New Zealand 66 - 28 Ireland
Australia 27 - 17 England
Argentina 16 - 24 Scotland
South Africa 42 - 17 France
There was a Green and Black meltdon in New Plymouth as a red and yellow card saw Ireland ship 66 points against New Zealand.
Ireland just kept on dropping gifts into the All Blacks laps, first an easy try then the cards – its not hard to look good against 13 or 14 men, and New Zealand lapped it all up and took full advantage.
New Zealand is all cock a hoop after the victory
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=10651721 but its hard to judge where they are right now.
Ireland is all doom and gloom now
http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/horror-show-signals-end-of-our-golden-era-2219037.html but now's the time to get behind the team they can only go up from here and Australia are going to totally underestimate them now.
England’s middle of the road form continued with a good solid scrumming, but against a team with a half decent scrum they are going to really struggle badly.
Their backs looked leaden footed in comparison to a sparkling performance from Australia, with Quade Cooper standing out in particular.
Australia’s lack of a decent front row though is a worry with the Tri Nations coming up.
In Cape Town it was beef, beef and beef again and a little magic from Gio Aplon to set his home town alight. The French looked shell shocked as the Boks ran riot, their form not a really a reflection of where France are at the moment.
The French cock was plucked stuffed and on the spit by half time.With Italy up next hopefully there will be a bit of rest for the front liners in South Africa’s ranks.
Finally, it was the Dan Parks show in Buenos Aries as Scotland recorded a fine win over Argentina as he scored all his sides points, continuing their resurgence in form.
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