NERVELESS George Ford booted 14-man England to a huge backs to the wall World Cup winning start.
Fly-half Ford, only in the side because pal and skipper Owen Farrell is suspended, kicked all England’s points including three brilliant drop goals.
And Ford’s outstanding display, exceeding Rob Andrew’s match-winning kicking haul in England’s first World Cup win over the Pumas back in 1995, bailed out Sale club-mate Tom Curry’s to totally change the mood music around Steve Borthwick’s men.
Curry’s head hit on Argentina full-back Juan Cruz Mallia meant England were a man down for an astonishing 77 minutes at the Stade Velodrome.
It was England’s first World Cup red card, their third in four matches, and looked like the sort of hammer blow that kills off a side lacking self belief.