Rugby Union - Ireland v Argentina - Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland - November 10, 2018 Ireland's Jacob Stockdale in action REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A sloppy Ireland put a poor first period behind them on Saturday to emerge 28-17 winners over Argentina in an unconvincing warm-up to next week's meeting of the world's top two teams when New Zealand visit Dublin.
Ireland were fortunate to edge an error-strewn first 40 minutes by the home side and trailed early in the second period before finding some much-needed composure to pull away from the dangerous Pumas in the final quarter.
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