dead rubber

They will not be "dead rubbers" in the usual sense.

The chances are there will be a few dead rubbers in the bottom six.

The Americans won the two dead rubbers to make the final score a respectable 3-2.

All the other ties are dead rubbers, with teams playing for nothing more than pride and experience.

So, with two dead rubbers to play before preparations begin for next summer's return bout at home, what's new?

England, who used to look forward to Ashes dead rubbers as their only chance of victory, are now in the opposite position.

"There are no dead rubbers in rugby really," said Turner.

"You've seen me play many dead rubbers over the years and you don't just give them away," Federer smiles.

Football has enough trouble promoting its "live" matches without having to worry about dead rubbers.

Still, dead rubbers are funny things, and surely those Indian batsmen can’t be so bad again?

No-one really likes to play dead rubbers do they?

The changes are designed to reduce the amount of dead rubbers and increase the number of local matches for each county.

With their places secured for the Sept. 13-14 final, they played out their remaining dead rubbers.

Ireland managed to win the remaining dead rubbers with Lithuania winning the tie 3-2.

However, should a team have a winning 3-0 lead after Saturday's doubles, Sunday's dead rubbers will still be played.

It's worth noting those two wins for the Blues both came in game-three dead rubbers.

(The new policy allowed that certain dead rubbers become optional since the tie has already been won.)

New Zealand's record in recent Bledisloe dead rubbers isn't all that crash hot.

There's no dead rubbers in a game of rugby,' growled the rangy lock.

The problem was these were essentially dead rubbers as all four of these players had already qualified from their three-man groups.

Australia won the next two matches to seal the series, before the hosts won the remaining dead rubbers.

The organizers agreed not to wait on Monday but to pass the remaining two dead rubbers and the victory to India.

In the Europa League this week there will be 24 matches played and 17 of them are effectively dead rubbers.

Canada fared just as they did against the Americans the year before at the same venue, winning only two sets in two dead rubbers.