Captain Jamie George has told England's pack that there can be no repeat of New Zealands set-piece superiority when the two sides meet again on Saturday.

England lost two Tests away to the All Blacks in July with the hosts outmuscling George's side in key areas.

"We were disappointed in the summer, we got scrummed and we dont like being scrummed," George told BBC 5 Live.

"We got mauled and we don't like being mauled.

"We have made it very clear that that is the end of the England forwards being taken to. We want to make sure we put our authority down in that respect."

Ellis Genge, who missed the July matches through injury, is fit to reclaim the starting loosehead spot for this weekend's rematch, but the rest of England's front five remains the same.

Head coach Steve Borthwick said after the 2-0 series defeat in the summer that he was considering fast-tracking some of England's under-20 World Cup-winning side to shore up the tighthead side of the front row, with Will Stuart coming under pressure and 37-year-old Dan Cole closing in on the end of his career.

Bath's Billy Sella, Sale's Asher Opoku-Fordjour and Gloucester's Afolabi Fasogbon all impressed with powerful performances in that age-grade success, with Fasogbon also coming out on top in an early-season Premiership face-off with Bristol's Genge.

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, coach Rod Brind'Amour announced Thursday.

Brind'Amour said Andersen "came up a little gimpy" after Carolina's 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. Andersen made 18 saves to improve to 3-1-0 with a 1.48 goals-against average and .941 save percentage in four games (all starts) this season.

"That's a little more time than I was hoping, but hopefully we'll get an update every week," Brind'Amour said Thursday.

The Canes called up Spencer Martin from the AHL's Chicago Wolves to back up fellow goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov for Monday's 4-3 overtime win against the Vancouver Canucks.

Kochetkov, 25, is expected to handle the bulk of the work with Andersen sidelined.

"That's how it's going to shake out obviously, unfortunately," Brind'Amour said. "I think he really wants that, so we'll see how it all works out. But he's more than likely going to get a good run at it."

Andersen, 35, is 298-128-52 in 499 career games (485 starts) with the Anaheim Ducks (2013-16), Toronto Maple Leafs (2016-21) and Hurricanes. He is a two-time winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy.

The United States women's national team wrapped up a busy window on Wednesday in Louisville, beating Argentina 3-0 thanks to a brace from Naomi Girma and an own goal from Albiceleste defender Aldana Cometti.

While the win marks the USWNT's third-straight friendly featuring three goals -- ending the window with nine total -- Emma Hayes' side kept their first clean sheet of the window with Amanda Haught in net, after conceding two goals in their two friendlies against Iceland.

With the final weekend of NWSL action looming this weekend, U.S. manager Hayes utilized ample player rotations, providing rest to the team's go-to starters and providing key experience to multiple emerging talents.

Wednesday's starting XI featured three international debuts, as well as two players collecting their first USWNT start. Jaedyn Shaw was the only player to remain in the XI from Sunday.

Manager rating (scale of 1-10)

Emma Hayes, 8 -- Hayes, who won the Ballon d'Or for Women's Coach of the Year on Monday, fielded a vastly rotated lineup in Louisville. The English boss gets high marks for getting looks for new players, and keeping them focused on drilling patterns of play as she builds this program for the future.

USWNT Player ratings (0-10; 10 = best; 5 = average)

GK Amanda Haught, 8 -- It was a deserved debut for 25-year-old Utah Royals keeper Haught, though she didn't have much to do. She completed eight passes and clocked a save in the first half.

DF Alyssa Malonson, 8 -- The Bay FC left-back was one of three players to clock her international debut against Argentina. She did well and assisted Girma's second-half strike.

DF Naomi Girma, 10 -- Girma is one of the best players in the world right now and was the star of the night in Louisville. The center-back headed home her first international goal in the 37th minute, before going on to force Argentina's own goal that made it 2-0 in the 44th. The 24-year-old then headed home a second goal in the 49th minute.

DF Eva Gaetino, 7 -- The Paris Saint-Germain defender was the third player to make her debut in Louisville on Wednesday, marking the first time in 23 years that three or more USWNT players started their debuts together. Gaetino was solid next to Girma, winning a few key duels and providing reliable passing from the backline.

DF Hailie Mace, 7 -- Mace did well at right-back as she returned to the USWNT starting XI, collecting her third career start, but her first in two years. Mace won most (8/10) of her duels and provided some key tackles as well.

MF Hal Hershfelt, 8 -- Hershfelt got her first start on Wednesday after debuting in Austin, and did well in the single pivot as she went the full 90.

MF Rose Lavelle, 9 -- Lavelle captained her third USWNT match and was honored for reaching 100 caps over the summer. The Gotham FC star was typically deft in the midfield and did a great job on set-piece duty, setting up a few dangerous free kicks before sending in the ball that led to Girma's first goal.

MF Lindsey Horan, 8 -- Horan provided some crisp line-cutting passes as she floated about, attempting to break through Argentina's low block.

FW Emma Sears, 7 -- Sears provided big bursts of energy and pace on the right wing, beating defenders on the dribble and firing off multiple balls into the box. The Racing Louisville rookie rounded out an impressive first USWNT window with another strong performance on home turf.

FW Jaedyn Shaw, 8 -- Shaw looked dangerous nearly every time she touched the ball as she operated again as the No. 9 for the USWNT. She had a few sweet passes that could have been assists if the chance was finished.

FW Ashley Sanchez, 7 -- Playing wide on the left, Sanchez wasn't deployed in her typical position but did well in her role, firing off a few shots that forced saves from Argentina's keeper.

Substitutes (players introduced after 70 minutes get no rating)

MF Korbin Albert, 7 -- Albert replaced Lavelle just after the half and was busy in the midfield.

DF Emily Fox, 7 -- The Arsenal right-back replaced Mace in the 61st minute.

FW Mallory Swanson, 7 -- Swanson replaced Horan in the 61st minute.

DF Casey Krueger, 7 -- Krueger replaced Malonson at left-back in the 70th minute and provided added veteran presence in the final minutes as the team collected their first clean sheet of the window.

DF Emily Sams, 7 -- The Orlando Pride defender came in for Gaetino in the 70th minute, putting in a solid 20 minutes to round out the match.

If there was any doubt about how much the most recent United States women's national team roster deviated from the historical norm of consistency, the starting lineup for Wednesday's 3-0 victory over Argentina provided confirmation.

USWNT head coach Emma Hayes followed through on her promises of player rotation and handing out first caps by making 10 changes to the XI that beat Iceland 3-1 three days earlier and starting three players in their first senior international game. The USWNT had not seen three players debut as starters since it fielded an inexperienced squad in 2001 during the preseason of the now defunct WUSA.

Seven players made their USWNT debuts over the three games in the past week, which hadn't happened in eight years. The list of rare feats went on throughout the week for the USWNT, including forward Emma Sears tallying a goal and an assist in her debut, which hadn't happened in 10 years.

The past week was unequivocally the start of a new era for the USWNT. The message was reiterated coming into this victory tour for the 2024 Olympic champions and it was reinforced by every action on the field against a disciplined Iceland team and a beleaguered Argentina squad. Nothing was a given and -- to recite a common refrain from players and coaches alike during the week -- everyone was there for a reason.

Hayes was never afraid to challenge conventional wisdom and experiment as head coach of Chelsea over the past 12 years, and her innovative thinking is why U.S. Soccer sought her to become the USWNT's new head coach. Change was needed after the USWNT's historic collapse at the 2023 World Cup in the round of 16.

The federation was immediately rewarded with a fifth Olympic gold medal in August, and Hayes with the first Ballon d'Or Coach of the Year award earlier this week.

This international window was like a delayed honeymoon for the USWNT's Hayes era. She was thrust into high stakes under a seemingly impossible timeline when she coached her first USWNT game on June 1, less than two months before the Olympics. Hayes could not fully test players and tactical concepts the way she might have with more lead time.

With an Olympic gold medal in hand, however, the end of October was a rare moment for a prestigious USWNT program. It was a celebration of another trophy but was also the start of a very public and potentially drastic rebuilding process from the ground up. Nothing and nobody, no matter their role at the recent Olympics or historically with the USWNT, is guaranteed anything going forward.

And as easy as that is for many coaches to say, Hayes has already shown she will follow through. She left legendary forward Alex Morgan at home for the Olympics; she benched creative midfielder Rose Lavelle for the Olympic gold medal match in favor of a different tactical approach. This month, Hayes gave first caps to players who had never even been in a youth national team camp, a further implication that résumés don't matter.

This three-game window for the USWNT gave Hayes a look at just about everything. There was Argentina's low block, which a far less experienced USWNT lineup on Wednesday handled much better than the squad that was held to a frustrating, scoreless draw against Costa Rica in July's Olympic sendoff match. That was subtle progress. The Americans even trailed for the first time under Hayes in a choppy first half of the rematch against Iceland. It was a moment Hayes relished, and as she switched to an aggressive 3-5-2 in the second half, her team responded with an impressive 45 minutes.

The three-game circuit started with 19-year-old Alyssa Thompson scoring the first goal in a 3-1 win over Iceland. It was her first international goal in her first game with the USWNT in nearly a year. Defender Naomi Girma scored her first two international goals on Wednesday and played a major role in the USWNT's third tally (an own goal) to continue the celebratory vibe of the entire week. As Girma said after the match, the USWNT got "all we could have hoped for this window."

Now, the Americans turn their attention to much more difficult tasks in a month: road games vs. England and Netherlands, the past two European champions. Hayes said again Wednesday that she will bring a more experienced squad to those matches, but the experimentation will continue in January, when the USWNT resumes its traditional training camp in Southern California in addition to an identification camp for young players that will operate simultaneously with the senior camp.

By early spring, when the annual SheBelieves Cup rolls around, Hayes expects to have identified the core of the team that she will develop for the two-plus years ahead of the next World Cup.

"I totally know that the challenges ahead won't be straightforward," Hayes said. "But I absolutely want to develop a bigger playing pool, and we've demonstrated over three games the use of 26 players, a lot of debutants, a lot with less experience, starting to build that picture. And we'll continue with that."

Right now, everything Hayes and her staff do is geared toward the 2027 World Cup. Hayes answered nearly every big-picture question throughout the week by referencing her 2027-28 strategy, which she says is still being finalized and will be presented internally in January. How will the USWNT's playing style evolve? What can be improved to stay ahead of the rest of the world? Check back in January, was Hayes' answer each time.

The past week was about seeing new and returning players up close -- and several impressed. Thompson scored in the opening match before impressing in a wing-back role in the rematch with Iceland. Sears, who never earned a youth national team call-up, had her "surreal" debut. Even Jaedyn Shaw, who didn't play a minute at the Olympics due to injury, reminded the world why she could be the long-term answer as the No. 9 or No. 10.

Realistically, not everyone will stick around for the 2027 World Cup and perhaps not even for the January camp. There are plenty of historical examples of players who earned only one or a few caps, even among those who had historic debut goals. There isn't room for everyone; the USWNT's talent pool is arguably the deepest in the world -- and Hayes still wants more.

Broadening the player pool with a greater diversity of players will lead to more tactical versatility, Hayes said last week. Her goal is to provide a shorter-term roadmap to winning the 2027 World Cup -- which would mark a historic fifth title for the Americans -- and a longer-term plan to revolutionize and futureproof the program's tactical style and player development methodology.

"My whole purpose is joining things up," Hayes said as she discussed her desire to bridge the gap between the U20 and senior levels -- one that she says is too large of a jump. She plans to hold more U23 programming to mitigate that concern.

Hayes is articulate about her expectations of players, including her desire for better decision making in the final third and better execution on set pieces. She got that on Wednesday, albeit from an unlikely source in Girma. Hayes is detailed in her tactical explanations, like why she likes playing Lavelle in a deeper No. 8 role as she did during this international window, but Hayes is equally guarded about her observations to avoid showing her hand to future opponents.

"I still don't believe we're generating as much xG [expected goals] as I think we can," Hayes said after Wednesday's 3-0 win. "We're still limited a little bit with that, but I think that will come with a bit more time. The team knows the gaps that I want to close, and I think we're doing that by scoring multiple [goals] in more games, which is an expectation from me."

Nobody should read too much into the performances of the team or any individual player over the past three games given the circumstances. There was heavy rotation due to the NWSL's looming playoffs, and while Iceland was organized and relatively dangerous in transition, Argentina offered little going forward and struggled defensively.

Still, the past week offered glimpses of the USWNT's future -- and who might come along for the journey.

Athletics owner John Fisher and his family will invest $1 billion into the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas while U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs will offer a $300 million loan, club executive Sandy Dean said Thursday.

Dean made his remarks to a special meeting of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board.

He said that four letters will be presented at the Dec. 5 authority meeting asserting construction details and that financing will be in place. Final approvals are expected to be made at that meeting to allow construction of the $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat domed ballpark.

"We feel like we're on the right path and it will become clearer in the months ahead," Dean told the board.

Construction is expected to begin in the spring with a targeted opening before the 2028 season. As much as $380 million in public funding will go into building the stadium, which will be on the Las Vegas Strip on the site where the recently demolished Tropicana stood.

The Athletics will play at least the next three seasons in West Sacramento, California. The team announced Thursday that it will play 60 of its 81 home games in 2025 at night, with 11 of the day games held in April and May.

The scheduling appears to be a step to mitigate concerns about playing in extreme heat in Sacramento. The city experienced its hottest 20-day stretch on record earlier this summer, with temperatures averaging 103.8 degrees from June 23 to July 12.

The Athletics announced earlier this month that they would play on natural grass in Sacramento.

The 60 home night games would tie the 1968 Athletics for the most in a season in franchise history.

The Athletics are sharing Sutter Health Park with the Triple-A River Cats, a Giants affiliate. Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball worked together to ensure that both teams will not play at home on the same day.

The A's played their last of 57 seasons in Oakland, California, this year.

Information from ESPN's Alden Gonzalez and The Associated Press was used in this report.

Ireland hooker Ronan Kelleher is on track to recover from injury in time to face New Zealand in Dublin on 8 November.

Leinster said Kelleher, 26, would miss approximately four to six weeks after hurting his ankle in a game against Benetton on 5 October.

With Dan Sheehan ruled out and Rob Herring having not played this season, Kelleher's injury added to Ireland's injury issues in the front row, but Ireland coach Simon Easterby was upbeat when asked about Kelleher on Thursday.

"For sure, he's doing well," said Easterby.

Connacht wing Mack Hansen and Leinster fly-half Ciaran Frawley also sat out last weekend's games but Easterby said Ireland expect to have a "full deck" for training on Friday.

"Everyone was good today, we're really pleased," he added.

"The medics have done a great job on top of the provincial stuff and then the transition into national camp has been seamless in terms of those players coming in with a couple of niggles.

"So far so good and hopefully we will have a full deck to train with tomorrow and leading into next week.

"[Mack] is progressing really well. Like Ronan and Rob Herring and a few others, they are working incredibly hard and come into camp in a good place and continue that progression."

Colorado Avalanche rookie Matt Stienburg faces a player safety hearing Thursday following his actions in Wednesday's home loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The 24-year-old forward was penalized for charging Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak at 17:18 of the second period in the 5-2 loss. Stienburg received a five-minute major and a game misconduct. Cernak left the game and did not return.

A third-round pick in 2019, Stienburg made his NHL debut on Oct. 16. Through eight games, he has no points to go along with 16 hits and 22 penalty minutes.

The Nova Scotia native played three seasons at Cornell before contributing 13 points (five goals, eight assists) and 63 penalty minutes in 54 games with the AHL's Colorado Eagles in 2023-24.

At the worst possible moment of their season -- the very end -- the 2024 New York Yankees crashed in an ugly way, with mistake after mistake after mistake in Game 5 of the World Series.

Gerrit Cole had pitched brilliantly, Aaron Judge had momentarily quelled his postseason nightmare with a two-run home run and the Yankees had staked a 5-0 lead Wednesday night over the Los Angeles Dodgers, looking like they would become the first team in World Series history to take a 3-0 deficit to a Game 6.

But the old saying is that you can't give a great opposing lineup an extra out, and in the fifth inning of this game, the Yankees gave the Dodgers three. And yet, remarkably, the fans in Yankee Stadium never turned on them in the way that they have turned on great players and teams in the past.

Judge misplayed a liner, the first of the series of mistakes, and not only did the Yankees fans not boo him, but they started chanting M-V-P, as if to reassure him. Anthony Volpe fielded a grounder and threw to third base in an attempted force out, instead bouncing the ball to load the bases, and the reaction was the sound of collective disappointment, not anger -- not toward a player whose name they chanted near the end of Game 4, after Volpe hit a grand slam.

After Cole undermined his own pitching gem when he neglected to cover first base, still there was no booing from the fans who have famously emulated the late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner through the years, verbally attacking poor performances of everyone from Reggie Jackson to Derek Jeter to Mariano Rivera.

It was as if the Yankees fans decided to give their team the benefit of the doubt in this World Series, for maybe the first time. They recognized that Judge was desperately trying, maybe to his detriment, and that Volpe lives to win, and that Cole's effort was above and beyond.

After the game, Judge put the errors on his shoulders far more than the fans did.

"You give a team like the Dodgers three extra outs, they're going to capitalize on it," he said. "But it comes back to me. I got to make the play and probably the other two don't happen."

Instead, Yankee Stadium offered empathy, not criticism. Every time Judge came to the plate, the crowd stood, seemingly in an effort to lift his confidence. Even as the Yankees gave up their five-run advantage, went ahead again, then gave up two runs in the eighth to hand the Dodgers a lead they wouldn't relinquish, the stadium was with them.

This Yankees team fell short of the Steinbrenner standard -- if you don't win the World Series, you stink -- and yet as the Dodgers celebrated, Yankee Stadium was a place more mournful than enraged, echoing the sadness of manager Aaron Boone.

"I'm heartbroken," he said, fighting his emotions. "I'm heartbroken for those guys. This ending is cruel."

Defeated by a team loaded with future Hall of Famers -- Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Clayton Kershaw and maybe others -- Yankees fans seemed downright circumspect.

But that might end Thursday.

Because the day after the World Series ends, the business of the offseason begins, in what will be remembered as the Juan Soto winter. And the expectations of Yankees fans -- which is to land just about every great player, despite the cost -- will be as high as ever.

Had the Yankees won the World Series, owner Hal Steinbrenner would've had some cover to approach the Soto negotiations with a degree of restraint. General manager Brian Cashman's expensive gamble to acquire Soto for one season before he reached free agency would've paid off. But now that Soto has demonstrated his greatness, again -- "I think he's the best hitter in baseball," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said during the series -- and the Yankees did not win the World Series, a lot of Yankees fans won't be satisfied unless the team signs him to a contract that keeps Soto and Judge stacked in the lineup for the foreseeable future.

"I think everybody in this room wants him back," Judge said after Game 5. "You can look at the stats and what he did on the field. He just does a lot of the little things that people don't notice that truly make him one of the best players, if not the best player in the game."

Yankees fans are accustomed to having the best. But on top of that, the outrage will be heightened if Steinbrenner is outbid on Soto by one of the chief rivals for Soto's talents: Mets owner Steve Cohen. Yankees fans are not accustomed to losing to the Mets, particularly in the pursuit of great players.

Of course, the decision about whether to commit $500 million or more to any player is incredibly complicated, which the Yankees know firsthand. Two years ago, they paid Judge, their own homegrown future Hall of Famer, $360 million, grudgingly improving their offer from a spring proposal of $213.5 million. Cashman's history has been to recommend against massive expenditures, in the belief that the team could be better served by allocating money to a range of needs, rather than to just one player.

And there's more at stake than Soto's future. Cole has an opt-out in his contract for the final four years and $144 million remaining on his deal; the Yankees can void it by giving him an extra year at $36 million. Cole's situation, however, might have been complicated by his elbow problem in the spring. Cole and the Yankees will know the true condition of his elbow, whatever that is, and how much of a risk for future injury he bears -- and this could greatly impact the Yankees' conversation with Cole.

There are other less expensive matters: Gleyber Torres is set to become a free agent and so are Clay Holmes, who was the team's closer for most of this year, and left fielder Alex Verdugo. The Yankees demonstrated a willingness to trade Nestor Cortes during the season, and now they have to decide how to handle his future, one year removed from his free agency. DJ LeMahieu was hurt again and lost his job as a regular, and he'll be closing in on his 36th birthday at the outset of next season -- while under contract for two more years and $30 million.

The Yankees also hold an option year on the contract of Boone, who has been the target of a lot of fan criticism over his seven-year tenure. Steinbrenner and Cashman could punt on the decision about a long-term deal by picking up his 2025 option, but they could also decide on another multiyear deal. Cashman and Steinbrenner have been clear that they like and respect Boone. But with his contract expiring, Boone could also decide to walk away after seven seasons. Asked about his future after Game 5, Boone was short in his response: "We'll see. I don't know."

The Yankees finished the 2024 season with the best record in the American League and won two rounds in the playoffs. But they dropped World Series games they probably could've and should've won, in Games 1 and 5, leaving them all to wonder about what might have been.

Wednesday night, Yankee Stadium decided to celebrate its team instead of blaming it. But this winter, if the team falls short again, the fans might revert to form -- and decide that nothing but a title is good enough.