lost tojc in the building to the world cup but they made life difficult here for ireland, before garry ringrosef. ireland are back on track but leave a lot to be desired. the number one priority for ireland was to leave at the bonus point and they have done that and now they have the luxury of nine days to prepare for their final group k dominic game against samoa. the number one priority was to win with the bonus point and now they have the luxury of 90 days to prepare for the final group game against samoa. it's called the hundred — that's the number of balls each side will face. the authority in england, the ecb, hopes the new version of the game will capitalise on england's world cup success, and introduce a new audience to cricket. 0ur sports editor, dan roan reports from the launch today, in london. it's cricket but not as we know it, rather than the traditional lords it was an east end brewery for the launch of the format. the biggest names of the sport from england were present as they found out who they would be playing for next year in the 100, the competition the ecb hopes it will br

lost tojc in the building to the world cup but they made life difficult here for ireland, before garry ringrosek on track but leave a lot to be desired. the number one priority for ireland was to leave at the bonus point and they have done that and now they have the luxury of nine days to prepare for their final group k dominic game against samoa. fiji finally found tehir flair as they bounced back from a shock defeat of their own against uruguay, beating georgia 45 points to ten. they scored six second half tries, and play wales in their final group game next wednesday. fiji are likely to finish at least third in the pool — and with that gain qualification for the 2023 world cup. south africa played italy tomorrow. england are the next of the home nations to play, their toughest match yet, against argentina, on saturday. eddie jones has picked his strongest 15, 0wen farrell returns as captain from inside centre, george ford at fly—half. 0ne change to team that started the tournament against tonga, in the second row with george kruis coming in for courtney lawes now some tennis news before we m

andrew conway and garry ringrose were the second half try scorers.against samoa next week will make sure that they are into the kncokout stage. they were solid rather than spectacular. one other match today, a big win for fiji against georgia in pool d, but wales and australia are favourites to make it out of that group. let's talk about this new cricket competition, the hundred. we will getan competition, the hundred. we will get an idea of how it would work. eight teams spread across england and wales, each with a men's and women's team and we had the first picks today, most of the current england stars have been told where they'll be playing , ben stokes is off to the northern superchargers, jofra archer the southern brave , heather knight, the london spirit, one of two london sides. our sports editor dan roan was at today's player draft. it's cricket, but not as we know it. rather than the tradition of lords, an east end brewery the location for the launch of the sport's newest format. this morning, some of england's biggest names present, as the