Brilliance of Finn Russell proves too much for indisciplined Pumas

We began the autumn talking about Finn Russell, and there was a certain inevitability to him ensuring that he would still be front and centre come the finish.

Having been inexplicably left out of the original squad — a decision which only looks no more ludicrous now because of how far it stretched credulity to begin with — the Scotland fly half has enjoyed a quite sensational return to the throne in the past six days, pulling the strings in the narrow defeat by New Zealand before writing his name all over this madcap affair with as vintage a Russell display as we have witnessed since the 2019 World Cup.

The 30-year-old, who will become a first-time father any day now, rolled back both the