RWC 2015: Now England are out, who should you support for the remainder of the 2015 Rugby World Cup?

A look at the remaining candidates for Rugby World Cup glory

The Argentina players line up ahead of their clash with Tonga (Getty Images)

With England out of the Rugby World Cup before making it out of the pool stage, fans are having to live up the prospect of watching another three weeks of action without having a team to support.

Hundreds of supporters will have already eagerly delved into their family history eager to discover a forgotten Irish, Scottish or Welsh line, while others will simply avoid the tournament at all costs in order not to relive the harrowing events of last Saturday.

But who should you throw your support behind if you feel like keeping an interest in the Rugby World Cup?

Well, the home nations would be the obvious answer, with Ireland and Wales already confirmed as quarter-finalists and Scotland on course to join them providing they don’t come unstuck against Samoa and Japan take advantage by beating the USA.

However, for many avid supporters of the red rose, supporting one of their fiercest rivals is simply not an option. So who else is there?

All four members of the Rugby Championship look set to progress to the last eight, with New Zealand and Australia already securing their progression from pools C and A respectively. South Africa are almost certain to join them from Pool B, while Argentina are currently on course to join the All Blacks in emerging from Pool C.

France are the only other team to have already qualified for the quarter-finals, and will duke it out with Ireland to top Pool D this weekend at the Millennium Stadium.

The only other team able to spoil the party would certainly be the fans’ favourite as Japan can beat Scotland to the runners-up spot in Pool B. They need results to go their way, as a win over the Unites States this Sunday in the final pool match would need to follow a Samoan victory over the Scots on Saturday.

Should the Brave Blossoms make it to the knockout stages, it’s a given that home fans should get behind the side and cheer on the underdogs – even if their head coach is the former Australian chief Eddie Jones. But with the odds stacked against Japan, the options are somewhat limited.

There aren’t many English men and women that would be willing to get behind the All Blacks, Springboks or Wallabies, while cheering for France would be an unfamiliar feeling in itself.

This all leaves one team, and should you decide to get behind the Pumas, you won’t regret it.

Argentina have already shown a ferocious fan base among their supporters in the games at Wembley, Kingsholm and Leicester, and with little history to speak of against England, fans would not have many reasons not to get behind them. They also stands good chance of making it to the semi-finals, as should they secure their quarter-final berth, they will face the winner of this weekend’s Ireland v France clash.

That would set them up for a semi-final against the winner of quarter-final four, which at this stage will be fought out between the winner of Australia and Wales this Saturday and either Scotland or Japan depending on who qualifies from Pool B. It will prove to be a difficult task, but it’s not completely beyond the question that Argentina may just make it to the final, and with two comprehensive victories in the bag combined with pushing the All Blacks all the way, they are a team full of confidence and belief.