O'Connell: We don't have a secret plan
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentPaul O'Connell insists Ireland have not kept their powder dry at the World Cup in a bid to outwit France this afternoon.
Samoa make the Scots sweat for quarter-final place
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentScotland are through to Twickenham and a quarter-final showdown with Australia but, in a game of seven tries - five of them in the first half - the match was probably won and lost in the quarter of least...
Earls relishing enormity of centre stage Bastareaud battle
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentThe theme for the past week has been physicality, so it's appropriate that Ireland will wait until after what is certain to be a brutal affair this afternoon before making their mind up on how to replace...
Stuart Lancaster will not quit as England head coach
1 decade ago by The TelegraphStuart Lancaster vows to fight on as England head coach despite host nation's miserable Rugby World Cup shambles
Cheerful crowd fail to mask futility of occasion
1 decade ago by The TimesThe man of the match here was awarded to Nick Easter, but it should have gone to the crowd. For...
England bow out of home World Cup with a hollow victory
1 decade ago by The TimesThe taxi driver asked: “Is this an exhibition match?” Not quite, but it is hard to recall an England international...
Stuart Lancaster grateful for northern cheer as England bow out with win
1 decade ago by IRBManchester crowd gives eliminated hosts a rousing send-off as hosts beat Uruguay 60-3 in final Pool A encounter, with Nick Easter scoring a hat-trick at age 37
England end World Cup campaign with meaningless trouncing of Uruguay
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentEngland concluded their World Cup with a meaningless 60-3 rout of Uruguay in Manchester and will now begin their inquest into the calamitous group exit that is likely to end the reign of Stuart Lancaster.
Easter and England end on a high
1 decade ago by RBS 6 NationsNick Easter became the oldest hat-trick scorer in test history as England finished a frustrating Rugby World Cup campaign with a 60-3 victory over Uruguay.
Northern cheer as England bow out with win
1 decade ago by IRBManchester crowd gives eliminated hosts a rousing send-off as England beat Uruguay 60-3 in final Pool A encounter
