Australia 65-3 Uruguay
Australia moved to the top of Pool A as they ran in 11 tries in a mammoth 65-3 win over Uruguay in their second Rugby World Cup match this afternoon.
It took them just seven minutes to take lead, as the power of their forwards pushed Uruguay back before Sean McMahon escaped with the ball to score a simple try.
Almost immediately from kickoff Joseph Tomane grabbed Australia's second try, with Quade Cooper kicking the extras.
Cooper was then sent to the sin bin in the 15th minute and Felipe Berchesi took advantage of his misdirection to kick three points for Uruguay.
However, Australia then began to assert their dominance, with Dean Mumm scoring a simple try before Henry Speight made sure of the bonus point with a try of his own.
In the 36th minute, Ben McCalman scored under the posts and Cooper kicked an easy conversion to give Australia a comfortable half-time lead.
Drew Mitchell then ran in two tries in quick succession to to make it 41-3, but Cooper missed both conversions.
McCalman registered his second try of the afternoon in the 61st minute before McMahon got his second after more powerful forward play.
Matt Toomua notched another try with a few minutes remaining and Tevita Kuridrani put the icing on the cake with the final play of the game.
Cooper kicked the extras, but question marks will circle his performance after the fly-half was sin-binned and missed five of his 11 conversions.
Scotland 39-16 USA
Scotland produced a rousing second-half comeback to secure a bonus-point victory over the USA in this afternoon's Rugby World Cup Pool B match in Leeds.
The Scottish fans far outnumbered those cheering on the Americans inside Elland Road, but it was a first half to forget for Vern Cotter's side.
Scotland led 6-3 after 15 minutes thanks to penalties from Stuart Hogg and Finn Russell after AJ MacGinty had kicked the States ahead, but that was as good as it got for the dark blues in the opening period.
Hogg missed his second attempt from range and then USA scored the only try of the first half after 20 minutes when prop Titi Lamositele powered over the line. MacGinty's conversion was skewed, but it went through in off the post to put the Eagles back in front.
Scotland should have gone over themselves five minutes later, but Hogg, after surging into USA territory, dragged his pass to Tim Visser down to knee height, making it difficult for the winger to collect and score.
Russell was next to miss a penalty for Scotland, but MacGinty remained nerveless and split the posts with the final kick of the half to give USA a half-time lead over a tier 1 side for the first time in their history.
Cotter made a pair of changes in the pack at half time, but it was out wide where they had instant success at the start of the second half as Visser was found by Hogg to score his first World Cup try. Russell missed the conversion to leave USA two points in front.
Scotland retook the lead five minutes later with another try as this time the other winger, Sean Maitland, saw a gap and surged through to touch down under the posts.
Russell added the extras but the States soon stopped the rot as MacGinty made it four from four to cut the lead to two.
Mike Tolkin's side appeared to have lost their defensive resolve from the first half and Scotland had a third try in 14 minutes when substitute WP Nel squeezed the ball over the line against the upright. Captain Greig Laidlaw had come on at scrum-half and took on kicking duties to put the Scots 25-16 in front.
The bonus-point try was scored with 15 minutes left on the clock when substitute Matt Scott darted through a tired USA defence to put the game out of reach.
Laidlaw kicked the extras to give Scotland double the points of their opponents and it looked like that would be the last of the scoring until another replacement, Duncan Weir, went over for a fifth Scottish second-half try in the penultimate minute.
Scotland go top of Pool B with a maximum 10 points out of 10 from their first two matches ahead of next Saturday's showdown with South Africa in Newcastle.
Ireland 44-10 Romania
Ireland have continued their impressive start to the World Cup by claiming a comfortable 44-10 victory over Pool D rivals Romania at Wembley.
Despite some quiet spells, Ireland were dominant throughout on the way to clinching the win and extra point in front of 89,267 people as Wembley once again held a record crowd for a World Cup game.
It was evident from the early drives that Ireland would be threatening with a quick tempo, and Romania found it difficult to land any blows in the battle for territory as Joe Schmidt watched his side remain stubborn in defence.
Ian Madigan scored a penalty either side of Valentin Calafeteanu's successful effort from close to the touchline with Romania offering signs that they could be difficult to break down, but it looked like the army of Ireland fans had been treated to a special moment just prior to their fly-half making it 6-3.
The first try of the afternoon appeared to arrive when Simon Zebo raced through to collect his own low kick before completing a brilliant piece of play by sliding in, but a replay proved that the full-back had a foot out of play while retrieving the ball moments earlier.
It was the wingers who did deliver the opening try as Keith Earls claimed a high ball off the kick before Ireland moved it quickly to release Tommy Bowe, whose slide in the opposite corner was confirmed as the TMO delighted those in green in the stands.
After playing such a key role in unlocking the Romanian line, Earls then registered a try of his own as Zebo took three players out of the game with a fine pass to allow his teammate to cross the line with just over 10 minutes remaining in the first half.
Ireland struggled to keep up the same intensity heading into the interval, but they needed just four second-half minutes to extend their advantage as Eoin Reddan's decision to split two the opposition with a kick along the floor allowed Earls to equal Brian O'Driscoll's Irish record of seven World Cup tries.
Another flat spell followed, despite Ireland's dominance, and their attacking fluency did not return until Csaba Gal was sent to the sin-bin for impeding Reddan, and the inside-centre was forced to watch his teammates collapse from the sidelines in a frantic spell.
Replacement Paddy Jackson moved the ball quickly enough to give Bowe an easy passage, and he offered another reminder of his qualities to Schmidt by delivering the bonus point which ensured Ireland moved ahead of France in Pool D.
There was still time for more as Ireland used the man advantage well to score a second try in the space of three minutes with another of Schmidt's replacements making an impact as Rob Kearney combined with Zebo before crossing over.
Madigan was unable to add the conversion, but it was a rare moment of disappointment for Ireland as they became just the second side after Scotland to claim maximum points from their opening two fixtures.
A tiring Romania were no match for their opponents in the closing stages as another converted try arrived when Chris Henry completed an impressive driving maul, and not even a late consolation try from Ovidiu Tonita could halt the celebrations as Ireland eased to the win.
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