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Rory Best admits reaching 100 caps could rank as the top achievement of his glittering Ireland career.Best will become Irelands fifth centurion in Saturdays autumn Test clash with Australia in Dublin, joining Brian ODriscoll, Paul OConnell, Ronan OGara and John Hayes in the exclusive set.The evergreen 34-year-old Ireland captain has no intentions of easing up, but conceded that hitting triple figures in Test caps is a milestone he never expected.I think its probably safe enough to say I didnt ever anticipate this, said Ireland captain Best. When you get your first cap for Ireland its like a dream come true and all you want to do is get the next one.After that every time you get picked you feel incredibly lucky. Then you tick quite close to 50 and you think imagine getting to 50. But now to be on the verge of 100 caps, its quite difficult to believe.I think it will probably be more important whenever I eventually do retire, which will hopefully be a while, and you sit back and look at everything youve achieved.But when I do look back this will rank up there as one of, if not the best achievements Ive had in the game. I feel Im playing well. Theres a lot made of turning 30, everyone then says youre done. But for me age is just a number.When youve never been overly fast and you lose a little bit of pace as you get older, hopefully it doesnt matter. Hopefully you make it up in your head.I dont see that Im playing any worse than I ever did, so I feel fit, happy with my game and the big thing for me is Im really enjoying it at the minute.Ireland now have the chance to become the first northern hemisphere team since England in 2003 to beat the southern hemispheres big three in a calendar year.Sir Clive Woodwards World Cup winners saw off South Africa and Australia en route to landing the William Webb Ellis Cup in Sydney in 2003.England had beaten New Zealand in Wellington earlier that year, in a feat that has yet to be repeated by a Test side from the north.Irelands superlative 40-29 win over New Zealand in Chicago on November 5 now sets up the chance for a rare clean sweep, following the 26-20 victory over South Africa in June.Australia have won four matches on the spin however, and arrive in Dublin on their best run of form since their seven-Test winning sequence that carried them to the World Cup final.Best will keep himself calm and collected from all the building clamour by sticking to his tried and tested routines.The gritty farmers son from Banbridge will seek out his shorts and socks from Irelands kit room for the 100th time on Friday night - then take any small moment to himself to reinforce his own role.I have a fairly set routine, Ill go and get the shorts and socks and that probably includes watching Conor Murray, Simon Zebo and Pete OMahony destroy the bag mans room, John Moore, said Best.Then its just trying to get as much sleep as you can, then probably sleep a little more tomorrow. 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England swept aside Fiji 58-15 to extend their triumphant run to 12 Tests, but the defensive frailties evident at Twickenham will have concerned head coach Eddie Jones.Nine tries were amassed in the second autumn international with Jonathan Joseph, Semesa Rokoduguni and Joe Launchbury crossing twice and with less than half an hour on the clock England had surged 34-0 ahead.A passive Fijian defence waved them through at every opportunity, but either side of half time it became the hosts turn to crumble as Nemani Nadolo, Leone Nakarawa and Metuisela Talebula plundered soft tries.Owen Farrell became only the second England player to pass the 500-point mark with his haul of four conversions and a penalty on his 45th Test appearance lifting him to 508, in pursuit of Jonny Wilkinsons 1,179.Jones winning run now reads a perfect 12 matches, but in Argentina and Australia there are far tougher challenges to come, South Africa having been over-run 37-21 in the opener last Saturday.Daly emerged as the star of Englands record victory over Fiji in seven meetings, celebrating his second Test start by proving he is as comfortable on the wing as at outside centre with a brilliantly-taken try that tied Fiji in knots.The jury remains out on Rokoduguni, who was winning a second cap having made his debut two years ago, with the Bath flier looking sharp in attack but leaving question marks over his defence.It took less than four minutes for England, clad in their anthracite change strip, to storm ahead with Joseph slipping over after Mako Vunipola had used a combination of footwork and power to force Fiji backwards.Chris Robshaws ability to strip the ball in the tackle led to the second try as the hosts counter-attacked with ruthless efficiency, galloping upfield before FFord picked out Daly who danced over.ddddddddddddEngland were irrepressible as they poured through the gaps before them and in the 13th minute they crossed for a third time when intelligent running from Daly and Goode sent Rokoduguni over.Having dazzled their way over the try-line thus far, the Grand Slam champions selected the bludgeon from their armoury with Teimana Harrison and Launchbury touching down from line from line out drives.The avalanche of points was interrupted as Fiji conjured a well-worked try, using their forwards to drive through the middle before exploiting an overlap with wing Nadolo crossing in the left corner.And a second was delivered on half time after completion of a smart attack, although England should not have allowed lock Nakarawa to twist over so easily.Whatever Jones said at half-time had little impact as Fiji took just three minutes to run in their third try and once again the home defence was exploited far too easily.Captain Akapusi Qera muscled his way upfield and in a flash full-back Talebula arrived on an arching line that swept him over the whitewash, in the process beating lame tackles from Dylan Hartley and Billy Vunipola.Hartley had a try disallowed for obstruction from Mako Vunipola, but with half an hour remaining England added their sixth after a devastating run from Rokoduguni that should have finished with Daly going over, instead ending a few phases later when Goode scored his first international try.Joseph picked off an intercept after a wild p |
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