hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. hardened on target again for manchester city, who cook top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his world title. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. as far as opening games to a world cup campaign go, they really don t come much better than england s. earlier today, they blew away fiji, scoring 1a tries in a record breaking victory in new zealand. they won 84 19, extending their record winning streak in test matches. jo currie reports. the year long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england s red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the to
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Hello there, and welcome along to the programme. And we start at the Rugby World Cup, where wales have been knocked out by argentina, in the first of the quarter finals. It all started so brightly for Warren Gatlands side in marseilles, but the pumas had the edge In A Stunning Second Half comeback. Our correspondent was at the game. Argentina then came back for penalties and lead just after half time 12 10. Came back for penalties and led after half time 12 10 but wales came back and retook the lead. A try from Tomos Williams as he raced through to score. That gave wales the lead with about 25 minutes to go. At that point you thought wales were probably going to win but then a moment of controversy when argentinian s shoulder caught the head of Nick Tompkins and they thought he should have been some sent off but the ref decided he was not and then a legal challenge. From there argentina came back, the pressure eventually told. They got a try with about ten minutes left and he rumbled o
Hello there, and welcome along to the programme. And we start at the Rugby World Cup, where wales have been knocked out by argentina, in the first of the quarter finals. It all started so brightly for Warren Gatlands side in marseilles, but the pumas had the edge In A Stunning Second Half comeback. Lets get the latest now with our correspondent andy swiss whos there for us now. Andy so close for wales, but the game just swung away from them after half time. Thats right you may be able to hear the argentinian fans still celebrating inside the stadium. You expect the celebrations here are onlyjust beginning for them. But for though welsh fans what crushing disappointment as you say they began the matches so well and lead 10 0 at one point thanks to an early try from dan baker of argentina then came back for penalties and led after half time 12 10 but wales came back and retook the lead. A try from Tomos Williams as he raced through to score. I gave wales the lead with about 25 minutes to
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