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Australia have beaten Wales and ended up as Pool A winners after a 15-6 victory at Twickenham. All the Wallaby points came from the boot of Bernard Foley, but the real heroes were the Wallaby men who tackled themselves senseless when down to 13 men to hold Wales out. They will now face Scotland, who squeaked past Samoa to reach the knockout stages, while Wales must not recover to face the physical...
Published: October 10, 2015
The party no one wants to go to will take place at the Etihad Stadium tonight when England bring the curtain down on a miserable World Cup campaign. As the post-mortem continues into how they managed to turf themselves out of their own tournament at the earliest available opportunity, England’s much-maligned players have to take to the field to complete the formalities against Uruguay, before...
Published: October 9, 2015
New Zealand were given a thorough first-half examination by Tonga en route to completing four wins from four in Pool D. The All Blacks were under severe pressure on their own line at the end of the first period but in the second half, shook off that ring rust to run out 47-9 winners. Tonga head home, and the All Blacks head to Cardiff, where their World Cup dreams have died once before. Could lightning...
Published: October 9, 2015
Wales and Australia go to battle on Saturday for the right to top Pool A in the Rugby World Cup 2015. The Pool winners will avoid South Africa in the quarter-finals and play either Scotland or Japan, so the carrot is sizeable for both sides. Warren Gatland’s squad is still carrying a number of injuries and have a poor record against the Wallabies. You have to go back 11 games between the two...
Published: October 7, 2015
As we creep towards the denouement of the Rugby World Cup 2015 pool stages, Wednesday’s schedule saw South Africa flex some muscle and Georgia do it the hard way against plucky Namibia. The Springboks slaughtered the USA 62-0 in London while the Georgians got their second win of the tournament down in Exeter, England. Their 17-16 victory over Namibia was a rare old scrap at Sandy Park that almost...
Published: October 6, 2015
The Pool stage is not yet over and the hosts are out. But the English corpse must twitch back into life in Manchester on Saturday to finish the job before it can be buried once and for all. Uruguay have a front row seat at the funeral of England’s World Cup campaign, and must feel like intruders on a very public grief. Once the game is out of the way, English rugby’s hierarchy must begin...
Published: October 5, 2015
Week 3 of Rugby World Cup 2015 saw the host team wave goodbye and several nations make their way towards the quarter-finals. Only three players from the northern hemisphere make our best lineup for the gameweek, which gives us an indication of which way the balance of power looks to be going in this tournament. Even with that heavy slant towards the big guns from down south, there are no All Blacks...
Published: October 4, 2015
Hosts England may have slipped out the back door, but the Rugby World Cup 2015 party rages on. Ireland booked a quarter-final slot for themselves with a 16-9 win over Italy while Argentina took a big step towards the last eight by beating Tonga 45-16. The two victors could yet meet in the next round depending on the outcome of Ireland’s key clash with France next week. But England fans looking...
Published: October 3, 2015
Crunch time for England arrives on Saturday night with a win-or-bust encounter against Australia in the Rugby World Cup 2015. Defeat will see Stuart Lancaster’s men exit their own tournament at the pool stage, while a win still makes it possible to finish first in the section. Australia’s progress has been serene thus far compared to the host nation, but this is their first true test against...
Published: October 2, 2015
New Zealand weathered some heavy Georgian hitting and their own sloppiness at times to secure their third bonus-point win in Pool C of the Rugby World Cup 2015, recording a 43-10 victory. The Lelos shocked the All Blacks when they levelled the scores at 7-7 early in the piece, but a further three tries gave Steve Hansen’s men a cushion and the bonus point by half-time. But it was far from slick...