Daily Mirror - 26.08.2019

(^42) DAILY MIRROR MONDAY 26.08.2019
DM1ST
ENGLAND 57 IRELAND 15
WORLD CUP WARM-UP
TWICKENHAM
VUNIPOLA:
IMPROVE
OR YOU’RE
GONDOLA
As buoyant England head to Venice training camp talisman Billy warns
Red Roses to match Irish rout away from home or face World Cup woe
BILLY VUNIPOLA believes
England must reproduce
their Ireland demolition job
on foreign soil if they are
serious about winning the
World Cup.
Eddie Jones’ team broke
every record for the fixture
with their biggest victory,
largest winning margin and
most tries scored against a side
that were 80 minutes from
going top of the world rankings.
England, who this week
return to Italy for their final
training camp, are now as low
as 4/1 to triumph in Japan and
players and coach alike insist
they will only get better.
Vunipola is as encouraged as
anyone by the way his team
“didn’t let up”, mercilessly
putting Ireland to the sword.
“There were times we could
have taken our foot off the
accelerator,” he said. “But even
the dead moments, we were
alive. It showed that if we keep
our heads down and keep
working, we can take teams
to a place they’re not
comfortable.”
No sooner had he said that
however than he was
reminding Jones that the place
England are not comfortable is
away from Twickenham. “I’d
like to see that performance
away from home. That is the
biggest thing for me,” said
Vunipola, the memory of last
week’s try-less defeat in Wales
fresh in his mind.
“I said it to Eddie. It is
something we need to start
doing away from Twickenham.
The challenge is to go to Japan
and do it away from all our fans
and the comforts of our home
changing room.”
England struck the right
emotional balance after
rampaging to eight tries but
again losing prop Mako
Vunipola to injury.
Justifiably buzzing at how
the carefully-selected
combinations of Owen Farrell
and George Ford and Sam
Underhill and Tom Curry
harvested possession, turning
it into scoring opportunity.
Thrilled to see Manu Tuilagi
recapture his thunderous 2012
form and Joe Cokanasiga
answer Jones’ call to get more
involved with two sparkling
tries. But wise to the fact that
Ireland, who missed 34 tackles
and could not buy a lineout, are
at a very different stage in their
World Cup preparation. “We’ll
just keep our feet on the
ground,’ said Jones. “We’re
massively fitter, you can see
that, we’ve got body-shape
changes. But I’m not too
optimistic that we’re better
than we should be.
“I’ve seen this happen before.
Ireland could have been doing
fitness training for the last
week-and-a-half and no rugby,
so you’ve got to take everything
into consideration.”
Jones has billed this week’s
camp on the outskirts of Venice
as a blood, sweat and beers trip

• “we do have some drinking
  sessions” – but his message
  remains the same. Improve or
  you’re gondola.
  ENGLAND - Tries:
  Cokanasiga 2, Daly, Tuilagi,
  Itoje, Kruis, Curry, Cowan-
  Dickie. Cons: Farrell 6, Ford.
  Pen: Farrell.
  IRELAND - Tries: Larmour,
  Aki. Con: Byrne. Pen: Byrne.

BY ALEX SPINK

Rugby Correspondent

@alexspinkmirror

RESULTS &

FIXTURES
FOOTBALL
PREMIER LEAGUE
BOURNEMOUTH (1) 1 MAN CITY (2) 3
H Wilson 45 Aguero 15, 64
Att: 10,486 Sterling 43
TOTTENHAM (0) 0 NEWCASTLE (1) 1
Att: 59,245 Joelinton 27
WOLVES (0) 1 BURNLEY (1) 1
Jimenez 90 pen Barnes 13
Att: 30,522
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
SWANSEA (0) 3 BIRMINGHAM (0) 0
Naughton 63 Att: 17,277
Celina 68, Baston 75 pen
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP
CELTIC (1) 3 HEARTS (0) 1
Bayo 29, 60 Washington 81
McGregor 54
ST MIRREN (0) 0 RANGERS (0) 1
Att: 7,332 Barisic 59
FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Blackburn (0) 0 London Bees (1) 1
Charlton (0) 0 Lewes (0) 0
Durham (0) 2 Crystal Palace (1) 1
London City (1) 2 Aston Villa (1) 3
Sheff Utd (5) 7 Leicester (0) 1
CRICKET
3rd TEST (day 4 of 5)
Emerald Headingley: Australia
179 (M Labuschagne 74, J Archer
6-45) & 246 (M Labuschagne 80)
v England 67 (J Hazlewood 5-30)
& 362-9 (B Stokes 135 no, J Root
77) England win by 1 wkt
1st TEST (day 4 of 5)
North Sound: India 297 & 343-7
dec v West Indies 222 (I Sharma
5-43) & 100 India win by 318 runs
2nd TEST (day 4 of 5)
Colombo: Sri Lanka 244
(D de Silva 109) v New Zealand
382-5 (T Latham 154)
T20 BLAST, North Group
Grace Road: Leics 124-9 v Derbys
128-1 Derbyshire win by 9 wkts
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire
148-7 (A Lyth 5-31) v Yorkshire
145-7 Notts win by 3 runs
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 150-6 v
Northamptonshire 153-6
Northamptonshire win by 4 wkts
New Road: Lancs 218-5 (S Croft
94) v Worcs 193-7 (R Whiteley 89
no) Lancashire win by 25 runs
South Group
Ageas Bowl: Essex 139-7 v Hants
139-6 (S Northeast 73)
Hampshire tied with Essex
CYCLING
LA VUELTA A ESPANA, Stage
2 (Benidorm - Calpe, 199.6 km):
1 N Quintana (Col/Movistar) 5h
11m 17s, 2 N Roche (Irl/Sunweb)
+5s, 3 P Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-
Visma) same time
GC: 1 N Roche (Irl/Sunweb) 5h
26m 12s, 2 N Quintana (Col/
Movistar) +2s, 3 R Uran (Col/
Education First) +8s
GOLF
SCANDINAVIAN INVITATION,
Gothenburg, Sweden, final
scores & totals (GB & Irl
unless stated, par 70):
-19 E Van Rooyen (Rsa) 65 68 64
64 -18 M Fitzpatrick 64 65 69 64
-14 D Burmester (Rsa) 66 72 62
66, H Stenson (Swe) 69 62 69 66
-13 S Kim (Kor) 66 68 68 65,
S Soderberg (Swe) 67 69 68 63,
J Donaldson 69 68 63 67,
W Ormsby (Aus) 62 71 65 69,
A Levy (Fra) 63 71 66 67
TODAY’S FIXTURES
FOOTBALL
(3pm unless stated)
VANARAMA NATIONAL
AFC Fylde v Harrogate Town
Aldershot v Sutton Utd
Barnet v Torquay
Barrow v FC Halifax
Boreham Wood v Ebbsfleet
Dag & Red v Yeovil
Dover v Woking
Hartlepool v Wrexham
Maidenhead Utd v Bromley
Notts County v Chorley
Solihull Moors v Eastleigh
Stockport Co v Chesterfield
VANARAMA NORTH
AFC Telford v Leamington
Alfreton Town v Southport
Blyth Spartans v Guiseley
Boston Utd v Altrincham
Brackley v Gloucester
Chester FC v Hereford FC
Curzon Ashton v Spennymoor
Darlington v Bradford PA
Farsley Celtic v King’s Lynn Town
Kettering v Kidderminster
York v Gateshead
VANARAMA SOUTH
Bath City v Oxford City
Braintree Town v Dorking
Dulwich v Slough
Hampton & R v Chippenham
Havant & W v Eastbourne
Hemel Hempstead v Billericay
Hungerford Town v Dartford
Maidstone Utd v Chelmsford
St Albans v Concord Rangers
Welling v Tonbridge Angels
Weymouth v Wealdstone
CRICKET
T20 BLAST
Emirates Old Trafford:
Lancashire v Derbyshire (2.30)
SWALEC Stadium: Glamorgan v
Sussex (2.30)

But he clung on to turn the tide

before stopping his plucky

challenger (left) in the 11th to

earn himself an £8million

pay-day against Canelo

Alvarez.

Kovalev said: “He will

have a great future, he has

a good defence. He doesn’t

have enough experience.

“I won by experience and

because I am Sergey Kovalev.”

KOV’S YARDE OF HAIL

BY MARTIN DOMIN

SERGEY KOVALEV fought back

from the brink against

Anthony Yarde – then

backed the Brit to

succeed him as world

champion.

Russian Kovalev came

within seconds of losing his

light-heavyweight title in

Chelyabinsk on Saturday night

during an eighth-round onslaught.

ATHLETICS: BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

month’s world championships. And

it answered those in authority who

cut his individual funding and

dismissed him as a relay runner.

“To be labelled a relay runner is

never nice, especially in an

individual sport, but it gives you

hunger in your belly,” said Gemili.

“I’ve kept the quotes on my

phone and maybe one day I’ll show

people what was said about me. But

for now I’ll use them as inspiration.”

ADAM REPLIES WITH RECORD

BY ALEX SPINK

ADAM GEMILI took a pot shot at

British athletics bosses after

emphatically proving he is much

more than just a relay runner.

On a red-hot day in Birmingham,

Gemili reclaimed his British 200

metres crown, shattering the

two-year-old championship record.

His success, a day after taking

silver in the 100m, means he

qualifies for both events at next

HITTING BACK Sprint

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BOXING: WBO WORLD LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

BREAKTHROUGH Joe Cokanasiga goes over

for England’s first try Right: Billy Vunipola

England’s Tuilagi

celebrates his try

with Joe Cokanasiga

and Tom Curry

MANU OF

THE MOMENT