A section of Ireland fans laid into Joe Schmidt’s side after the World Cup loss to Argentina

From heroes to zero in 80 minutes. In the minds of some fans at least.

Ireland's Rugby World Cup is over yet again at the quarter final stage after a 43-20 hammering by Argentina this afternoon in Cardiff. Ireland trailed by 17-0 early in the first half and despite a second half comeback that had us back to 23-20 we could never get level, and late scores from the Pumas saw them pull away and book a semi-final spot next weekend. Ireland were missing a huge amount of players through injury, while Sean O'Brien's suspension really came back to haunt us at the breakdown. The players on the pitch gave all they had but Twitter was not a kind place after the game for Joe Schmidt or his charges. Sports journalists were among the first to set their targets on the Irish team https://twitter.com/MiguelDelaney/status/655742299293536256 https://twitter.com/MiguelDelaney/status/655742479300431872 https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/655742491250053120 https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/655743012279099392 https://twitter.com/pat_nolan/status/655752508854378497 Then ordinary Irish fans had their say https://twitter.com/gaachris/status/655745819287683072 https://twitter.com/seankeane93/status/655745139122556928 https://twitter.com/PKeane1983/status/655744340589965313 And some Englishmen took great pleasure in the loss too https://twitter.com/brianmoore666/status/655742970914865152 While at least one fan may have figured a Mayo connection to the loss https://twitter.com/CiaranLen/status/655745587392991233 Although for most Irish fans the result was a fair one https://twitter.com/moylesiea/status/655744056652406784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/Gordonwdarcy/status/655747767722254336 https://twitter.com/diarmuidlyng/status/655751709021589504 https://twitter.com/Kodaline/status/655745189110132737