Your rugby headlines for Sunday, November 14.
Jenkins reveals where Wales will attack Fiji
Wales captain Ellis Jenkins has been looking forward to his side's tussle with Fiji today.
It's a game that Wales are expected to win but the visitors are dangerous opponents and capable of scoring outrageous tries from everywhere, tending to throw caution to the wind.
But Jenkins believes there are areas Wales can target.
"They are a team full of athletes. You see quite often the Fijians are the most exciting players in whatever teams they are playing for. They have moments of magic with their offload game.
"Where they have probably struggled is the structured stuff so that's where we will be going after them. We have spoken about trying not to get dragged too much into a loose game and try and out Fiji Fiji, but also be very accurate.
"Because they are very high risk high reward but they will make mistakes and it's about trying to come alive when they do and capitalise on them.
"The World Cup game (2019) was a prime example of that. They turn it on for five minutes and no matter how good your defensive systems are, you don't really need to miss any tackles for them to get in behind you and score.
"The challenge for them is about trying to keep that consistency throughout the game and the challenge for us is to try and make sure we do everything we can to pressure the skills and capitalise on their mistakes."
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The call from POTUS
Ireland's celebrations went on long into Saturday night after their famous 29-20 victory over the All Blacks, and American President Joe Biden was keen to join in.
On Saturday evening, Ireland's official twitter account posted a picture from the team hotel, in which a phone was held up to cheering players and coaches.
The caption said: “Incredible to have @POTUS address the team after today’s win over the All Blacks!”
Biden had earlier called the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, saying: ‘Well done, I’m delighted for you.’
President Biden spoke about his own experiences playing American football in college.
The Taoiseach told the President: “Any day you beat the All Blacks is a good day in Ireland.”
Ahead of the match, Biden, who has Irish ancestry, wrote to the team to wish them well.
New Zealand ripped apart
The All Blacks are reeling from their comprehensive 29-20 defeat to Ireland in Dublin yesterday.
The hosts deserved to win by more after a dominant display that has sparked a big inquest in the southern hemisphere.
Huge focus has been put on head coach Ian Foster, with notorious columnist Chris Rattue tearing him apart.
He wrote in the New Zealand Herald: "The affection between the opposing sides afterwards was memorable, heartwarming, but the good feelings for All Black supporters should stop there.
"The All Blacks were comprehensively out-coached in Dublin, with Ireland's command of the ball masterful as the All Blacks fluffed about like it was Super Rugby.
"Ireland's performance was every bit as good as England's demolition job on the All Blacks at the last World Cup, and even more concerning.
"England lay in wait for their semifinal strike on the highest rugby stage. Ireland are still building into their new season.
"They were a 25-point better team, the final margin of nine a tribute to the All Blacks' peerless ability to flatter and deceive on the scoreboard."
Fellow Kiwi scribe Gregor Paul hinted at a deep-rooted problem with the way New Zealand approach the game, writing: "There's some temptation to go glass half full after the All Blacks loss in Dublin, their third to Ireland in the last six tests and believe that the depth of character they showed to stay in the fight and keep it alive for as long as they did is a portent of better things to come.
"But there's a much greater need to resist that temptation and question whether rugby in New Zealand is so gripped by a pass and catch culture that it has genuinely lost touch of what test rugby is all about.
"There is reason to be worried that the All Blacks no longer have the ante to play at the same table as the likes of Ireland, England and South Africa and are no closer to finding the muscularity they need than they were when they began searching for it four years ago.
"To be dominated the way they were – to be so inferior to Ireland in the physical stakes and yet hang in for as long as they did, said something about the size of their heart.
"But the fact they were so inferior in so many ways, said more about where they really sit in the world pecking order. Losing to Ireland is now becoming habitual and that may be because the All Blacks can't match them for sheer physical impact and muscularity."
Phillips: Hell of a feeling
Carys Phillips says it was a "hell of feeling" to score a hat-trick on her return to a Wales starting line-up in more than two years.
The former captain, who came off the bench in Wales' win over Japan last weekend, donned a Wales shirt from the off for the first time in two years for Wales' 29-19 win over South Africa at Cardiff Arms Park.
The results means it's two wins from two for Ioan Cunningham's side, and Phillips couldn't hide her delight post-match.
"To be fair, it's a hell of a feeling," she said.
"It's been a long two years and to come back to that intensity was tough, but fair play to the girls they put in a hell of a shift.
"South Africa are a tough team and we got the win in the end, so happy days."
Team-mate Siwan Lillicrap added: "That feels good, doesn't it, to win two from two in a six-day turnaround... the graft the girls put in against a physical South Africa side, who threw everything at us, especially in the second half."
"If we are being completely honest we left opportunities out there, but that's exciting and where can we go next week against Canada?"
Hogg fumes after South Africa defeat
Scotland captain Stuart Hogg could not hide his frustrations following their defeat to South Africa at Murrayfield on Saturday.
The home side went down 30-15 and Hogg bemoaned their self-destructive nature for the result.
The Scots led at half-time but conceded too many penalties for Hogg's liking.
“I’m bitterly disappointed with the result,” Hogg said. “Especially in the first half, we felt we were in control of the game. The first 20 minutes we defended like our lives depended on it and kept them out and went down the other end of the field and scored three points. That was huge for us.
“We started very well defensively and unfortunately second half didn’t quite go to plan. The boys are absolutely devastated about the result. The second half was far from where we needed to be and it cost us.
“You could say the Springboks were dominant, I would probably disagree. I would say we shot ourselves in the foot at times.
“We didn’t get to vital clear-outs, our set-piece didn’t function at times, we just didn’t control the game in the manner we would like to.”
Hogg scored two tries to take him level with Tony Stranger and Ian Smith on the all-time try-scorers list for Scotland on 24.
But Hogg was in no mood to pat himself on the back.
“It’s not about that,” the Exeter full-back said. “It’s about winning Test matches, it’s about being in a position to keep the momentum going as a national side.
“Maybe in a couple of hours I will calm down a bit, I will maybe think back on that, but my focus is to make sure we recover well and the boys are physically and mentally in a great place come Monday.”
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