"I know it sounds simple, moving quickly, they've got a capacity to handle the ball. We want to see more of that."

John Fogarty can grin at the idea that Ireland's forwards are pushing boundaries and bringing fans to their feet.

Here we are in a week when Ireland are playing the 'Flying Fijians,' famous for their 15-man ball-playing threat.

Yet last weekend, an Irish pack working the ball through the hands, creating and scoring tries against Argentina.

There was the remarkable second-half phase where Craig Casey took a ball out of the back of a ruck and passed to Tadhg Furlong who was standing at out-half.

Furlong shipped it on to McCarthy who was on the gain-line at first-centre and he got it on to Ryan Baird at second-centre, who was able to get it away to full-back Hugo Keenan.

There can be little doubt as to what Keenan was seeing as he had taken his attacking favourite line in a normal backs move (outside no13) to score.

There is more when you consider Dan Sheehan's wish to play no8, Nick Timoney wants to play hooker, Ryan Baird's and Tadhg Beirne's ability to play second and back-row, Andrew Porter packing down on both sides of the scrum.

Jeez, if Ireland were playing in orange, people would be referencing Holland, Rinus Michels, 'The Fog', Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens...everybody is doing everything all at once!

Because as it is and on the evidence of the game with the Pumas, the piano lifters are looking to tinkle the ivories and play their own concerto!

"We want to be on our feet, we believe we've got a group of forwards that are capable of moving quickly," says Fogarty with enthusiasm.

"I know it sounds simple, moving quickly, they've got a capacity to handle the ball. We want to see more of that.

"You'll have to talk to the powers that be around the attack about what they're doing to generate such a thing that you're talking about.

"But we've got a good group of forwards that are able to play the game.

There are no pockets, it seems, in the team's shorts, nowhere to hide the hands.

"We try and get as many touches as possible on the ball in our skills work. We're chasing that work down.

"There's been a reset, I think the players want to show the best version of themselves.

"Some of that is their ability to play the game, their ability to be calm on the ball, all that stuff.

"I thought they showed a maturity at times and you got to see some nice plays. That needs to continue."

This sees Nick Timoney viewed as someone who can play all three back-row roles - open-side and blind-side flanker, as well as No8.

“Nick is incredibly explosive, he's got a great set of hands on him. Why can't he do it?

“You see England's Ben Earl, he is not the biggest man. Nick's a far bigger guy. He does very well off the back of a scrum. In open play off the strike runners, he’s excellent as well.

“So Nick is capable of playing across the back row, which makes him, as you move towards a World Cup, a very interesting player to have in your squad.”

Here is another surprise: Ireland are now ticking the front-row box beside Timoney's name as the Ulster star is working on being an in-game alternative at no2.

“I was with Nick when he was just coming out of school," continues Fogarty, "and he slags me about it now because he says he’s international back row, which he is, but I thought he'd make a brilliant hooker back then.

“We used to do quite a bit back then, throwing and scrummaging, and he's done a bit in Ulster, and he really fancies it, really fancies it. So he's a legitimate option for us to go in at hooker.”

"On the teamsheet Andrew Porter goes in as loosehead and tighthead. Dan goes in as hooker and there is a reserve hooker and then Nick Timoney goes in as no7 and hooker.

"He scrummages therein training. He does a bit of 3-vs-3 front-row work. I'm going to put him into some ‘tensions’ this week so we can see how his back is.

“We want to make him as safe as possible in there. Once you're doing that and he's comfortable and he's willing, then all is fair.”