D'Arcy worry over bonus pressure

Gordon D'Arcy ready for a difficult assignment against the Pumas

Ireland centre Gordon D'Arcy says taking a bonus point from Argentina on Sunday will be a different proposition from just beating the Pumas.

Ireland need to score four tries and win the game in Paris to stand a chance of reaching the quarter-finals.

"It's going to be difficult to beat Argentina without the added pressure of having to score tries," said D'Arcy.

"The first thing is to win the match. The danger is you go out and attempt to score four tries and end up losing."

Ireland, currently third in Pool D, need to take maximum points from Argentina, while denying the Pumas a bonus point, for a chance of moving into the last eight.

Should France fail to score four against Georgia that day, though, points difference would be needed to split a three-way tie.

The excuses are running out and the time, more importantly, is running out as well Gordon D'Arcy

D'Arcy said the best way to beat the Pumas is through structured play.

"The way you beat Argentina is you put them through phases and you take your scoring opportunities when they come," he said.

"They've got a very, very good, hard, very physical defence but you need to keep turning them around, then they start to play a little bit narrower and that's when you have to go and dictate your chances and put it wide.

"But if you go straight out and try and go through or around them, they're very good off first phase defence."

"We've got enough game breakers in this team and enough individuals that can create tries. We have to believe that we can," added D'Arcy, one of the players who have yet to explode on to the World Cup scene.

"It's very frustrating for everybody right across the board, a lot of people probably aren't happy with the way they played against France.

"The excuses are running out and the time, more importantly, is running out as well."