Edinburgh 9 Bath 6

Bath 16 Edinburgh 9

ONE can only speculate as to the response of the Fijian players when they drew the curtains in their hotel rooms every morning last week to be greeted by rain, rain and more rain.

AS DRESS rehearsals go, this was up there with the best. Ireland’s display against the inexperienced but gritty Fijians left coach Declan Kidney smiling despite the selection headaches he faces ahead of Saturday’s date with world champions South Africa.

Ireland 41 Fiji 6

Ireland 13 Fiji 3

THE Andy Robinson era got off to a solid but unspectacular start as Scotland eased to victory in their opening autumn international against Fiji.

Scotland 23 Fiji 10

ANDY ROBINSON yesterday insisted he had no fears about his return to Test rugby and nothing to prove to anybody as he prepared for his first match in charge of Scotland.

STEVE MEEHAN admits it will take “a really good effort” for Bath to reach this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-finals following their shattering defeat against French giants Stade Francais.

Bath 27 Stade Francais 29

Coach Steve Meehan and captain Michael Claassens will plot the way forward for Bath against Ulster in the Heineken Cup at Ravenhill tomorrow night.

England 32 Scotland 5

Two of the unbeaten teams at the U-18 Six Nations Festival in Cork go head to head tomorrow at Musgrave Park when Scotland and England clash at 2.30pm.

THE Welsh Rugby Union acted swiftly and decisively to sack head coach Gareth Jenkins less than 24 hours after Wales crashed out of the World Cup after defeat to Fiji.

Wales 34 Fiji 38

Wales 34 Fiji 38

Fiji 29 Canada 16

FIJI captain Mosese Rauluni admitted his side were “our own worst enemies” after struggling to an opening 35-31 victory over plucky Japan in Toulouse yesterday.

Fiji 35 Japan 31

England and Lions forward Lewis Moody could face further punishment despite being banned for a month by his club Leicester.

Brive 31 Saracens 16 (after extra time)

Saracens 19 Brive 6

London Irish ended an 11-month wait for a Zurich Premiership win at their Madejski Stadium home against Saracens.

London Irish 14 Saracens 20

Scotland’s turbulent World Cup ride encounters its most serious obstacle when they face the unpredictable Fijians at Sydney’s Aussie Stadium with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.

Fiji 41 Japan 13

Fiji finally overcame stubborn Japanese resistance to win their World Cup Pool B clash with Japan in at the Dairy Farmers Stadium in Townsville to set up a potentially vital clash with Scotland for a quarter-final place.

Fiji struggled to a slender half-time advantage in their World Cup Pool B clash with Japan in Townsville.

Fiji coach Mac McCallion has made seven changes and demanded his team improve their discipline for tomorrow’s World Cup Pool B clash with Japan in Townsville.

Fiji 19 USA 18

Latest score (after 20 minutes): France 6, Fiji 8

Reunions and comebacks will be the order of the day as France and Fiji open their World Cup campaigns with a Pool B clash at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane tomorrow.

Fijian second rower Ifereimi Rawaqa will make a dramatic return to Test rugby when he plays against France in their opening World Cup clash in Brisbane on Sunday, just a few weeks after being apparently ruled out of the tournament with a prolapsed disc.

Argentina scored seven tries as they beat Fiji 49-30 in the second Test of the Islanders’ South American tour.

Elvis Seveali’i went straight in at the top of Bath’s hit parade, sealing the victory which took the strugglers off the bottom of the Zurich Premiership table with his first touch of the ball in English rugby.

Gloucester captain Phil Vickery today insisted his Premiership leaders had taken collective responsibility for their Heineken Cup horror show in Limerick last weekend.

The Fiji team to play Ireland in the international test at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, on Sunday is:

London Irish posted their first Premiership win of the season - and brought Saracens’ unbeaten start to a grinding halt - by inflicting a Madejski Stadium mauling on Kyran Bracken’s men.