A defiant Conor McManus insists Ireland have more room for improvement in Saturday’s deciding test in Perth.

Despite the brilliance of Conor McManus and Michael Murphy, Ireland wilted in the Adelaide heat and have it all to do to retain the International Rules series in next Saturday’s test in Perth.

Illness, high temperatures and the threat of Australian aggressiveness could stand in the way of Ireland continuing their 100% International Rules record in Adelaide tomorrow – but captain Aidan O’Shea won’t be making any excuses.

As Joe Kernan keeps his fingers crossed that three of his bug-stricken players will be able to play some part in the first test, the Ireland International Rules manager has underlined the importance of the two referees doing their job tomorrow.

The Ireland International Rules medical team have taken necessary measures to ensure no player is laid low by a travel bug for Sunday's first test against Australia.

Like their last two All-Ireland final clashes, champions Dublin have pipped Mayo by one in the 2017 PwC All-Stars, picking up seven to Mayo’s six.

Mayo will be taking on “the form team in the country” when they cross swords with Kerry in the All-Ireland SFC semi-final at Croke Park on Sunday week next.

In 2003, Australia recorded the largest margin of victory in a World Cup match, notching up 22 tries without reply to defeat Namibia 142-0 at the Adelaide Oval. Here are the 10 games that produced the tournament’s largest winning margins.

Before the World Cup, Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom said that it would be a "failure" if Ireland missed out on the quarter-finals.

Everyone knew Phillip Hughes was much more than just a cricketer.

Cricket stars from around the world joined relatives and friends to celebrate the life of Phillip Hughes amid the grief and sorrow still evident from his death.

The Rolling Stones have announced a series of live dates for next year.

AUSSIE legend Shane Warne is remaining coy over speculation he could make a sensational Test comeback.

ENGLAND shut out Australia’s bowlers for more than 10 hours in Brisbane, but are under orders to close the door much earlier in Adelaide.

ENGLAND retreated slowly from the Adelaide Oval shocked and demoralised at how quickly their hopes of retaining the Ashes were demolished in one session of mayhem.

Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen entered Ashes folklore today with big hundreds as England approached a formidable first-innings total in the second Test.

IT’S claimed there were 10,000 Irish people among the 28,803 attendance in the Adelaide Oval for the World Cup clash of Ireland and Argentina on October 26 last year.

ALAN QUINLAN is almost certain to be one of the two players Munster coach Alan Gaffney will add to his Heineken Cup squad for the European quarter-finals.

SECURE in the knowledge that a World Cup quarter-final place has been achieved, one hopes Ireland will now display the true quality that exists in this side.

RONAN O'GARA made an unusual phone call at 11.30pm on Wednesday night to hear if there was any news of the Irish out-half position against the Australians in the World Cup at the Telstra Dome.

ARGENTINA’S disappointing World Cup campaign came to a sorry and disgraceful conclusion as two of their senior players were banned for serious assaults on Irish opponents during Sunday’s clash at the Adelaide Oval.

NOT a single member of the 10,000-plus Irish people who bit their fingernails to the bone and sat on the edge of their seats in the Adelaide Oval last Sunday will fail to recall one particularly heart-stopping moment in the second half.

Argentina duo Mariccio Reggiardo and Roberto Grau have both been suspended following a marathon seven-hour hearing in Sydney tonight.

DURING the memorable days when he masterminded Munster’s progress to two Heineken Cup finals and a host of victories, Declan Kidney loved every aspect of his job — except one: telling players they would not be directly involved in a match.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has given his full co-operation to the Rugby World Cup judiciary investigation into the eye-gouging allegations levelled against Argentina props Mauricio Reggiardio and Roberto Grau.

THE Irish circus has moved on to Melbourne but left its mark indelibly on Adelaide. Nearly 25,000 Irish fans poured into the South Australian city last weekend for Ireland’s vital World Cup Pool A clash with Argentina.

Two Argentinian players have been cited in relation to incidents during their 15 – 16 defeat by Ireland at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday.

MUNSTER’S “nearly man” Chris Latham put himself in line for a place in Australia’s starting line-up against Ireland in Melbourne on Saturday by scoring a record five tries in the 142-0 demolition of hapless Namibia at the Adelaide Oval.

Ireland come face to face with World Cup Pool A rivals Argentina today bidding to avenge their infamous defeat in Lens four years ago.

Australia tore up the record books by demolishing Namibia 142-0 in their Pool A match in Adelaide today.

Australia handed their second-stringers a chance to impress against minnows Namibia in today’s World Cup Pool A match at the Adelaide Oval.

FORMER World Cup-winning coach Bob Dwyer is backing a ‘better balanced’ Irish team to beat Argentina at the Adelaide Oval tomorrow.

On the day that the International Rugby Board informed the 20 nations competing in the World Cup that it will start testing for the new designer anabolic steroid THG, Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan said he hopes the authorities will keep catching the drug cheats.

Munster flanker Alan Quinlan was as surprised as anyone when he was named as the number seven to play Argentina in Sunday’s decisive Pool A match at the Adelaide Oval.

ARGENTINA, Ireland's opponents in the crunch World Cup tie at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, finally arrived in the South Australia capital at 6pm local time yesterday.

THOSE of us who believed we could read Eddie O’Sullivan’s mind were given a rude awakening yesterday when he named his side to take on Argentina in the most crucial match of all in Pool A of the World Cup at the Adelaide Oval next Sunday.

Argentina were paid a handsome compliment by Eddie O’Sullivan today after the Ireland coach named his team for Sunday’s Pool A qualifying showdown at the Adelaide Oval.

KEITH WOOD claimed Ireland would be wrong to use their World Cup defeat to Argentina four years ago as motivation for Sunday’s Adelaide Oval showdown.

AUSTRALIA coach Eddie Jones is hopeful lock David Giffin will be fit enough to play a significant role in the Wallabies’ Pool A clash with Namibia this weekend.

A BEAUTIFUL singer has answered Ireland’s Call to be part of our rugby World Cup challenge in Australia.

MICHAEL VAUGHAN benefited from the hard nosed approach of modern cricket to continue his prolific year for England and provide Australian audiences with evidence of real competition during the remainder of the Ashes series.