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WALES v ARGENTINA:IF WALES have not exactly joined the kick it out campaign, their players are conscious of the effect that aerial ping-pong, coupled with a welter of penalties at the breakdown, is having on rugby union as a spectacle.

Few teams pose such attacking threats behind but the prevailing notion that risk brings little reward has not bypassed the men in red.