What about that? Ireland finally exploded into this tournament and the game had everything great about the Schmidt era - strong processes, disciplined defence and accurate rugby - allied to…
Tournaments
England V Uruguay: Five Things We Learnt
With England's less than memorable World Cup ending, they rounded off their campaign with a big win over Uruguay. Here are some of the things we have learnt
Wales v Australia – Five things we learnt
It is possible to play well, and lose Rugby is a notoriously complicated game. Yet with laws that sometimes require the use of IBM’s ‘Deep Blue’ computer to decode them,…
World Cup 2015: USA 18 – 28 Japan
Japan finished their Pool B campaign with three wins out of four thanks to this deserved victory over the USA, but the 12 points the Brave Blossoms gathered in the…
World Cup 2015: France 9-24 Ireland
The verdict on the decisive Pool D game between France and Ireland in Cardiff
World Cup 2015: Italy 32-22 Romania
Italy romped to a four-try bonus point victory at a boisterous Sandy Park on the final day of the Pool stages. Tries in the first-half by Sarto, Gori and Allan…
World Cup 2015: Argentina 64-19 Namibia
Argentina tuned up for their quarter-final with a comfortable 64-19 win over Namibia in Leicester. They ran in nine tries in total as some of their fringe players showed Daniel…
World Cup 2015: England 60-3 Uruguay
A full review of England's final 2015 World Cup pool game, against Uruguay
World Cup 2015: Scotland 36-33 Samoa
What's hot and what's not from Scotland's narrow win over Samoa
World Cup 2015: New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
They say the hallmark of a good team is when they win without playing well, and New Zealand triumphed in this one by some margin despite this uncharacteristically sloppy showing. Playing…