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Bale’s has excelled during qualification for Euro 2016, scoring six goals to bring Wales to the brink of reaching their first major global tournament since the 1958 World Cup.

Fiji and Uruguay met each other on one occasion in which they were both awarded caps, a 1999 Test match in Italy which Fiji won 39-24. But, can Uruguay throw another twist into Pool A by beating the Pacific Islanders leaving them bottom of the group? Lemoine wants his team to...

Uruguay is the only Rugby World Cup 2015 team still to score a try this year. I hope we score tomorrow.

LONDON – England rugby bosses insisted on Sunday there would be no “hasty reaction” as to coach Stuart Lancaster’s future after the team’s World Cup exit at the hands of Australia.

All that remains for England is to contest a dead rubber against Uruguay, amid what appears sure to be a flat atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium next weekend.

The tournament hosts can not reach the last eight from Pool A after Australia applied the killer blow with Saturday’s 33-13 win at Twickenham, a week after Wales had drawn first blood with their momentous victory over England.

The immediate inquest into England’s failure to survive the pool stage of their own World Cup threw up a thousand questions about Stuart Lancaster’s future as head coach that were never likely to be answered.

Lancaster has a contract until 2020, but when he was asked whether he would now be considering his position he replied: “Yeah, obviously I think I’ve got to”.

Cheika, meanwhile, said he was preparing for a meeting with “Master” Gatland.

Gerardo Martino’s side returned to action last month, comprehensively defeating Bolivia 7-0 before drawing 2-2 with Mexico. The dip follows poor performances in the 2018 Federation Internationale de Football Association World Cup qualifiers where India have lost all three...

England will not rush into any hasty decisions over the future of head coach Stuart Lancaster after making their Rugby World Cup exit at the pool stage, Rugby Football Union Chief Executive Ian Ritchie said on Sunday.

“Wales top the pool with 13 points, but if England beat Australia at Twickenham tomorrow and then secure the bonus point against Uruguay a week later the hosts will proceed as winners on 15 points”.

World Cup oblivion awaits if England lose for a second time in a fiercely competitive Pool A to become the first host nation to exit the tournament at the group stage, a fate made possible by the 28-25 loss to Wales.

“I’m extremely proud of our team for the effort and the hard work that went into the game”, he told reporters.

However, New Zealand had themselves to blame as a litany of errors crept into their game after the initial spell and they failed to get any flow and continuity in their game. A couple of lovely offloads from Sonny Bill Williams and Conrad Smith had the Lelos scrambling, and when...