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Rugby

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Keith Earls on not 'trying to be like other players,' preparing for Italy and rooming with Paulie
Bastareaud happy with the hymn sheet: Winning ugly is the new French flair
We'll Leave it There So: Mayo football 'in crisis,' GAA club loses thousands and all today's sport
Tonga get off the mark in Pool C but pushed all the way by excellent Namibia
With Parisse on board, Cronin expects only the best from Italy
Leinster have already sold a huge amount of tickets for their December clash with Toulon
That's just showing off! Cian Healy deadlifted 220kg+ for the cameras in training today
Payne criticism 'not based on fact, I thought it was one of Jared's best games' -- Cave
The scrum has reached crisis point in rugby, and everyone must share the blame
Scan brings good news for Kearney as Earls is cleared to face Italy
Warren Gatland is taking no chances with this Wales team to face Fiji
France have brought back the big guns for Thursday's meeting with Canada
It was a fairly explosive day at England's press conference yesterday
Australia and Scotland have both been forced into injury call-ups
Tommy Bowe defends Ulster team-mate Jared Payne after scathing criticism
Irish rugby club raise €70k in one night for former player living with Motor Neuron Disease
We'll Leave It There So: Grealish chooses England, Kearney goes for a scan and all of today's sport
World Cup 'starts in earnest now' for Schmidt's Ireland after dominating minnows
Simon Zebo given leave from World Cup to mourn grandfather in Cork
Billy Vunipola out of the World Cup, replaced by 37-year-old Nick Easter
Wales call up Hook and Anscombe with no end in sight of back-line injury crisis
The hand of Zeebs, the boot of Church and much more in our RWC Plays of the Week
Do the maths... Robshaw and England miscalculated badly in not taking 3 points
'I think I bounced back well' - Bowe puts England disappointment behind him
New trophy, 3 new teams and 3 new host countries part of the Super Rugby plan for 2016
Japan green lit for fresh Rugby World Cup schedule
Ireland's Kearney in doubt for Italy clash as he gets set for glute scan
'Tough day, yeah': England's Mike Brown really, really didn't want to talk after that Wales defeat
Scotland lose lock for World Cup, and concern swells with Finn Russell's ankle
Blackrock edge out champions Old Belvedere, Cooke beaten on debut
Our RWC Team of the Weekend is heavy on opensides, wings and Welsh warriors
Analysis: Wales showed us how to perfectly stop the maul at Twickenham
O'Connell looks for Ireland 'mind-shift' as Parisse's Italy come into view
Letter from London: Ireland fill up Wembley on a beautiful RWC day
Romania coach Lynn Howells knows who he is tipping in Ireland v France
Peter Stringer: Keith Earls is a wise head at 27, and it's a product of his environment
Schmidt faces 'selection headaches' after Bowe, Cave and Henry impress
Rob Kearney put on ice after straining glute to score try
12 of our favourite images from another busy week of sport
Is this disallowed Simon Zebo effort the greatest try that Ireland never scored?