Jake White has seen his Australian Super Rugby rivals try to unsettle the British & Irish Lions on this tour and earn plaudits for doing so, yet the Brumbies coach knows the bottom line is that all of them have failed.

Laurie Fisher is right at home, literally, coaching rugby in Canberra.

Former Munster forwards coach Laurie Fisher believes the province’s current game plan under head coach Rob Penney could cause ongoing “angst” at his old club.

Australia 49 Fiji 3

Australia coach Robbie Deans has handed debuts to three players for the Test against Fiji on Saturday and the contentious number 10 jersey has gone to Quade Cooper.

Canberra and Wollongong are the latest venues to be announced for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

Italy are out to avenge their World Cup defeat when they travel to Cardiff for their final match of the 2004 RBS 6 Nations Championship against Wales tomorrow.

When it really mattered Wales turned in their finest performance of the World Cup to beat Italy today and cement a place in the quarter-finals.

There would have been time when the last thing a Wales coach needed to say in the build-up to a Test match, never mind a crucial World Cup showdown, was that his side needed to match the passion of the opposition.

Italy 19 Canada 14

Tonga captain Inoke Afeaki could feature against Wales on Sunday after he was today cleared of possible concussion.