Monday, September 28, 2015 23 Australia- 65, Uruguay- 3 WALLABIESBirmingham CRUSH URUGUAYflanker against an outpowered Agustin Ormaechea around ean McMahon led Australia and outpaced opposition, the neck and flung him to the to the top of their World opened the scoring, peeling off floor. French referee Pascal CupS group yesterday with a from a driving maul for an easy Gauzere had no option but to comprehensive 65-3 victory run-in. brandish a yellow card. over minnows Uruguay From the restart, McMahon The Australian team ahead of crunch matches with broke clear, the ball was played completely dominated the archrivals England and Wales. right, Quad Cooper’s smart set-piece, but poor handling Australia ran in 11 tries ruined many a clean linebreak. -- two each from McMahon, Felipe Berchesi kicked a returning exile Drew Mitchell Victory left the 24th penalty for Uruguay, just and Ben McCalman -- but Wallabies in first desserts for a dogged display largely appeared to do the by a team boasting just four minimum necessary for victory place in the “pool professional players and in the Pool A match at Villa of death” on nine ranked just 19th in the world. Park. As Cooper came back Henry Speight got one of points with a on, a consolidated Wallaby the tries of the tournament at points difference advance ended with skipper the end of a 65 metre run. Joe of +77 Mumm shrugging off the lame Tomane, Dean Mumm, Matt challenge of Leandro Leivas to Toomua and Tevita Kuridrani dot down. got the others. The requisite bonus point With the starting XV offload seeing Tomane in for came on the half-hour mark boasting 14 changes from Australia’s Henry Speight dives in for a try a try with Uruguay looking when a slick backline move the side that laboured to an Victory left the Wallabies Wales are second, also Wales over the next two shaky in defence. resulted in Speight sprinting opening 28-13 victory over in first place in the “pool of on nine points (+48pts) and weekends. The other side of Cooper’s in with a swallow-dive to the Fiji, Australia were by far the death” on nine points with a England third on six (+21). McMahon, who played game was witnessed when he corner. superior team. points difference of +77. Australia play England and a vintage game at openside caught Uruguay scrum-half (AFP) Maitland scores century Earls equals record as Leeds ruined a blistering solo run. He ean Maitland scored the Scotland make sent a poor pass to the wide open Irish trounce Romania 100th try of the Rugby it two wins from Visser, prompting coach Vern WorldS Cup to help Scotland Cotter to turn away from the London make it two wins from two in two in a 39-16 pitch in frustration. eith Earls scored two tries a 39-16 victory over United victory over Scotland were slightly off their Kto equal Brian O’Driscoll States in Leeds yesterday. United States in game as Russell went wide with as Ireland’s leading World Cup Maitland, who hails from another penalty attempt and a try scorer as they eased to a New Zealand, was one of three Leeds succession of earth-shattering 44-10 victory over Romania foreign-born players to score tackles by the Americans -- one yesterday. tries for the victors, Dutch by Seamus Kelly and another by The 27-year-old, who took wing Tim Visser and South penalty attempt and within Takudzwa Ngwenya -- had the his tournament total to seven African prop WP Nel being minutes the Americans had Scots rattled further. tries, saw fellow wing Tommy the others. stormed down the pitch. From The Americans ended the Bowe also score two tries with Centre Matt Scott and a well worked passing move half firmly in control as an Rob Kearney and Chris Henry Duncan Weir also got tries as from a lineout Lamositele impressive 15 phase move getting the others. Scotland grabbed their second burrowed over -- MacGinty provoked the Scots into an Ireland’s second successive successive bonus point win to adding the conversion for 10-6. infringement. MacGinty easy victory -- in front of a move on to 10 points. They are Scotland blew a chance to slotted the penalty over for a record World Cup crowd of three clear of South Africa who score a try of their own as Hogg 13-6 lead at the break. 89,267 at Wembley -- sets them they play in Newcastle next up nicely for more challenging Ireland’s full-back Rob Kearney runs to score Ireland’s fifth try Saturday. Pool D matches against Italy left wing. But his celebrations, official ruled it out for a foot All the tries came in and then France. including sticking his tongue still in touch when he collected the second-half after the Romania had already put in out at his fan club, proved to his kick ahead. Americans had led at half-time. over 40 tackles by the time the be premature as the television Madigan added a penalty for AJ MacGinty gave the game reached the five minute 6-3 and Ireland turned on the Americans a good start with mark, indicating the tough style again with Earls prominent a penalty in the third minute match ahead. Ireland’s second in creating the move that swept but an infringement by Titi Ian Madigan put the Irish successive easy from the left hand side to the Lamositele allowed fullback 3-0 up in the eighth minute to right and Bowe managed to Stuart Hogg to level in the reward their early pressure. But victory sets them touch the ball down before he seventh minute. Darren Cave was penalised for up nicely for was bundled into touch. Scottish fly-half Finn Russell not rolling away and Valentin The Ulsterman’s 29th test try -- impressive in the win over Calafeteanu kicked the penalty more challenging was welcome as he had been Japan where he marked his to level affairs. Pool D matches pilloried for his performance 23rd birthday with a try -- put The Irish looked to have against Italy and in the warm-up Test defeat by the Scots into a 6-3 lead on 10 scored one of the tries of England -- Madigan landed a minutes with a penalty. Alasdair Strokosch of Scotland is tackled by AJ MacGinty (cen- the tournament so far when then France fantastic conversion from the Hogg missed with another tre) of the United States Simon Zebo rushed down the touchline for 13-3..