Ireland’s hopes still hinge on their porcelain doll Johnny Sexton
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Vasily Artemyev: ‘Ireland is my step Motherland’
Russian coach Lyn Jones believes Ireland may lack sting in tail of the All Blacks
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Brave Blossoms thrill Tokyo crowd as they run out 30-10 winners over Russia
Kotaro Matsushima’s electric hat-trick sees Japan past game Russia
Hosts slow out of the blocks in Tokyo but pull away to start home tournament with a bang
Former Blackrock College wing Vasily Artemyev to captain Russia at World Cup
Artemyev one of eight surviving players in 31-man squad that played in 2011 World Cup
Pool A: Russia hoping to seize an unexpected opportunity
Bears to appear at their second World Cup after qualification rivals were docked points
Ulster travel to Dragons seeking to improve lacklustre away record
New head coach makes four changes and three positional switches for Rodney Parade game
Connacht’s forwards secure bonus-point win over Dragons
John Muldoon grabs two tries to help westerners move up to seventh in table
Lote Tuqiri and Andrew Goodman could return for Leinster
Zane Kirchner set to start his first game for the Irish province on Friday in Rodney Parade
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