Top-tier trio make serene progress, eye tougher tests ahead

By John Geddie LONDON (Reuters) - For all talk of the narrowing gulf between the top nations and Rugby World Cup stragglers, Australia, Ireland and Scotland all picked up maximum points on Sunday as they set their sights on the business end of the group stage. A second-string Wallabies side ran 11 tries past minnows Uruguay in what amounted to little more than a warm-up for their crunch encounter with hosts England on Saturday. Two tries in five minutes from winger Drew Mitchell was the highligh