thanks to the Rugby ChampionshipWhen Argentina, after their memorable run to third place in the 2007 World Cup, made their pitch to enter Europe and turn the Six Nations Championship into Seven, the response apparently took about 30 seconds to deliver. Brief as it may seem, that is still the polite way of giving a flat no. In half a minute you can throw in a few regrets and shrugs and offer a thank you for making the effort and coming …