Erasmus: 'We would rather sit here than be Ireland, who have been number one in the world all this time and Scotland just have to beat them by eight points and they are out of the tournament'

Ireland's World Cup destiny is in their own hands as they take on Scotland on Saturday, the FAI Cup semi-finals take place and the World Artistic Championships take place another bumper week of sport to look forward to. 

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'I think everyone sitting here would be very happy to have him again,' Rory McIlroy said in the winning team’s press conference.

The Wallabies' last-eight prospects now depend on how Fiji fare against Portugal next weekend.

'I think one of the biggest accomplishments in golf right now is winning an away Ryder Cup. And that is what we're going to do at Bethpage,' said McIlroy, targeting future success.

Some of the game's big hitters sat out the weekend action. 

The hosts closed out the win despite a nervy Sunday performance. 

Andy Farrell's side could do us all a favour and just beat Scotland on Saturday night.

'We're still alive. That was the aim of the day,' said coach Eddie Jones, who has led Australia to two wins in nine tests this year.

The Springboks needed a 37-point victory and seven tries to give themselves an extra layer of comfort in the event that all three teams eventually finish on 15 points.

Despite their defeat, Zach Johnson’s team were relatively upbeat and maintained once more the group have never been more united.

Europe condemned the United States to a seventh straight away loss.

The Irishman will defend his title next weekend. 

The IRFU’s head nutritionist Emma Gardner is tasked with keeping Andy Farrell's squad well fuelled. 

Don't expect a new Netflix documentary about the former England skipper to be warts-and-all.

The country’s losing streak against their Celtic neighbours stretches back eight games now, to the 2017 Six Nations when Watson and five others still on duty had the better of Joe Schmidt’s side on the opening weekend in Edinburgh.

Viktor Hovland saw off Collin Morikawa to get Europe moving again.

Gregor Townsend’s side must defeat Ireland, either with a bonus point or by denying the world’s top-ranked side a losing bonus.