England 14-25 South Africa: Andy Robinson is still under pressure despite last week's 23-21 victory over South Africa England scrum-half Peter Richards bursts through the South Africa defence during a bright opening for the hosts English pressure is rewarded as Mark Cueto scores the opening try of the match as the hosts take a 14-3 lead South Africa respond with the opening half drawing to a close as CJ van der Linde crashes over the English line South Africa's fly-half Andre Pretorius converts the try to give the tourists a 16-14 half-time lead at Twickenham The RFU director of elite rugby Rob Andrew looks on as South Africa take control throughout the second half England captain Martin Corry is left devastated as a series of Pretorius drop-goals give South Africa a deserved 25-14 win Ireland 61-17 Pacific Islands: Denis Hickie scores the opening try for the hosts after just five minutes in Dublin Malcolm O'Kelly scores a try after stealing the ball from a line-out as Ireland run riot against the tourists Brian O'Driscoll and Eddie O'Sullivan celebrate Ireland's huge win and say farewell to Lansdowne Road before it's demolition Scotland 15-44 Australia: Scott Staniforth is shackled by Scotland's defence as the match gets underway in Edinburgh Murrayfield erupts as Simon Webster leaves Australia's defence sprawling before scoring the opening try of the match Australia respond as Stephen Larkham spins out of Scottish tackles before scoring the first try for the tourists Chris Latham storms through a weak defence to score Australia's fifth try and seal a convincing 44-15 win Wales 10-45 New Zealand: The visitors' perform their pre-match haka in the dressing room following a row with the WRU The match starts badly for Wales as a break by Sitiveni Sivivatu hands Luke McAlister the chance to score Dan Carter kicks several more points before Sivivatu scores two tries to give the All Blacks a 28-3 half-time lead Midway through the second half, Martyn Williams is driven over the line by his Wales team-mates to restore some pride Two minutes later, however, Sivivatu completes his hat-trick before a late penalty try sees New Zealand seal a 45-10 win
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