England 28-10 USA: Olly Barkley's breaks are repelled as England have to settle for trading early penalties in Lens Barkley kicks two more penalties as England move 9-3 ahead after 30 minutes with the USA's Vahafolau Esikia in the sin bin And England make the extra man count, Jason Robinson strolls over after collecting Mike Catt's cross-field chip Josh Lewsey, Catt and Ben Kay then combine to allow Barkley to glide over as England take a 21-3 lead into the break Tom Rees barges over after taking a quick tap penalty to extend England's advantage 10 minutes into the second half But the predicted avalanche of tries does not materialise and Lawrence Dallaglio is sin-binned late on for spoiling That paves the way for Matekitonga Moeakiola to power over for the States who finish the match the stronger side Australia 91-3 Japan: A couple of Stirling Mortlock penalties apart, Japan frustrate the Wallabies early on in Lyon But Nathan Sharpe and Rocky Elsom dive over to put them 18-0 ahead midway through the first half at Stade Gerland Elsom slides over for his second try before Japan's Kosei Ono kicks a penalty to leave the score 23-3 at half time Elsom completes his hat-trick and the floodgates open with Adam Ashley-Cooper, Chris Latham and Berrick Barnes scoring Drew Mitchell touches down twice before Latham and Barnes score again and Adam Freier adds the last of 13 tries New Zealand 76-14 Italy: All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw sets the game alight with two tries in the opening seven minutes Doug Howlett and Mils Muliaina also cross before Sitiveni Sivivatu adds a fifth try inside the opening 20 minutes A shell-shocked Italy finally stem the flow, but Sivivatu adds a sixth try 10 minutes before the break to make it 43-0 Marko Stanojevic salvages some pride for Italy after intercepting Byron Kelleher's pass before half-time The rout continues after the interval though when Chris Jack gallops over unapposed to bring up the All Blacks' half century Howlett then adds two more to take his All Blacks tally to 46 to equal Christian Cullen as their all-time record try-scorer Jerry Collins touches down twice in a minute to add gloss to the win before Marco Bergamasco's late consolation
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