RUGBY WORLD CUP: Sunday 4 October

Argentina v Tonga in Leicester (World Cup, Pool B)

Briefly
Argentina should account for Tonga in their Pool B clash

Prediction: Argentina by 16 points. Score 37-21

TEAMS

Argentina
15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Nicolas Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy (Capt.), 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements
16 Julian Montoya, 17 Lucas Noguera, 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Horacio Agulla.
Head Coach: Daniel Hourcade

Tonga
15 Vungakoto Lilo, 14 Telusa Veainu, 13 Siale Piutau, 12 Sione Piukala,
11 Fetu'u Vainikolo, 10 Kurt Morath, 9 Sonatane Takulua, 8 Viliami Ma'afu,
7 Nili Latu (Capt.), 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 5 Joseph Tuineau, 4 Tukulua Lokotui,
3 Halani 'Aulika, 2 Elvis Taione, 1 Soane Tonga'uiha.
Replacements
16 Aleki Lutui, 17 Sona Taumalolo, 18 Sila Puafisi, 19 Sitiveni Mafi, 20 Opeti Fonua, 21 Samisoni Fisilau, 22 Latiume Fosita, 23 David Halaifonua.
Head Coach: Mana Otai

Ireland v Italy in London (World Cup, Pool D)

Briefly
Ireland should have little difficulty against 6 Nations rivals Italy.

Prediction: Ireland by 28 points. Score 45-17

TEAMS

Ireland
15 Simon Zebo, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Robert Henshaw,
11 David Kearney, 10 Jonathon Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 James Heaslip,
7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Paul O'Connell (Capt.), 4 Iain Henderson, 3 Michael Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements
16 Sean Cronin, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Nathan White, 19 Devin Toner,
20 Christopher Henry, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Luke Fitzgerald
Head Coach: Joe Schmidt

Italy
15 Luke McLean, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Edoardo Gori,
8 Sergio Parisse (Capt.), 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Andrea Manici, 1 Matias Aguero.
Replacements
16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Mauro Bergamasco, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti.
Head Coach: Jacques Brunel