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Updated Aug 12th 2019, 8:41 AM Reece Hodge celebrates a try as the Wallabies beat New Zealand in Perth. Source: AAP/PA Images IT WAS ANOTHER “Schmidt ready to make harsh calls after assessing who was ‘chasing their tail’”

MUNSTER COACH RASSIE Erasmus says that All Blacks full-back Ben Smith is not on his radar and that his primary transfer signings are Irish qualified. “Rassie Erasmus dismisses speculation that Munster are seeking All Black Ben Smith”

WWE taped the following matches tonight in Philadelphia to air on this week’s WWE Main Event episode: * EC3 defeated Apollo Crews * The Lucha “Spoilers: 3/4/19 WWE Main Event Taping Results”

RELATIONS BETWEEN IRISH and Scottish rugby players have been a little fiery in recent times. Munster and Glasgow squared up to each other on a “Scotland wary of Ringrose pace, Henshaw power and Sexton loops”

CONOR MURRAY SAYS players and coaches alike are frustrated and angry with the way Ireland started the Six Nations Championship. Italy have been well-warned, Joe “‘Angry’ Irish players eager to make amends, says Murray”

GEORGIA IS DETERMINED to pursue inclusion in a high-level competition, according to a representative of its Rugby Union. New Zealand’s Sonny Bill Williams is tackled “Georgia Rugby intent on pressing ahead with Pro12 or Super Rugby inclusion”

1. Paddy Barnes 2. Paul McGrath 3. Kilkenny People Sport 4. Danny Simpson 5. Barry Geraghty 6. GMP Middleton 7. Paul Murphy 8. LeBron James “No pancakes for Paddy Barnes, Martin O’Neill’s GAA career – it’s the sporting tweets of the week”

Ulster 19Leinster 38 SAME OLD LEINSTER, same old Ulster, same old story. One team always finds a way to win this fixture, the other a “Leinster reach Pro14 final on back of bonus point victory over Ulster”

IN A SEASON of breakthrough performances and outstanding individual contributions, Rory O’Loughlin’s emergence into one of the Pro12′s most devastating wingers has been the story “Confidence the key for O’Loughlin as he re-evaluates goals after breakthrough season”

IRELAND ARE HONEST enough with themselves to know that if Stuart Hogg had grounded the ball at the Aviva Stadium in February 2020, instead of “Ireland on ‘red alert’ for Van der Merwe as Scotland aim to turn the corner”