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Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points

Ireland hooker Rory Best reached a landmark while leading his team to victory over Australia. England, Wales and Scotland also had wins to celebrate, but some players blotted their copybooks with foul play.The Best man: Rory Best gets so many congratulatory pats from his team he has to duck. (Photo: Inpho)The Saints Rory Best The Ireland skipper had plenty to celebrate on Saturday, guiding his team to a 27-24 win …Continue reading »

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Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points

Ireland hooker Rory Best reached a landmark while leading his team to victory over Australia. England, Wales and Scotland also had wins to celebrate, but some players blotted their copybooks with foul play.The Best man: Rory Best gets so many congratulatory pats from his team he has to duck. (Photo: Inpho)The Saints Rory Best The Ireland skipper had plenty to celebrate on Saturday, guiding his team to a 27-24 win …Continue reading »

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Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points

England, Scotland, Italy and Australia all had winning smiles, Ireland, Argentina and South Africa tasted defeat and although Wales were victorious, they had little to shout about.All smiles: Eddie Jones has plenty to be happy about. (Photo: Getty Images)The Saints   Eddie Jones The England boss has guided his team to 11 straight wins in his first year …Continue reading »

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England v Fiji: Alex Goode gets the stage his talent deserves

The Saracens full-back will offer something different to England at Twickenham this weekend as they look to extend their winning run to 12 matchesRear gunner: Alex Goode training this week ahead of his first England start under Eddie Jones (Pic: Getty)  Some players never win the haul of caps befitting their talent. John Hall, the irrepressible Bath flanker, accrued only …Continue reading »

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Scotland 22-23 Australia: Five talking points from the Murrayfield heartbreak

History repeated itself as the Scots succumbed to a late score from the Wallabies, but Rory Baldwin saw lots of positives for Vern Cotter's menNot again: Greig Laidlaw (left) looks on as Australia celebrate their narrow win at Murrayfield (Pic: Getty)1. This was the same – but different Yes, it was another one-point loss to the Wallabies put to bed …Continue reading »

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