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Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw has warned his side to make sure Saturdays clash with Argentina does not lead to dire consequences for their World Cup ambitions.The Dark Blues -- ranked ninth in the world, one place behind the Pumas -- can overtake the South Americans with a win at Murrayfield this weekend.Defeat, however, could have grave knock-on effects. The draw for Japan 2019 takes place next May -- two-and-a-half years before the competition kicks-off -- and governing body World Rugby will use its rankings to calculate the seeding for the pool stage.Scotland were named in the batch of third seeds at last years tournament after sliding down the global pecking order. While Vern Cotters men were fortunate on that occasion as they ended up being paired with second seeds Samoa rather than one of the games major players, Laidlaw is worried the Scots will not get it so lucky next time.He said: The rankings issue is clearly very important. When you have World Cups coming up they are always in the back of your mind.We certainly dont want to drop out of the pot of second seeds. Id rather not be doing that if we can help it. World Cups are hard enough.Statistically in the past, it has been shown that teams always play better at the World Cup, so we want to give this Scotland side the best possible chance of getting as far in the competition as possible.Even though its further down the line, its important we win as many games as we can.But the Gloucester scrum-half is confident his side will now be weighed down by the pressure to start climbing their way back up the rugby ladder.We just concentrate on ourselves, he said. Well try to get in that mindset that we are making sure we dont give away penalties and that we play for the full 80 minutes.If we do that well have a much better chance of winning and that will take care of the world ranking points. The rankings certainly wont be something we talk about on the field. 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Giroud, who wasnt in the starting lineup for two matches after allegations about his private life and a decline in form, scored twice in the first half. Tomas Rosickys chip made it 3-0 before half time at Emirates Stadium, while defender Laurent Koscielny scored an unmarked header in the second half. Courtland Sutton Jersey . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. All through the Test there has been near-silence. Only sometime after lunch, does the sound of papare spring from the stands. It is unclear where the band is seated at first. With the home team on the hunt, is the stadium summoning music from its muscle memory? Is the papares sudden eruption part of a five-day ambush for Australia? Whatever the case, it feels like the final wickets cannot fall unless the sound of a trumpet fills the air, but also, that they will fall, because it does.Around the bat, fielders are yakking. It is a team of Kusal Mendises and Dhananjaya de Silvas, but at times, it can feel like Duleep and Aravinda are there. In progress around the batsman is a Sri Lankan ritual as old as time. These men yak just like the legends. They leap, and gesticulate and spasm in appeal. Most have not played a game where the stakes are this high. But the way they ring the bat, it is as if on their first day of school, they had been handed a helmet and shin pads, and taken crouching positions around the class teacher.Shuffling forward to bowl is the only man in this XI to have tasted series victory over Australia, 17 years ago. There is always the temptation to cast Rangana Herath as the cricket worlds least likely hero: he is the banker, the old man, the chubster, the underdog. But while his young team-mates are raising old ghosts like puffs of Pallekele dust, perhaps it is past time a little newness is accorded to Herath. Three-hundred-and-thirteen wickets in, maybe he deserves to be reimagined.Sure, he has an ample belly, but as he completes a 24th five-wicket haul, it no longer seems an impediment to be overcome but a vast personal store of cricketing fortitude. Since late 2011, he has spun Sri Lanka to victory over South Africa, Pakistan, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, India, West Indies and now ex-nemesis Australia. In some of these matches, victories came easy. In the majority, Herath has had to massage wins out of the clay, or the air.With the bat, when he was he slap-pulling Mitchell Starc and reverse-paddling Nathan Lyon, to extend Sri Lankas lead, it was easy to see him as a little man with a lot of courrage.dddddddddddd. Still, in a purely spatial sense, thats to be expected isnt it? Which current cricketer could possibly have more guts?And yes, he has the roundest face in the sport, but maybe for him that just builds solidarity with the cricket ball. Which bowler in the world is better-placed to perceive the balls moods, its fancies, its many leathery subtleties? When Adam Voges drove the ball back at him in the morning session, of course Herath was the only man aware that this may be a catch, and not a bump ball. Such are the fruits of a long-term relationship.Taking wickets at the other end is Sri Lankas freshest practitioner of its ancient dark art. Mystery spinner said headlines on Lakshan Sandakan in the Australian press. When he bowled to Steven Smith, who averages 87 this year, 74 in the last, and 82 in the one before that, Smith visibly congratulated himself on the occasions he correctly picked the direction of the turn. He may be the first ever left-arm wristspinner to play for Sri Lanka, but with the wicked dismissal of Joe Burns on day four, he has already bowled a Sri Lankan classic.On day five, Sandakans stock deliveries invoke memories of that most famous Sri Lankan spinner. As he bowls to Steve OKeefe and Peter Nevill, who are basically carcasses with bats, some balls dont just seem to rip back off the adjacent pitch, but seem to be pouncing out of a neighbouring spatial dimension. In the end, a gentler delivery was required to break the stand. The other debutant, de Silva, had Nevill cutting at one that slid on to take his edge.The year has been unkind to Angelo Mathews, who is yet to reach 30 himself, but already has a weathered look about him as captain. If he can smile for a few days, it is because the youngest man in his XI, the oldest man in the series, and the freshest member of the squad, colluded to topple the worlds best team. In this Test for Sri Lanka, the old communed with the new. The aged found refreshment, and the young reached back to what has come before. ' ' '