Now Whitehaven were in their stride, and more expansive rugby resulted in the ball falling to full-back Craig Benson, whose delicious dummy carved open the defence for the third try of the afternoon.

BBC: Gateshead 42-38 Whitehaven

Since the age of three, when he ran round his backyard in a leafy, middle-class suburb of Buenos Aires, he's been throwing a rugby ball around.

BBC: Argentina's new hero

But TV replays showed that in taking a quick throw-in, Rees had used a different ball - handed to him by a ball-boy - to the one that Jonny Sexton had sliced into touch, which is against rugby's Law 19.2.

BBC: Wales 19-13 Ireland