Pumas have sights set on famous Aviva Stadium win

So far this season, Argentina have picked off wins against South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and France, and Felipe Contepomi's side now have Ireland in their sights.

It’s been a year of inconsistent, yet extreme highs for Los Pumas, who have kicked on since their Fourth-place finish at the World Cup last year.

Since then, Contepomi has come in as head coach, with Michael Cheika now in charge of Leicester Tigers, and the former Leinster out-half has made a big impression on his home country.

It started in the July Tests where they shared a series at home to France, before their Rugby Championship exploded to life with a win away to New Zealand in Wellington. Later in the summer, they trounced the Wallabies in Santa Fe and knocked off world champions South Africa, the first time they’ve won three games in the Rugby Championship.

In 18 Tests against Ireland, Argentina have won six times, with all of those coming either in Argentina or on neutral turf.

And scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou says the time has come for them to make history and win for the first time in Dublin.

"Against Ireland in Dublin is one of the biggest challenges that world rugby has right now," the 30-year-old (below) said, ahead of Friday’s meeting at Aviva Stadium.

"We must be better in every single part of the game, so if we want to be competitive against Ireland we must be better at everything.

"We know that we are going to face a different beast with Ireland because we never win against Ireland in Dublin. It’s the only team that we haven't beaten in [their] home.

"We know what’s coming, we know that Ireland is, if not the best team in the world, in Dublin they are very, very good. Our details must be spot-on on Friday night."

It’s three years since the sides