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IRELAND 46 - 24 ARGENTINA 
Aviva Stadium - Saturday 24 November 2012
KO: 14:00 HT: 24-9 Att: 43,406
CRAIG GILROY made a stunning debut as Ireland took down Argentina in style at the Aviva Stadium.
It was a shaky start for the homeside with Sexton kicking straight out at kick-off and giving away an early penalty opportunity. However, Nicolás Sánchez missed his chance to put Argentina on the scoreboard and Gilroy danced his way through the visitors’ defence to touchdown. The newcomer could not have announced his arrival in any better fashion. Jonathan Sexton, who had a fairly turbulent performance overall, added the extras and Ireland grew in confidence.
The Pumas responded with a penalty, with Sanchez hitting his target this time around. But this closed the gap only momentarily as Sexton found space and swooped in for another converted try.
Sanchez knocked over a further 3 points soon after but it was clear that Ireland were the dominant force, Keith Earls unfortunate to not add to their tally as a chip ball bounced unkindly for him. The Argentinian fly-half was then taken off for concussion assessment but was deemed fit to continue.
Meanwhile, Ireland grabbed more points as Richardt Strauss forced his way over the whitewash and the TMO confirmed. Sexton missed the extras and the Pumas had a surge into Irish territory. However, the homeside held them off and the most that could be gleaned from the attack was another 3 points.
Again Ireland pushed up and found the Argentine defence wanting, Simon Zebo crossing after some brilliant open play by Sexton and Tommy Bowe. Sexton’s conversion rebounded off the woodwork but it did not really matter at this point.
The Pumas just could not handle the Irish, and Sanchez brought an end to the dismal half with a missed penalty, leaving the visitors 24-9 down at the break.
At the restart, the visitors returned with renewed force and managed to collect another penalty, thanks to the boot of Sanchez, within 2 minutes. This was swiftly nullified by Sexton though and soon the match returned to being an Irish affair.
Sexton chipped through and Tommy Bowe dashed to claim the ball, gathering and dotting down for yet more points for the homeside’s tally. As Sexton teed up but failed to make the conversion, the Pumas tried to assemble their thoughts but they had little time to do so. Sexton came roaring through their lines and grabbed his second try before adding the tricky conversion.
It was after all this that the Pumas finally awoke. They began to push into Irish territory and had several strong opportunities; however, the moment was soured by Maximiliano Bustos being sent to the bin after hurling the ball at Irish players in a petulant strop when they were handed possession via the referee.
This did not stop the Argentinians from one last burst to make the scoreline a bit more respectable, Tomás Leonardi and Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe both seeking out the tryline in quick succession. However, the final conversion attempt summed up the feelings of the Pumas, exasperated and tired, the ball barely reached the posts.
15 Simon Zebo 14 Tommy Bowe 13 Keith Earls 12 Gordon D'Arcy 11 Craig Gilroy* 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Cian Healy 2 Richardt Strauss 3 Mike Ross 4 Donnacha Ryan 5 Mike McCarthy 6 Peter O'Mahony 7 Chris Henry 8 Jamie Heaslip (C) BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 David Kilcoyne 18 Michael Bent 19 Donncha O'Callaghan 20 Iain Henderson 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ronan O'Gara 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Gilroy, Sexton (2), Strauss, Zebo, Bowe (2) C: Sexton (3), O'Gara P: Sexton
15 Juan Martín Hernández 14 Gonzalo Camacho 13 Marcelo Bosch 12 Santiago Fernández 11 Juan Imhoff 10 Nicolás Sánchez 9 Martín Landajo 1 Marcos Ayerza 2 Eusebio Guiñazú 3 Maximiliano Bustos* 4 Manuel Carizza 5 Julio Farías Cabello 6 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (C) 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón 8 Leonardo Senatore BENCH: 16 Agustín Creevy 17 Nahuel Lobo 18 Francisco Gómez Kodela 19 Tomás Vallejos Cinalli 20 Tomás Leonardi 21 Nicolás Vergallo 22 Gonzalo Tiesi 23 Manuel Montero
SCORERS T: Leonardi, Fernandez Lobbe C: Hernandez P: Sanchez (4) 
Bustos
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU) Asst. Referees: Romain Poite (FFR), Andrew Small TMO: Geoff Warren (RFU)
ENGLAND 15 - 16 SOUTH AFRICA
Twickenham - Saturday 24 November 2012
KO: 14:30 HT: 6-9
HERE'S HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE
England v Springboks Don't think I've ever heard Twickenham sing the English anthem so loud before! Game on...
England v Springboks The sky is awfully gloomy today over...but so far only a light shower as the Bokke head onto the paddock...
England 0-0 Springboks 1min England straight into Bokke 22 & win pen immediately...Toby Flood tees up
England 0-0 Springboks 1min From out wide just outside the 22, Flood pulls the ball wide of the posts
England 0-0 Springboks 2mins Bok clear but England possession & the physicality of the game is clearly evident
England 0-0 Springboks 3mins Ben Youngs clears ball away from ruck but miss-kick; Eng wrestle it back & bulldoze over 22
England 0-0 Springboks 4mins Everything the coaches talked about all week is coming together - pen Eng for Bok offside in 22
England 3-0 Springboks 5mins This time Flood has no issues from inside 22 & England are up 3 pts to resounding Swing Low early on
England 3-0 Springboks 6mins Bokke reply by charging deep into England's 22 with real force but pen England
England 3-0 Springboks 6mins But Toby Flood down injured next to posts from Duane Vermeulen tackle - time out
England 3-0 Springboks 6mins Not good for England as Flood forced off & Owen 'Freaky Eyes' Farrell comes on
England 3-0 Springboks 7mins England L/O outside own 22 but Tom Youngs doesn't find mark & Bokke ball
England 3-0 Springboks 8mins Pen to Bokke outside 22 on far side; Patrick Lambie tees up 10m from touchline
England 3-3 Springboks 8mins Perfect kick from Lambie & Bokke are on par
England 3-3 Springboks 10mins Great work from Mike Brown under high ball but just misses it inside Bok 10m
England 3-3 Springboks 10mins Great work from Mike Brown under high ball but just misses it inside Bok 10m
England 3-3 Springboks 11mins England scrum outside Bok 22 goes well & Eng win pen; Flood tees up from almost in front of uprights
England 6-3 Springboks 12mins No headaches for Flood this time as homeside take the lead with elegant kick
England 3-3 Springboks 13mins Bok scrum on England 22. Fab to have Nigel Owens reffing the game *bestIRBref*
England 6-3 Springboks 14mins Chris Robshaw butts in before ball is out so penalised - churlish move; Lambie tees up
England 6-6 Springboks 15mins Easy pickings for Lambie & Bokke equal again
England 6-6 Springboks 16mins Restart in England's favour & win pen just inside Bokke 22...scrum
England 6-6 Springboks 17mins No doubt England have stepped up a gear this week; Bokke looking not so hot today. Scrum reset
England 6-6 Springboks 17mins Owens orders time out for poor illegal scrummaging & warns both captains
England 6-6 Springboks 18mins Bokke busted for breaking away at reset while England drive square; pen England & Flood tees up
England 6-6 Springboks 19mins Flood not having best day at office as he pulls it wide again from just outside Bokke 22
England 6-6 Springboks 20mins Good work from England forwards as steadily charging towards 22...
England 6-6 Springboks 21mins But Bokke defence holds good & forces them back before England pinged for being off feet
England 6-6 Springboks 22mins Play goes a little haywire after Bokke clear into Eng territory; Eng L/O just inside own 10m
England 6-6 Springboks 23mins Ball kicked back & forth for a while until Flood clears to touch & Bokke L/O on Eng 10m
England 6-6 Springboks 25mins Bokke bearing down on England 22 but strong defence; adv Bokke & white offside; Lambie teeing up
England 6-9 Springboks 26mins Lambie easily converts pen to take lead for 1st time; all Bokke points from stupid England errors
England 6-9 Springboks 26mins Time out while Bokke receives medical attention...hmmm...
England 6-9 Springboks 28mins Wonder if that was tactical; England L/O; much discussions going on; Eng have ball & ruck...
England 6-9 Springboks 29mins Francois Hougaard captures & clears ball to touch; England right back with possession over Bok 10m
England 6-9 Springboks 30mins As England attack, JP Pietersen makes massive tackle on Brad Barritt to take him down
England 6-9 Springboks 31mins Bokke L/O on own 22 is good; ball carrier runs into touch but touch judge nor ref notice!
England 6-9 Springboks 32mins L/O taken well by Bokke but just as head to line ball pops out & fwd; timeout
England 6-9 Springboks 33mins Aerial football ensues yet again *yawn*, Bokke ball on H/W - kicked & Bok k/o as England charge...
England 6-9 Springboks 33mins Excellent work from England right into 22 but ball finds touch over T/L...alone.
England 6-9 Springboks 34m Swing low resounds round stadium at full volume but pen Bokke & cleared to touch for L/O inside Eng 10m
England 6-9 Springboks 35m England win possession & Flood clears for L/O on Bokke 10m
England 6-9 Springboks 36mins England busted for playing ball back on floor; Bokke clear for L/O inside England 10m
England 6-9 Springboks 37mins Terribly acrobatic somersault from Flood as clears himself away from ruck! Bok ball but Eng steal
England 6-9 Springboks 38mins England advantage but timeout for Francois Louw getting attention
England 6-9 Springboks 38mins England L/O just inside own side of H/W; Bokke steal possession but forced back into own half...
England 6-9 Springboks 39mins Finally clear ball from ruck but Bokke can't use it outside England 22 - scrum to England
England 6-9 Springboks 40mins Rain appears a little heavier as 2nd half kicks off & Bokke are on England 22...
England 6-9 Springboks 40mins Scrum reset couple of times til pen goes to England who clear to touch fro HT
England 6-9 Springboks HT Do hope Lanny changes Ben Youngs for Danny Care to switch up the kicking game for England...
England 6-9 Springboks HT P: Flood (2) | P: Lambie (3)
England 6-9 Springboks HT Sadly again England are losing this game thru gifting churlish penalties rather than Bokke winning it
England 6-9 Springboks 42mins Pen to Bokke deep inside 22 & kick for corner for 5m L/O
England 6-9 Springbok 43m Owens goes to TMO for grounding; ball went back & Eng make proper hash of it as Willem Alberts finds T/L
England 6-16 Springbok 44mins Alberts try is good will England have to look on in amazement. Lambie converts & England in trouble
England 6-16 Springbok 45mins Farrell replaces Flood at fly half ; oh & Pat Cilliers replaced Jannie du Plessis after HT too
England 6-16 Springbok 46mins Bokke L/O inside England 22 but time off for 2 of the Bokke to tie their shoelaces!
England 6-16 Springbok 46mins Full blown fight breaks out started by Etzebeth throwing punches then Vermeulen too on Farrell
England 6-16 Springbok 47mins At a complete loss as to why both Boks not carded off at least; pen England
England 6-16 Springbok 48mins Eng L/O inside own 10m; Eng adv & good ricochet allows Manu Tuilagi to charge to Bok 22 before falling
England 6-16 Springbok 49mins Alex Corbisiero down for treatment - timeout as rain gets even heavier...
England 6-16 Springbok 50mins Scrums getting a tad messy; Boks clear for L/O inside England 10m...
England 6-16 Springbok 52 Bokke deep in England territory before steal & Tuilagi breaks > Chris Ashton > Brown > brought down on 22
England 6-16 Springbok 53mins Great work from England but Bokke regain possession & all momentum lost as ball back to Eng 22
England 6-16 Springbok 54mins James Haskell replaces Tom Wood & England have ball in ruck on own 10m...
England 6-16 Springbok 56mins England L/O on Bokke 22 but not straight so reversed to Boks
England 6-16 Springbok 56mins Excellent. Twitter's let us down yet again. FB only now!
England 6-16 Springbok 58mins Ruan Pienaar breaks then clears ball but it's white hands that collect in own half; pen to England & Farrell kicks to set up L/O H/W between Bok 10m & 22
England 6-16 Springbok 60mins England still in possession but yet to cross 22...being summarily shoved back but hands in ruck & pen England
England 6-16 Springbok 61mins Farrell & his freaky eyes prepare to launch ball between the uprights...
England 9-16 Springbok 62mins Farrell finds his mark while Heinke van der Merwe replaces Gurthro Steenkamp
England 9-16 Springbok 66mins Much tooing & froing of possession mostly in England's territory before finally England win pen & a good kick from Farrell sets up L/O on Bok 22
England 9-16 Springbok 67mins Danny Care & David Paice on for Ben & Tom Youngs
England 9-16 Springbok 68mins Care's right into the thick of it with England scrum just outside 22
England 9-16 Springbok 69mins Etzebeth replaced by Flip van der Merwe; time off; crowd is 81,151
England 9-16 Springbok 69mins Massive tackles coming in from the Bokke as England struggle to cross 22; another one & ball pops up & fwd
England 9-16 Springbok 71mins Good work from England as they win ball again & L/O is good but looks like t/o
England 9-16 Springbok 72mins Bokke scrum but they go early so England ball; Louw off feet yet again so pen England but time out while ref 'has a word' but not a card in sight for repeated infringement
England 12-16 Springbok 72mins Faz bangs over another penalty to narrow the gap on the scoreboard...
England 12-16 Springbok 73mins The stadium roars as England have scrum on H/W & win pen
England 12-16 Springbok 74mins Farrell kicks to touch for L/O on Bokke 22; Schalk Brits on for Adriaan Strauss
England 12-16 Springbok 75mins Dan Cole replaced by David Wilson; Bokke scrum on own 22...
England 12-16 Springbok 75mins Good L/O; England ball & ruck; touch judge in front of heap & completely ignores Bokke piling in over the top; ball lost fwd & Bok scrum; time out
England 12-16 Springbok 76mins Pienaar collects & kicks straight to touch to give England L/O outside 22
England 12-16 Springbok 78mins England attack > get nowhere > win pen but most bizarrely opt for penalty shot at uprights with 2mins to go!
England 15-16 Springbok 79mins Farrell is on target but all Bokke need do now is run clock down! *baffled*
England 15-16 Springbok 80mins Bokke in possession in England territory and as clock ticks over the 80 mins, they keep an eye, clear from back of ruck & pump into touch to win
15 Alex Goode 14 Chris Ashton 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi 12 Brad Barritt 11 Mike Brown 10 Toby Flood 9 Ben Youngs 1 Alex Corbisiero 2 Tom Youngs 3 Dan Cole 4 Joe Launchbury 5 Geoff Parling 6 Tom Wood 7 Chris Robshaw (C) 8 Ben Morgan BENCH: 16 David Paice 17 David Wilson 18 Mako Vunipola 19 Mouritz Botha 20 James Haskell 21 Danny Care 22 Owen Farrell 23 Jonathan Joseph
SCORERS P: Flood (2), Farrell (3)
15 Zane Kirchner 14 JP Pietersen 13 Juan de Jongh 12 Jean de Villiers (C) 11 Francois Hougaard 10 Pat Lambie 9 Ruan Pienaar 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp 2 Adriaan Strauss 3 Jannie du Plessis 4 Eben Etzebeth 5 Juandré Kruger 6 Francois Louw 7 Willem Alberts 8 Duane Vermeulen BENCH: 16 Schalk Brits 17 Heinke van der Merwe 18 Pat Cillers 19 Flip van der Merwe 20 Marcell Coetzee 21 Elton Jantjies 22 Jaco Taute 23 Lwazi Mvovo
SCORERS T: Alberts C: Lambie P: Lambie (3)
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) Asst. Referees: Glen Jackson (NZRU), Peter Fitzgibbon TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)
ITALY 19 - 22 AUSTRALIA
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence - Saturday 24 November 2012
KO: 15:00 HT: 6-22
THE Qantas Wallabies held off an inspired Italy to escape with a narrow 3-point victory in Florence. The visitors made all the running in the first half going into the break leading by 16 points, however it was a very different story in the second half with the home side scoring 13 points to nothing nearly snatch victory in the dying stages.
While the second half will be 40 minutes to forget for the Wallabies, the first half was certainly the opposite with the tourists securing five penalty goals and a converted try in the opening 40 minutes.
The Italians were the first to trouble the scoreboard in the fifth minute when fly half, Luciano Orquera, kicked truly for his sides first of two opening half penalty goals.
The Wallabies hit straight back two minutes later through the boot of fullback, Berrick Barnes. The Australians went further ahead in the 16th minute thanks again to the boot of Barnes who kicked his second penalty goal for the half after some tough work by the forwards.
Three minutes later after a sensational chase by Wallabies flanker, Michael Hooper, the Australians spun the ball wide and provided winger, Nick Cummins with his second Test try in as many matches. Barnes added the extras and extended the Qantas Wallabies lead to 10 points.
In the 25th minute the Wallabies added a further 3 points from the boot of Barnes, which was quickly followed by another 3 just two minutes later thanks to fly half, Kurtley Beale’s first penalty goal of the half. Beale added another 3 points five minutes later to give the Australians even more breathing space, stretching the score to 22-3.
The Italians weren’t to be denied and after building pressure on the Australian defence finally secured the second penalty goal of the half in the 34th minute, taking the half time score to 6-22.
The Italians came out firing in the second half and made the best possible start, capitalising on some sloppy play by the Wallabies.
Italy flanker, Robert Barbieri, pounced on a loose pass to cross for his side’s first try of the match in the 41st minute, cutting the Qantas Wallabies lead to just 11 points. When Italy fly half, Luciano Oquera added the extras the visitors lead was just 9 points.
The Italians continued to apply pressure on the Wallabies through the weight of possession and in the 50th minute, cut their lead by a further 3 points thanks to a penalty goal to fly half, Luciano Oquera.
Five minutes later and the Wallabies lead was just 3, after the trusty boot of Oquera kicked his fourth penalty goal of the Test.
With 25 minutes left on the clock the Italians continued to apply pressure on the Australians and despite a number of forays inside the visitors 22 failed to add any additional points.
Unable to gain any momentum the Wallabies struggled to vacate their own half and with just one minute left on the clock the Italians secured a penalty 40 metres out in the middle of the field.
With the opportunity to tie the match at 22-points apiece, Orquera stepped up to take the penalty goal, however for the first time in the match his trusty boot pushed it wide, allowing the Wallabies to relieve the pressure.
As the clock wound down the Australians won the ball back and after one last thrust at the Italians line, kicked the ball dead to record a nail-biting 22-19 victory taking their Spring Tour record to two wins and one loss with one game remaining.
15 Andrea Masi 14 Giovanbattista Venditti 13 Tommaso Benvenuti 12 Alberto Sgarbi 11 Mirco Bergamasco 10 Luciano Orquera 9 Edoardo Gori 1 Andrea Lo Cicero 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 5 Francesco Minto 6 Alessandro Zanni 7 Robert Barbieri 8 Sergio Parisse (C) BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Michele Rizzo 18 Lorenzo Cittadini 19 Antonio Pavanello 20 Simone Favaro 21 Manoa Vosawai 22 Tobias Botes 23 Luke Mclean
SCORERS T: Barbieri C: Orquera P: Orquera (4) Barbieri
15 Berrick Barnes 14 Nick Cummins 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper 12 Ben Tapuai 11 Drew Mitchell 10 Kurtley Beale 9 Brett Sheehan 1 Benn Robinson 2 Stephen Moore 3 Ben Alexander 4 Sitaleki Timani 5 Nathan Sharpe (C) 6 Scott Higginbotham 7 Michael Hooper 8 Wycliff Palu BENCH: 16 James Hanson 17 James Slipper 18 Sekope Kepu 19 Dave Dennis 20 Liam Gill 21 Nick Phipps 22 Mike Harris 23 Digby Ioane
SCORERS T: Cummins C: Barnes P: Barnes (3), Beale (2) Ioane
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (SARU) Asst. Referees: Wayne Barnes (RFU), Neil Paterson (SRU) TMO: Marshall Kilgore (IRFU)
SCOTLAND 15 - 21 TONGA 
Pittodrie - Saturday 24 November 2012
KO: 15:00 HT: 6-3
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Sean Lamont 13 Max Evans 12 Matt Scott 11 Tim Visser 10 Greig Laidlaw 9 Henry Pyrgos 1 Kyle Traynor 2 Scott Lawson 3 Euan Murray 4 Richie Gray 5 Alastair Kellock 6 Alasdair Strokosch 7 Kelly Brown (C) 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Dougie Hall 17 Gordon Reid 18 Geoff Cross 19 Grant Gilchrist* 20 John Barclay 21 Rory Lawson 22 Tom Heathcote* 23 Nick De Luca
SCORERS P: Laidlaw (5)
15 Vunga Lilo 14 Fetu'u Vainikolo 13 Suka Hufanga 12 Sione Piukala 11 Viliami Helu 10 Fangatapu 'Apikotoa 9 Taniela Moa (C) 1 Sona Taumalolo 2 Elvis Taione 3 Halani 'Aulika 4 Joe Tuineau 5 Lua Lokotui 6 Hale T-Pole 7 Nili Latu Langilangi 8 Viliami Ma'afu BENCH: 16 Ilaisa Ma'asi 17 Tevita Mailau 18 Kamaliele Sakalia 19 Steve Mafi 20 Sione Timani 21 Viliame Iongi 22 Eddie Paea 23 'Alipate Fatafehi
SCORERS T: Lokotui, Vainikolo C: 'Apikotoa P: 'Apikotoa (3) Lokotui, Langilangi, Mafi
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR) Asst. Referees: George Clancy (IRFU), Marius Mitrea (FIR) TMO: Carlo Damasco (FIR)
WALES 10 - 33 NEW ZEALAND
Millennium Stadium - Saturday 24 November 2012
KO: 17:15 HT: 0-23
HERE'S HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE
Wales 0-0 NZ 9mins Finally got the interweb to work at Twickers again so we're back with you again at Millennium Stadium...
"Wales 0-0 New Zealand 9mins Here's what we've missed...
First scrum to Wales after a knock on from All Blacks wing Julian Savea
Two changes for Wales Bradley Davies and Aaron Jarvis go off and Aaron Shingler and Scott Andrews come on
Penalty for Wales and Priestland kicks for the corner. Luke Charteris wins the line-out, but New Zealand dig in in defence
Another penalty for Wales after Ma'a Nonu comes in from the side. Wales again for the corner, but Priestland overkicks it..."
Wales 0-3 NZ 9mins First penalty for the All Blacks and Aaron Cruden hits it dead centre from just over the 22-yard line.
Wales 0-3 New Zealand 12mins Wales' wing Liam Williams comes of his line to stop Israel Dagg in his tracks and from putting Cory Jane free on the wing
Wales 0-3 New Zealand 18mins So, Jamie Roberts it's off injured & Apparently Andrew Hore made a monumental cheap shot on Brad Davies to see him off!
Wales 0-9 NZ 22mins Wales dishing out penalties like it's Christmas already - Cruden just knocking them over
Wales 0-14 New Zealand 25mins Spectacular hands & plenty of missed tackles allow ABs to run riot over Wales & offload after offload puts Liam Messam over for the try
Wales 0-16 NZ 26mins Any easy conversion for Cruden and points are beginning to catch up with minutes!
Wales 0-16 NZ 28mins Welcome back twitter peeps! Finally it's started working again!
Wales 0-16 NZ 29mins Twitter kicks us off when it decides we're working too hard!!!
Wales 0-16 NZ 31mins ABs on the attack again but Wales t/o...however, no support
Wales 0-16 NZ 32mins ABs save ball from Wales in own 22 & clear homeside back to own 22
Wales 0-16 NZ 33mins ...huge tackle & down he goes as does the ball
Wales 0-16 NZ 33mins Most excellent work from Jonathan Davies who breaks from deep in own 22 > Liam Williams but...
Wales 0-16 NZ 34mins Timeout for a mo & commentators are whinging about humidity under nice closed roof!
Wales 0-16 NZ 36mins Good scrum fro ABs in own territory & Cruden clears...another time out
Wales 0-21 NZ 38mins Finally time on & ABs work set piece to perfection...L/O > try Tony Woodcock...easy
Wales 0-23 NZ 40mins Such an easy conversion from Cruden & it's all done for this half
Wales 0-23 NZ 41mins Finally the longest HT in history comes to an end & ABs begin with a pen & Cruden tees up
Wales 0-23 NZ HT - | T: Messam, Woodcock C: Cruden (2) P: Cruden (3)
Wales 0-26 NZ 42mins Of course he has no issue with it. Wales need to do something...anything!
Wales 0-26 NZ 46mins Possibly they listened?! Wales work damn hard to get up to ABs 22 - recycle again & again but t/o
Wales 0-26 NZ 47mins Aaron Smith collects and breaks - offloads to Cruden but he can't hold onto so k/o & scrum Wales
Wales 0-31 NZ 48mins ABs ball & sublime hands puts Luke Romano over despite Alex Cuthbert trying his damndest to stop him
Wales 0-33 NZ 49mins Cruden converts while Justin Tipuric comes on for Ryan Jones
Wales 0-33 NZ 52mins Nice L/O for Wales & slowly & steadily they creep fwd over ABs 22...
Wales 0-33 NZ 53mins Wales attacking wave upon wave & looking good but ball flies fwd & ABs back in control again
Wales 0-33 NZ 54mins ABs defensive tactic of committing v few men to the ruck is SO effective
Wales 0-33 NZ 55mins Coles, Weepu, Crockett & Retallick on for Hore, Romano, Aaron Smith & Woodcock
Wales 0-33 NZ 55mins Wales back in ABs 22 & Rhys Priestland kicks to corner for 5m L/O...
Wales 5-33 NZ 56mins Spectacular tactic from Wales...15 man L/O works beautifully & Scott Williams scores the try!
Wales 5-33 NZ 57mins Sadly no conversion but what a way to score a try against the mighty All Blacks!
Wales 5-33 NZ 59mins Wales attack again & Cory Jane cynically knocks ball away to spend 10mins resting in the bin
Wales 5-33 NZ 60mins Gethin Jenkins & Tavis Knoyle came on a while back for Paul James & Mike Phillips
Wales 5-33 NZ 62mins ABs scrum just up by H/W & off they go again into Welsh territory but Welsh defence not too shabby
Wales 5-33 NZ 63mins Richie McCaw carries ball towards 22 but excellent steal from Jonathan Davies All Black style!
Wales 5-33 NZ 66mins Wales set up next L/O for themselves outside own 22...
Wales 5-33 NZ 68mins Priestland replaced by James Hook, Ken Owens for Rees & Beauden Barrett for Cruden
Wales 5-33 NZ 70mins Cory Jane has returned & ABs back up to XV. Wales made nothing of extra man in end...
Wales 5-33 NZ 70mins Victor Vito on for Liam Messam
Wales 5-33 NZ 74mins A nice chip fwd & Wales are back in ABs 22 & hold onto ball well so far + advantage
Wales 5-33 NZ 75mins Charlie Faumuina who came on for Owen Franks hands Wales the pen & off they go on attack again
Wales 5-33 NZ 76mins Wales just 10m out from the whitewash but not penetrated that black wall yet...
Wales 10-33 NZ 77mins Good recycling & finally lovely hands to Cuthbert & he comes round the corner to score in the corner
Wales 10-33 NZ 78mins Another sparking attack from Wales into ABs 22 but ball goes other way...
Wales 10-33 NZ 78mins Leigh Halfpenny kicks from 22 out wide but just pulls it
Wales 10-33 NZ 79mins L/O is good for Wales but the scrum goes to the ABs
Wales 10-33 NZ 80mins Barrett takes ball from back of scrum & kicks it into touch to end the match
Wales 10-33 NZ FT 2nd half Wales matched ABs point for point - great match!
15 Leigh Halfpenny 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Liam Williams 10 Rhys Priestland 9 Mike Phillips 1 Paul James 2 Matthew Rees 3 Aaron Jarvis 4 Bradley Davies 5 Luke Charteris 6 Ryan Jones 7 Sam Warburton (C) 8 Toby Faletau BENCH: 16Ken Owens 17 Gethin Jenkins 18 Scott Andrews 19 Aaron Shingler 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Tavis Knoyle 22 James Hook 23 Scott Williams
15 Israel Dagg 14 Cory Jane 13 Conrad Smith 12 Ma'a Nonu 11 Julian Savea 10 Aaron Cruden 9 Aaron Smith 1 Tony Woodcock 2 Andrew Hore 3 Owen Franks 4 Luke Romano 5 Samuel Whitelock 6 Liam Messam 7 Richie McCaw (C) 8 Kieran Read BENCH: 16 Dane Coles 17 Wyatt Crockett 18 Charlie Faumuina 19 Brodie Retallick 20 Victor Vito 21 Piri Weepu 22 Beauden Barrett 23 Ben Smith
Referee: Craig Joubert (SARU) Asst. Referees: Jérôme Garcès (FFR), Greg Garner (RFU) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
FRANCE 22 - 14 SAMOA 
Stade de France - Saturday 24 November 2012
KO: 18:00 HT: 10-7 Att: 36,500
FRANCE found Samoa to be a far tougher opponent than expected and the visitors proved that their performance against Wales was not a one off.
France showed glimmers of hope but poor handling and sloppy play cost them, allowing Samoa to draw first blood, but Samoa’s Johnny Leota was an early casualty of the match, being replaced after just 2 minutes of play. Tusi Pisi made the initial break before David Lemi managed to dart over the whitewash. Tusi Pisi added the extras and it was clear that Samoa meant business.
France responded perfectly though with Michalak charging down a Samoan clearance kick and bolting for the tryline for a converted score. The next 15 minutes were a tussle between the sides, both showing promise as France charged down another kick and Samoa made some impressive runs. However, finally France hauled themselves into the lead as Parra slotted a penalty, making amends for one he had missed just moments before.
Samoa continued to trouble the French defence, Maxime Mermoz taking a nasty knock in a tackle as the visitors pushed forward, but they could not finish their moves. So with everything to play for the two teams trekked into the changing rooms with the score remaining 10-7 at the break.
The second half began similarly to the first, with Samoa taking the initiative and the lead. The visitors barged their way up to the 5m and kept grinding their way forward with pick and drives until finally the French defence allowed Joe Tekori to contact the ball with the upright. Once again Pisi added the extras and it was up to Les Bleus to reply with positive play.
More poor passing and huge hits caused problems for both sides but eventually it was the Samoan discipline that cracked. Michalak was handed five penalties in the final quarter of the match and knocked over four successfully. The frustration of the Samoans was clear to see with several high tackles sneaking into their play, and even a maul which saw a French player being seemingly strangled. It was a disappointing end for the visitors who had done so well throughout in terms of a solid defence.
But the French know how to turn up the heat when it matters and this was enough to leave Samoa with nothing for all their hard work. Nonetheless, Samoa will walk away from this Autumn Tour with their heads held high; they have proved that they are no longer the easy draw for matches.
15 Brice Dulin 14 Wesley Fofana 13 Florian Fritz 12 Maxime Mermoz 11 Vincent Clerc 10 Frederic Michalak 9 Morgan Parra 1 Thomas Domingo 2 Benjamin Kayser 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Pascal Papé (C) 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Yannick Nyanga 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo 8 Louis Picamoles BENCH: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski 17 Yannick Forestier 18 Vincent Debaty 19 Jocelino Suta 20 Damien Chouly 21 Maxime Machenaud 22 Francois Trinh-Duc 23 Yoann Huget
SCORERS T: Michalak C: Michalak P: Parra, Michalak (4)
15 Robert Lilomaiava 14 Paul Perez 13 George Pisi 12 Johnny Leota 11 David Lemi (C) 10 Tusi Pisi 9 Kahn Fotuali'I 1 Zak Taulafo 2 Ti'i Paulo 3 Cencus Johnston 4 Filo Paulo 5 Joe Tekori 6 Ofisa Treviranus 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu 8 Tai Tu'ifua BENCH: 16 Ole Avei 17 Viliamu Afatia 18 James Johnston 19 Faatiga Lemalu 20 Tivaini Fomai 21 Jeremy Sua 22 Ki Anufe 23 Rupeni Levasa
SCORERS T: Lemi, Tekori C: Tusi Pisi (2)
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU) Asst. Referees: Alain Rolland (IRFU), Dudley Phillips (IRFU) TMO: Iain Ramage (RFU)
