Alan Quinlan has urged Ireland to prove their 22-3 defeat by New Zealand was just an aberration by taking their frustration out on Argentina. Pre-match confidence about a first victory over the All Blacks in 103 years being there for the taking were proved to be misplaced in a one-sided clash at Croke Park.

The All Blacks hardly broke sweat in romping to a three-try victory and Quinlan believes Ireland failed to do themselves justice.

"There's always pressure when you lose a game as you don't want to lose two games in a row," said the Munster back row. "There are World Cup ranking points on offer and I think we're a better team than what we showed against New Zealand.

"Hopefully we can prove that this weekend. We'll have to look at the video, analyse it, see where we went wrong and try to prepare correctly. We need to bounce back. Argentina are a very strong side and have been one of our rivals over the years. Hopefully we can bounce back from the All Blacks defeat.

"If we'd lost and played well, had a really good go, held onto the ball well and stretched them, then we wouldn't be so disappointed. We're frustrated we didn't play well and string a few phases together and hurt them."

Ireland name their team to face Argentina at lunchtime tomorrow.