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Ireland pip Australia 33-31 in Nations Championship nailbiter
Five Irish players dotted down to share the spoils in the 10-try thriller and inflict more pain on an unlucky Wallabies, who have now lost eight...
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/ 3 years agoFrance star Dupont ‘has suspected broken jaw’: coach Galthie
France scrum-half Antoine Dupont may have broken his jaw in a high tackle that forced him off the pitch in the...
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/ 3 years agoAki ‘honoured’ to win 50th cap as Farrell names side to play Springboks
Bundee Aki said it would be “a huge honour” to win his 50th cap for Ireland on Saturday when he lines...
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/ 3 years agoEngland labour to victory over Japan in World Cup
England laboured to a 34-12 bonus-point victory over Japan in their second error-strewn World Cup match in Nice on Sunday to...
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/ 3 years agoFiji shock Australia to end almost seven decades of rugby pain
Fiji kept their Rugby World Cup quarter-final hopes alive with a thrilling and deserved 22-15 win over Australia in Saint Etienne...
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/ 3 years agoReinach hat-trick triggers South Africa demolition of Romania in Rugby World Cup
Scrum-half Cobus Reinach and wing Makazole Mapimpi both scored hat-tricks as South Africa ran in 12 tries in a 76-0 demolition...
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/ 3 years agoMy son is more excited about record than me, says Sexton
Johnny Sexton said his son will be talking more about his becoming Ireland’s record points scorer than he will after the...
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/ 3 years agoRees-Zammit sets Wales on way to Portugal victory
Louis Rees-Zammit mimicked Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal-scoring celebration as he scored a try to help Wales to a bonus-point 28-8 victory over...
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/ 3 years agoAll Blacks coach Foster hails Roigard, rues De Groot red card in Namibia hammering
Early forward dominance allowed All Black half-backs Cam Roigard and Damian McKenzie to run the show in a 71-3 hammering of...
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/ 3 years agoGalthie’s ‘nervous’ France survive ‘uncomfortable’ Uruguay challenge
France head coach Fabien Galthie said Uruguay had made the Rugby World Cup hosts “uncomfortable” in Thursday’s 27-12 win in Lille....
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/ 3 years agoBielle-Biarrey helps France avoid Uruguay scare
Hosts France needed Louis Bielle-Biarrey’s late try to make sure of Thursday’s 27-12 victory over Uruguay in Pool A of the...
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Australia stand by under-fire Popovic after World Cup exit
