Aside from Hall's hat-trick, stand-off Danny Washbrook was superb in both attack and defence and his contribution to the win was equally decisive for the home side.

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Hundreds of thousands of troops are mobilised on the border between the two countries in a stand-off that started eight months ago, after a terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament.

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Giants stand-off Kevin Brown guided his team's efforts in attack as well as tackling well above his weight in defence, and the 24-year-old said the victory was the sweetest feeling of his career.

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The biggest stand-off of the debate came over the White House response to an attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

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