Wales hope to have Biggar back for quarter-finals
LYON, France : Wales are hoping to have Dan Biggar back in action in the knockout rounds of the World Cup despite the flyhalf suffering a pectoral injury in Sunday's win over Australia.
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Ireland's quarter-final curse hovers over Springbok win
NICE, France : Bleary eyed Ireland fans returned to work on Monday after a weekend celebrating their 13-9 win over South Africa like they had won the World Cup, but those with longer memories recognised it was a little early to start planning the Dublin bus parade.
'Humiliation', Australian critics round on Jones after Wales debacle
LYON, France : Wallabies coach Eddie Jones came under a barrage of fire back home on Monday after his young team suffered Australia's heaviest World Cup defeat to move to the brink of elimination from the tournament.
Springboks hit reset after World Cup loss to Ireland: 'We can learn from this'
Springbok wing Cheslin Kolbe believes the defending champions "can learn" from their 13-8 loss to Ireland in Paris on Saturday as they start planning to reboot their Rugby World Cup campaign.
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Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine fatigue, Canada-India row, Rupert Murdoch's succession
Absent from UN Week this year were the leaders of Russia, China, France and the UK, but there was a main attraction: Volodymyr Zelensky made the trip to New York for the first time since last year's Russian invasion and even stared down Moscow's UN ambassador in a special session of the Security Council. Over at the General Assembly though, Ukraine's president also directed his wrath at Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for defying the EU's lifting of a grain import ban.
Scotland hoping to set up Paris 'shootout' with Ireland
NICE, France : Scotland still have a job to do against Romania on Saturday, but inevitably they are thinking ahead to a potential do-or-die clash with Ireland in Paris on Oct. 7 where their fortunes in a tough Rugby World Cup Pool B will be decided.
Scotland winger Kyle Steyn insists they 'know how to beat' Ireland
Scotland still have a job to do against Romania on Saturday, but inevitably they are thinking ahead to a potential do-or-die clash with Ireland in Paris on 7 October where their fortunes in a tough Rugby World Cup Pool B will be decided. Scotland scored seven tries as they defeated Tonga 45-17 in a bruising encounter in Nice on Sunday to get their campaign up and running following an opening 18-3 loss to South Africa. Unless there are a shock set of results between now and then, Scotland are likely to head to the French capital knowing victory could see them into the quarter-finals at the expense of the number one ranked side in the world. "Never write us off," fullback Blair Kinghorn warned. "We did what we needed to do (against Tonga), we'll do what we need to do next week (against Romania), then we'll take it on into Paris.