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Welcome to day 45 of the Pundit Arena daily sports brainteaser challenge. Each day, we’ll give you a sporting brainteaser question and you have to guess the correct answer before the time runs out. You have five minutes to try to answer the question. The brainteaser is designed to test your sporting knowledge. But, of course, all questions are easy if you …

Can you name the players who are the top points scorers for each of these 10 countries? Just like our previous quiz looking for the all-time top try scorer and the players with the most caps, the premise of this quiz is simple. We’ve given you a list of 10 countries and we want you to name the corresponding top points …

Jonny May is set to earn his 50th cap for England against Australia at the weekend but the circumstances could not be more different to when he made his first appearance.  May had travelled with the England squad on their tour of Argentina in 2013 during which time the British & Irish Lions were touring Australia. Having been left out …

On Saturday, France survived a remarkable Argentine comeback to record a 23-21 win in their opening game of the Rugby World Cup. France found themselves very much on the front foot in the first half and went into the break with a seemingly unsurmountable 20-3 lead over Los Pumas. They have however been known to be a tad complacent over …

South Africa have made three changes to the side that drew 16-16 with New Zealand with all three changes coming in the front row.  Tendai Mtawarira, Bongi Mbonambi and Trevor Nyakane will face down the challenge awaiting the Springboks when they take on Argentina in Salta on Saturday. Duane Vermeulen captains the side from number eight once again where he …

The embarrassing postponement of the Copa Libertadores final thrust Argentina’s problem with violence in football back into the spotlight, as well as society’s acceptance that it is part of football fan culture, analysts say. Argentina President Mauricio Macri admitted there had been a “security failure” on Saturday when Boca Juniors’ team bus came under attack from River Plate fans hurling pepper …

Winger Sean Maitland scored the only try of a dull Murrayfield encounter to help Scotland to a 14-9 victory over Argentina in their final November international. Captain and scrum-half Greig Laidlaw kicked three penalties from four attempts to help them past Argentina, who paid the price for failing with four of their seven kicks at the post. The Pumas’ record …

Former Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll has outlined the danger that a strong Argentinian can pose ahead of their clash with Joe Schmidt’s side at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. Speaking to the media on Friday as a part of Guinness’ #AnswerTheCall campaign, O’Driscoll was full of praise for the Argentinian side that he feels will provide a tough test for …

Leinster and Ireland scrum-half, Luke McGrath has said that being chosen for the World Cup squad next year would be a “dream”.  The 25-year-old is competing with Connacht’s Kieran Marmion, and John Cooney of Ulster to be the backup for Conor Murray and with the British & Irish Lion currently out injured, the November Series is the perfect opportunity to …

All Blacks centre Ryan Crotty has warned Argentina the world champions are still hurting after a rare Test defeat and want to make amends against the Pumas this Saturday. The New Zealanders succumbed to unfancied South Africa 36-34 in Wellington on September 15 in their first Rugby Championship defeat for three years. Crotty said the result did not sit well …

Captain, Kieran Read will miss the All Blacks’ upcoming Rugby Championship Test against Argentina, coach Steve Hansen said Friday. Read, who had a back operation late last year and only returned to Test rugby in August, was omitted from the 32-man squad to travel to Buenos Aires for the September 29 fixture. He will rejoin the team for the match …

Israel Folau has come under some severe criticism for butchering a golden opportunity at the end of the Wallabies’ 19-23 loss to Argentina which would have won them the game.  It was a day of upsets in the Rugby Championship as earlier this morning, the Springboks pulled off a shock win against the All Blacks in Wellington. Argentina continued that …

Michael Cheika says Argentinian counterpart Mario Ledesma is like family, but the deadly serious Wallabies boss is in no mood for banter as he faces his former forwards coach on Saturday. The two men worked side-by-side for the NSW Waratahs and then Australia until the end of the 2017 season when Ledesma was appointed coach of Super Rugby side the …