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Keenan hat-trick inspires six-try Ireland to emphatic win against Argentina

Ireland 42-12 Argentina Carreras scores twice in Nations Championship defeat Does every nightmare look worse when juxtaposed with a dream? Of course it does. Let’s start with the latter. The Ireland full-back Hugo Keenan wiped every other contender for the man-of-the-match award with a hat-trick, all sorted before the curtain was lifted on the final quarter. Its backdrop featured an extraordinary time gap – he had not had a run at the Aviva Stadium since the 2025 Six Nations when injury arrived. “It’s been 21 months since I played here in green,” he said after this six-try Nations Championship

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Thierno Barry double fires Everton to comeback win against Coventry

The wildly optimistic Evertonian – if such a being exists – could not have envisaged David Moyes’ side fifth in the Premier League with Thierno Barry just behind Erling Haaland in the goalscoring chart when their transfer window closed in calamitous fashion. Yet there they sit, team and striker defying all expectations, following a stirring comeback against luckless Coventry. Frank Lampard endured a torturous night against his old club as Coventry impressed but were refused two strong penalty claims. The Coventry manager felt his team were denied a third time by the video assistant referee for

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Australia need a way to turn moments into momentum and revive spirits

The Wallabies have a squad capable of magic but doubts remain over whether their talents can be knitted into a great team There are moments when Australia look like a team that can take on the world. Moments when they’re trailing by two in the 83rd minute at Twickenham and all of a sudden Len Ikitau has snapped an underhand pass through to Max Jorgensen and he’s haring down the wing to score in the corner. Moments when Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has ripped his way around Tom Curry, inside Bundee Aki, and over Tadhg Beirne, to send Tom Wright racing into the empty space of the British and Irish Lion

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