Warren Gatland's side opened with a 26-19 defeat by Grand Slam-chasing England - the only unbeaten team in the competition - but recovered with a 24-6 win against Scotland at Murrayfield before winning in Rome.
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But Bates is one of many who believe Murray - now a main man in the GB Davis Cup squad following Tim Henman's retirement from the team competition - will go a lot, lot further.
That would see them come into the Celtic League umbrella with a 15-team competition featuring seven home games and seven away for each side.
One of the four seeded sides in the draw for the eight-team competition, England were drawn in Group B with the Czech Republic, Serbia and Italy.
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Manager Bryan Gunn now has plenty of attacking options, with Maric his fifth senior striker, and the 26-year-old says he does not mind having some first-team competition.
Tony Smith's side face Papua New Guinea in the opening game of the tournament in Australia on 25 October, and also face Australia and New Zealand in the toughest group of the 10-team competition.
Along with providing entertainment for soccer lovers, it exists to give national team players high-caliber competition between the Olympics and the 2015 Women's World Cup.
Along with providing entertainment for soccer lovers, it exists to give national team players high-caliber competition between the Olympics and the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.
During their gold-medal-winning team competition last week, the "fab five" of Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber shared a whopping 55 individual hugs with teammates and coaches.
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Hare also predicts that 20-year-old Joe Ford will provide competition for the two first-team fly-halves at Franklin's Gardens this season.
In this vein, one of the final events is a team competition, Iron Chef-style, pairing students with guest chefs.
However, this team did win the Counter-Strike competition but after discussion with ACon5 organisers, handed back the prizes and gave up the chance to travel to China.
Elder, who has previously played League football for Brentford and Brighton, has now targeted a return to the Shrewsbury first team - but knows he faces stiff competition for a place.
While he stressed that he did not want to detract from Leicester's achievements, Young - whose team have not lost a game in this season's competition - said that he did not feel that the kicking lottery was the best way to decide a rugby match.
The cricketer had been in Christchurch with team-mates after playing for Wellington Firebirds in a domestic one-day competition.
Gateshead, who are the only non-Super League team left in the competition, reached the last eight for the first time by beating Oldham on Saturday.
Think of Mr. Lawsky's team as embracing the free-market principle of competition.
This led Four-Kings Intel, favourites for the Counter-Strike competition, to field a team with some members that do not usually play for the professional clan.
New Celtic manager Tony Mowbray has held talks with Boruc, who has extra competition for his place after international team-mate Lukasz Zaluska's arrival on freedom of contract from Dundee United.
France find themselves pooled with a Tri-Nations team for the first time in the competition's history, and if New Zealand win their pool, England must do likewise to avoid a quarter-final meeting with the All Blacks.
The approach worked with Maroney playing a pivotal role in getting the U.S. ahead of the pack with her opening vault in the team competition on the way to the team all-around gold.
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The UK team has battled through to the semi-finals of the competition and now is poised to take on Sweden around the same time that the England football players are taking on the Swedes in the World Cup.
Poulter was instrumental in Europe's comeback against the U.S. in the latest installment of the biannual team competition, as they recovered from a 10-6 deficit to retain the trophy in what was known as 'The Miracle of Medinah' in October.
Things are still tight for Chelsea considering they are the only team of the three still playing in an extra-league competition, but they effectively control their own destiny with a game in hand against Arsenal and by hosting Spurs on May 8th.
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He scored rave reviews for his featured role in the team's prize-winning routine at January's national competition.
Baillie's GB team-mate Laura Blakeman, a veteran of 10 years' competition at senior international level, followed a more conventional route into a canoe.
He said the organisers took action against the club involved in the incident - Merthyr Youth Team - and they have been taken out of Sunday's competition.
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Coach Dai Rees' team were knocked out of the main Cup competition with a 33-7 quarter-final defeat against Fiji.
Bath centre Tom Cheeseman is one possibility after a fine season with the Guinness Premiership side, but he faces stiff competition from several of his Wales Under-21s team-mates.
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