Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan has given his full co-operation to the Rugby World Cup judiciary investigation into the eye-gouging allegations levelled against Argentina props Mauricio Reggiardio and Roberto Grau.
The pair were both cited by match commissioner Dougie Hunter, without prompting from Ireland, for "acts contrary to good sportsmanship" after the Pumas' dramatic 16-15 defeat in Adelaide on Sunday.
Tight-head prop Reggiardio stands accused of gouging Reggie Corrigan while Grau was cited for an alleged attack on Ireland skipper Keith Wood. Both players and Irish team doctor Gary O'Driscoll have provided statements, and O'Sullivan said he would have no qualms in assisting the investigating officials with further information if required.
"After the game I was asked if we were going to pursue it and our first reaction was to leave it alone because at that time Reggie had no apparent damage to the eye," said O'Sullivan today.
"He is still OK, but a couple of things changed. One is, we hadn't looked at video at the time and weren't sure if we had a case, even though we knew there was a problem there.
"Then after the game it emerged there was a second incident and that set alarm bells off for me. But before we could even action it, we were contacted by the match commissioner who took the lead on it.
"He told us there were two incidents he wanted to look closely at and asked would we be prepared to co-operate with him on it. We have supplied him with the information requested from both players and also from the team doctor. It is in the hands of the Rugby World Cup now and will take its due course.
The normal Irish protocol is to name their team on a Tuesday for Saturday's game, but the win over Argentina left the side so battered and bruised that O'Sullivan today delayed his final decision until Thursday.
His entire squad, including Corrigan and Wood, are available for selection with Alan Quinlan's replacement, David Wallace, enjoying a training run immediately after touching down today.
And on naming the squad later in the week, O'Sullivan said it was simply a logistical matter and there are no major injury concerns within the squad.
"There is no real problem. Normally we would name the team today, but we only got into town yesterday and had a pretty bruising encounter on Sunday," he said.
"Tomorrow is a rest day for the team so we will announce the line-up on Thursday."