Monumental effort: Opponents struggling to find ways to beat No. 3 Iowa State

Iowa State withstood a game that was more like a wrestling match and made the key plays down the stretch, taking a three-point lead with 20 seconds left. Another hard-fought road win within their grasp, the third-ranked Cyclones wound up leaving McKale Center with an overtime loss after Arizona's Caleb Love hit a desperation heave from beyond half court at the end of regulation. "I don’t know what the odds are of that shot going in, but probably not real high,” Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger said after last Saturday's 86-75 loss.

France 43-0 Wales: Six Nations 2025 opener – as it happened

France cruise to seven-try victory as Wales draw blank in 13th straight loss

There are a bunch of new laws in place for this year’s Six Nations:

Conversions must take place within 60 seconds.

Lineouts to be formed within 30 seconds (same as scrums)

No stoppage for lineouts that aren’t straight if the defending team doesn’t contest.

9s (or players at the base of a ruck, maul or scrum) have more protection from defenders (effectively given more space).

20 minute red card – players can still get sent off, but after 20 minutes they can be replaced by a teammate, which means we can hopefully stop talking about red cards ruining games.

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