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Following their defeat to Wales last week, tonight's game versus Australia was a must-win contest for the English rugby team.

Sadly for the host nation's fans, however, they failed to deliver, being resoundingly defeated by 33 points to 13.

A last-minute converted try proved to be the cherry on the top for the Aussie boys, who played some of the best rugby of the tournament so far.

England also finished on 14 men after golden boy Owen Farrell was given a yellow card for a mistimed tackle with less than 15 minutes to go.

England came within seven points of their rivals early in the second half – but ultimately Australia always looked dominant. 

And big things had been expected of them in the run-up to the competition.

Indeed, several commentators had suggested that, with all the advantages of playing on home-soil, the team was on course to scoop the title, as they did back in 2003. 

Prior to the match, England coach Stuart Lancaster had admitted that his squad faced the "biggest game of their careers".

Statistics seemed to be on their side too: they had won four of their past five meetings with the Wallabies.

In the aftermath, England fans could be heard booing as Mr Lancaster walked out onto the pitch at Twickenham. And on the 75th minute, streams of supporters could also been seen leaving the stadium in disgust. 

England, now placed third in Pool A behind current leaders Australia and runners-up Wales, will next week travel north to Manchester, where they play Uruguay. 

They do so as the first ever host nation to go out of a Rugby World Cup in the pool stages.

Tomorrow in Pool D, Ireland take on Italy at London’s Olympic Stadium.

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Ireland has kicked-off a great Rugby World Cup campaign so far – with tries galore leaving the team sitting on top of Pool D.

And Wales's stunning 28-25 win over host-nation England has had a major impact on the just-released world rugby rankings.

Yes, while the All Blacks remains the best team playing, Wales has climbed up two places on the same list – hitting the No.2 spot for the first time in the 12-year history of the weekly-released table. 

Despite being something of a pre-tournament favourite, England, on the other hand, falls down to No.6. On this side of the water, there was good news for Ireland, however – the Boys In Green are up a spot to No.4 in the world.

France, our most threatening rival in Pool D, is currently ranked No.7.

Scotland is the biggest climber – making it into the Top Ten to reach No.9 from a previous ranking of 12. 

Joe Schmidt's squad next face 14th-placed Italy in six days' time at the Olympic Stadium in London. 

Earlier today it was announced that more than a million people had tuned into TV3 to watch the Ireland Vs Romania game yesterday. 

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So Irish rugby fans have been absolutely taking over London in the run-up to today’s kick-off against Romania.

Some of them have gotten very excited indeed and decided to act like absolute messers with the aid of some of the giant screens put up in Wembley’s fan-zone.

It would appear that a few very familiar Irish names are coming up as missing in the Public Service Announcement.

We reckon that considering there seems to be a healthy number of Irish supporters on site, it should not be too long before the famous names turn up. We just wonder who came up with the idea in the first place.

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Ireland’s sold out match against Romania is the 300 match in Rugby World Cup history, and it looks like it might as well have been played in the Aviva.

That’s a lot of green jerseys spotted lads.

TV3, who are broadcasting the match today, were reminding everyone not to be too cautious around the underdog team considering the folklore surrounding one of the nation’s most famous citizens.

BOD himself showed no fear as he got up close and personal with some of the Romanian players before the match started:

 

 

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He presided over the Ireland team on Saturday – with the squad kicking off their World Cup campaign with a convincing 50-7 win over Canada.

But back in his hotel room, all is not so straightforward for Irish rugby caption Paul O'Connell.

The 35-year-old Limerick-man is staying along with the rest of the boys in green at the Hilton at St George's Park, a state-of-the-art English FA centre located in Staffordshire, not far from London.

The hotel is emblazoned with football memorabilia honouring past English greats – though, understandably, the decor is not entirely to Paul's tastes.

Taking to Instagram last night, he posted a snap of the wall beside his bed – a wall adorned with an action-shot of former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. 

 

Peter Shilton watching over me tonight. I'd rather Packie Bonner.

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"Peter Shilton watching over me tonight," he wrote. "I'd rather Packie Bonner," he added referring, of course, to the Donegal goalie whose famous penalty save sent Ireland into the quarter-finals of Italia '90. 

Mr O'Connell has captained Munster, Ireland and the Lions previously, and with 105 caps, is among the most-experienced players currently taking part in the Rugby World Cup, which runs until October 31.

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In case you missed it today, the Irish rugby team took on Canada in Cardiff the first of their Rugby World Cup matches. 

The result was pretty widely expected but that didn't stop either side from putting in an impressive performance.

The boys in green came out victorious though scoring seven tries from seven different players: Seán O'Brien, Iain Henderson and Johnny Sexton and all scored in the first half. Meanwhile, Seán Cronin, Rob Kearney, Jared Payne and Dave Kearney then added to the full-time score of 50-7. 

Naturally, Twitter had quite a day of activity as supporters took to the social media platform to express their satisfaction with the win:

We can only imagine these lads are going to be all about the celebrations:

Pretty much all of Bressie's tweets were on point:

Oh, but the Canadians were less than pleased:

In case you thought everyone was having a great time though, there was also Gordon D'Arcy. He lost a bet with his wife, model Aoife Cogan.

 

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Former Munster player and Irish rugby international Ronan O’Gara has revealed the perceptions he believes people had of him as a player.

He was at Cork Opera House last night speaking with Newstalk as part of a panel previewing the Rugby World Cup. During their chat Ronan admitted that he knows some people may not have looked too favourably on him.

"The perception of me when I was playing was cranky, narky, arrogant, bit of a w*nker,” he said.

He has also spoken with the Irish Times of late about how difficult he found it when his personal life began to receive more attention than his sporting career, and it wasn’t all positive.

“Obviously it was new when you hear personal stuff about you. Anything but rugby you couldn’t care less but something like a marriage being over when there is absolutely no basis is too severe.”

It doesn’t look like he’s let any of that get to him now as he’s pretty content with his latest gig off the field. He had an interesting take one what life is like as a TV pundit.

"I essentially get paid to sit on my arse and watch the team. It's great. You live like a king."

Sounds like someone is living the dream.

"You've great facilities, you sit down, you've runners getting you tea, coffee, purple snacks, yellow Snacks, sandwiches, chips," he said.  

To be fair, it is not as if all of this ‘purple Snack’ luxury hasn’t been earned. Ronan is Ireland’s second most-capped player behind Brian O’Driscoll and the fourth most-capped in Rugby Union history.

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After an unprecedented winning streak, Irish rugby has suffered back-to-back losses – to Wales and England – in the space of just eight days.

But the boys in green, for whom we still have BIG World Cup glory hopes, are clearly in jovial spirits today.

Taking to Instagram, No.8 star Jamie Heaslip posted an EPIC snap of his team-mates alongside the legendary sprinter, Usain Bolt.

Captured is 31-man squad, as well as trainers and coaches, surrounding the Jamacian athlete, who recently successfully defended his 100m and 200m World Champion titles in Beijing.

The group is collectively pulling Mr Bolt's iconic lightning strike pose – with the snap quickly gaining 1,500 likes in less thn hour.

In the accompanying caption, Jamie said it was "great to hear him speak during the week," – implying that the team is very much getting into a winning mentality.

The 2015 Rugby World Cup is being held in England, and kicks off on Friday, September 18.

Ireland begins its campaign the following day – playing Canada in Cardiff. 

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Rugby legend Paul O'Connell said goodbye to the Aviva Stadium for the last time today, as he played his final game on Irish soil.

It may have been a disappointing 10-16 defeat to a strong Welsh side for Ireland, but spirits were still high as Paul was given a hero's farewell by the crowds of fans. The Irish number 5 even led his young son Paddy onto the pitch, holding him up to wave to the thousands crowding the stands.

Fans have been taking to social media in their droves to pay tribute to the Irish captain, and we're getting a little teary eyed saying our goodbyes…

 

#rugby #irevwal #paulie @irishrugby #legend

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Of course Paul's rugby career isn't quote over yet, as he has the Rugby World Cup ahead, with Ireland's first game against Canada taking place on September 19th.

"The fans have been incredible for us and throughout my career. I've had an amazing time. Hopefully they can add to it at the World Cup. There will be a lot of Irish people at the Irish games. Hopefully we can give them a better performance than that," Paul said today after conceding defeat to Wales.

Thanks for the memories, Paul! 

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