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Ireland hammered Georgia, 49-7, at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday to keep up their winning record in this year’s autumn international series. Joe Schmidt chose to ring the changes in his squad following last Saturday’s triumph over South Africa, and it required a much-improved second-half display to clinch the wide victory, confirmed by Rugby World: Georgia weren’t...
Published: November 16, 2014
Georgia will be hard-pressed to manage an upset upon visiting Ireland in Dublin on Sunday, having lost a home tie against Tonga last time out while Ireland recorded a 29-15 win over South Africa. However, as the march toward the 2015 Rugby World Cup continues, both teams regard the development of their squads as highly as results themselves, and the Georgians will view this as a chance for further...
Published: November 15, 2014
New Zealand came out on top of a tetchy encounter in Edinburgh to beat Scotland 24-16 at Murrayfield on Saturday, with forwards Victor Vito and Jeremy Thrush clinching the tries for the All Blacks. Steve Hansen implemented a stack of changes to his line-up for the trip north of the border, but the southern hemisphere tourists still had enough to edge out their European hosts. Scotland will take heart...
Published: November 15, 2014
Novak Djokovic became the first player to book his place in the climax of this year’s ATP World Tour Finals after overcoming the challenge of in-form contender Kei Nishikori in Saturday’s semi-final. The reigning champions will play Roger Federer on Sunday, after the world No. 2 beat Stan Wawrinka in a phenomenal clash of Switzerland’s top players. Wawrinka had four match points but...
Published: November 15, 2014
Vern Cotter will be all too aware of the threat descending upon his Scottish outfit on Saturday, the All Blacks having had to ride a wave of pressure to emerge as 24-21 victors against England at Twickenham. However, Scotland ran in five tries to manage an impressive display of their own against Argentina last time out, handing Daniel Hourcade’s tourists a 41-31 defeat in Edinburgh. The underdog...
Published: November 15, 2014
Both England and South Africa tasted defeat in their opening matches of the autumn international series, and a meeting at Twickenham this Saturday gives each team the chance to get matters back on track. Despite those losses, each side had a host of positives to take out of last weekend’s fixtures. South Africa fell victim to a stellar second-half display from Ireland while the might of New Zealand...
Published: November 14, 2014
France and Australia meet in Paris on Saturday in a fixture of high morale and good form after each side won their most recent autumn outings. The two teams had near opposite modes of victory last weekend, Les Bleus dominating Fiji in all regards to claim a 40-15 drubbing of the tourists, while the Wallabies squeaked past Wales 33-28 in what was at times a nail-biting affair. It makes for a promising...
Published: November 13, 2014
Scotland showcased a new and promising fashion of to-the-point rugby in last weekend’s 41-31 defeat of Argentina, but New Zealand come to Murrayfield on Saturday bringing an entirely different danger. The world champions contributed a hearty performance of their own in beating England 24-21 at Twickenham, and Vern Cotter faces an uphill struggle in keeping a 100 percent autumn series record. Ahead...
Published: November 12, 2014
After a day’s rest, the bastions of Group A in the ATP World Tour Finals took to the O2 Arena court on Wednesday, with fans hoping a more competitive edge would rise to the fore. Tomas Berdych ensured that wasn’t the case, though, beating Marin Cilic with a straight-sets victory in the early fixture and making it seven unanswered results from seven thus far in the...
Published: November 10, 2014
The giants of the southern hemisphere continued their trials north of the equator this past weekend, with the likes of New Zealand, South Africa and Australia each playing to differing outcomes. Although the autumn series officially began last week, many would count this as the official beginning of the tourists’ Tests, and each made a point of letting their European hosts know exactly what hit...