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Six Nations rugby union returned to the BBC with France's last minute defeat of England and Wales' opening win over Italy.

Council sided against Alliance Atlantis when Councillor Terry Cavanagh changed his vote at the last minute, defeating the motion 6-5.

Last-minute defeats are always hard to stomach but Ienei, the colour having long departed his face, had the demeanour of one who knew the game was up.

Jones, whose country suffered three last-minute defeats by Australia in 2012, was relieved "the shoe was on the other foot a bit".

But to get that victory Edwards says Wales, who were due to announce their team on Tuesday lunchtime, will have to focus for the whole game to avoid any more last-minute defeats against the Wallabies.

"Over the past two years we suffered two last-minute defeats to Scotland, two narrow defeats to Argentina, pushed England to the brink at Twickenham, and in June suffered defeat to Japan and Fiji in matches we should have won," Brunel added.

That is the question facing UCLA after a string of last-minute defeats has left it with a losing record more than halfway through the season.

Clijsters, taking the first set in 14 minutes, defeated Elena Dementieva, 6-0, 6-4, in 49 minutes.

Edberg emerged victorious, but only after a grueling five hours and 26 minutes, defeating Chang 6 7, 7 5, 7 6, 5 7, 6 4.

"We have every reason to believe that this team is capable of an agonizing last-minute defeat," he said.

This victory took almost twice as long as Sampras's 48-minute defeat of Vince Spadea on Friday.

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