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But Australian confidence was further punctured by a fired-up Ireland, who immediately set about atoning for their sluggish start in last week's uninspiring win over Japan with renewed intent and aggression.

Next up on their schedule are the No. 5 Wildcats, who have shot up the national rankings just as the No. 15 Bruins tumbled a few spots after uninspiring performances to start the season.

No writing by me so far, except the essays we had to crank out on uninspiring topics such as My Favourite Pet.

Che Adams scored the opener for the hosts on the quarter-hour at Hampden Park in an otherwise uninspiring performance by Scotland.

With pharma companies desperate to fill up uninspiring drug pipelines, there has been no lack of deals in recent weeks, including a $4.9 billion obesity acquisition by Pfizer in late September.