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Reece Walsh and Angus Crichton score two tries each to sew up the first Rugby League Ashes Test for Australia against England ...

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They made them different when Fife farmer David Rollo, one of the latest inductees into the Scottish Rugby hall of fame, played the game.

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Second-half tries from Cameron Munster and Hudson Young have ensured Australia sealed the rugby league Ashes series against England after a 14-4 victory in Liverpool.

Darcy Graham’s hat trick tied teammate Duhan van der Merwe’s Scotland try-scoring record as the United States was thrashed 85-0 in Edinburgh.