Puma Rugby World Cup fans full of Bravado

Argentina's enthusiastic followers are convinced their team will smash the All Blacks in their quarter-final clash. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Argentina last night set up a mouth-watering Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash with the buoyant All Blacks after squeezing past Scotland in Wellington.

And if the the ability of the Argentinian side matches the fervent enthusiasm of their fans, they'll cruise through the All Blacks and any other side that stands in their way.

"We're going to smash them," said Julio Hanna, from Buenos Aires, of a potential showdown between the Pumas and the All Blacks.

"We will be the champions of the world," he added, his face a canvas of blue and white.

His sidekick, Matias Brigando, from Santa Cruz, said the Pumas had too much heart for the All Blacks. "We aren't professional players. We play with the heart. That's why we'll win."

But Sam Mino, sporting a giant Argentinian flag, was less confident.

"We have a 40 per cent chance of beating the All Blacks."

Earlier, a parade of Pumas fanatics had proved too joyfully noisy for a squadron of bagpipe blowers outside Wellington Regional Stadium.

The kilted Scots stoically kept blowing their tunes, but they could barely be heard.