telea was dropped for the quarterfinal victory over ireland after a breach of team protocol.an foster's starting 15 for friday's semifinal, with sam whitelock coming into the second row. we've learned to greatly respect argentina and, for them, what playing for their country — it clearly means a lot. they are perhaps an underrated team that has got a rich history of perhaps overachieving at world cups and done a fantasticjob to get here, at the same level we are, so it's going to be a heckuva game. we're going to have to improve our performance, because the stage gets bigger and bigger at this time in the tournament, and you've got to grow the game. and that's our strong focus. the fact is, we know — and we said it before the irish game — it's the best team on the night that wins it, and we know argentina have done that to us. so, look, we're not buying into anything about favouritism or underdogs or whatever it is. it doesn't make any difference to us. we know we have to perform at our best and that's the only way we're approaching this game. the winner of that first semifin

meanwhile, ireland take on new zealand, who'll be without winger mark telea. by new zealand for saturday's game over a breach of team protocol. telea, who made his all blacks debut against scotland last november, has scored three tries in two matches during the world cup. some good news for hosts france — their captain antoine dupont will start at scrum—half in their world cup quarterfinal against south africa on sunday after recovering from a fractured cheekbone. dupont was injured in the second half of france's 96—0 win over namibia in the group stage. rugby�*s new global tournament — the women's wxv competition — starts today, with scotland and ireland both in action. women's six nations holders england are part of the participating teams included, along with france and wales — plus the top three from a four—nation cross—regional tournament — canada, new zealand and australia. the three—tier competition, which will be staged across three countries over three weeks, aims to offer consistent annual fixtures for sides outside of world cup years. england play a