International Rugby

[Dante Lavelli]

With ten minutes to go the tackle count was 50 Aus v 150 England.  Incredible that they won the game, it's a big statement.

Thoughts on the refereeing of the Scrum?  I think the Aussies, or the pitch, was given the benefit of the doubt a number of occasions where we should have had a penalty.  Any front rows out there understand it better than a wussy back?

[Jon Crofts]

Eddie Jones has been incredible for England. I thought Farrell was very good today too.

With what is essentially Lancaster's team bar a few exceptions he's turning them from no hopers to genuine contenders for a shot at the title, incredibly well done

Oh and let's not forget the Saxons won their series in SA yesterday as well, the future is indeed bright for England rugby.

8 on the bounce now for Eddie, a win next week and I'll be looking forward to numbers 10 and 11 in the 2 Autumn tests at Twickenham.

[peter w]

Today's full match highlights

[Pat McMahon]

Today's full match highlights

Cheers for posting peter w. Interesting to hear a different style of commentary

[peter w]

Yeah I like to listen to how the other side see it. i remember from 2003 and it's the same here, when they're losing to England they don't half whinge.

[Pat McMahon]

I was in Australia during the 2003 WC ( not for the tournament, just coincidence) and they were mighty whingeful. However from the moment the final finished they were very gracious.

[peter w]

Apart from Howard.

[cheltenhamlion]

They call us whinging poms but fuck me do they ever bitch and whine if they don't get everything their own way.

[paul_e]

Annoying scheduling to have the U20 semi on at the same time as  the football but 12-3 after 15minutes and we're running rampant against SA.

[paul_e]

Annoying scheduling to have the U20 semi on at the same time as  the football but 12-3 after 15minutes and we're running rampant against SA.

Could be a red card here as well, horrific clash in the air leading to a tip tackle.  Ref has been pretty lenient and given it as a yellow, was right on the edge.

[paul_e]

19-3 now after 28, England could easily have another couple of tries, just a couple of handling errors when we had a try in hand.

[paul_e]

up to 64mins, 34-17 now after a good fisrt ten in the 2nd half for the boks, we're back on top again now though.

[paul_e]

finished 39-17 and that probably doesn't show how much better England were, I honestly thought 50 points looked on.  The last England try was a thing of absolute beauty, 70-80 yard break with about 10 pop passes donw the 5 yard channel, just ripped them apart.

[Dante Lavelli]

Was that the Semi?  if so who do we meet (Arg or Ireland right?).

[Dante Lavelli]

...it's all here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36577645

The strength of the youngsters is impressive.  The fact that the league structure is so weird (when the 6-nations is on) seems to ensure that the players are blooded into the teams too.