Saturday, 22 September 2007

Wilko keeps England alive

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England kept alive their World Cup dream with a 44-22 win over Samoa at Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, on Saturday.  The victory came courte...

Argentina almost there

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Argentina have one foot in the quarter-finals of the World Cup after crushing Namibia 63-3 in Marseille on Saturday, scoring nine tries to n...

Scotland muddle through

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South Africa maintained their run towards the World Cup quarter-finals with a less than satisfactory 30-25 win over Tonga in Lens on Saturda...
Friday, 21 September 2007

Ireland on the brink

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France sent Ireland's high hopes of World Cup quarter-final qualification into freefall on Friday, beating the men in green 25-3 and lea...
Thursday, 20 September 2007

Wales blossom in Cardiff

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Wales bounced back from the loss to Australia by recording an emphatic 72-18 victory over Japan at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Thur...
Wednesday, 19 September 2007

Italy stuck in first gear

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Italy are now clear second favourites in their race to finish as Pool C runners-up behind the All Blacks after a desperately poor 31-5 win o...
Tuesday, 18 September 2007

Scotland muddle through

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Scotland gained all five points on offer on Tuesday with a 42-0 win over Romania on Tuesday, but it was an error-ridden display against a po...
Sunday, 16 September 2007

Fiji do bare minimum

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Fiji's match against Wales ought now to decide the runner-up position in Pool B after the Fijians notched an unimpressive 29-16 win over...

Thirteen-man Tonga triumph

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Tonga, despite being reduced to 13 men, ended a seven-year losing streak against Samoa by causing one of the biggest upsets of the World Cup...

France fire at last

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France are back on song in the World Cup, making amends for their opening night loss with a 87-10 demolition of Namibia on Sunday. What a tu...
Saturday, 15 September 2007

Portugal leave their mark

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It was always going to be hard not to see them as the romanticists' victors on the day, but Portugal's brave efforts in a 108-13 def...

Australia limbering up

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Australia have once again underlined their credentials as serious World Cup contenders, after beating Wales 32-20 in Cardiff on Saturday to ...

Ireland shaken to the core

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Ireland live to fight for their quarter-final place still, but only after overcoming a magnificent performance from Georgia in Bordeaux on S...