Autumn internationals
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Rob Andrew has backed Stuart Lancaster’s decision not to select Toulon flanker Steffon Armitage for England’s autumn internationals and believes there is no reason to alter the Rugby Football Union’s policy of not selecting players who ply their trade overseas
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Sportblog George Ford focused on basics in battle to secure England No10 shirt
Andy Bull at TwickenhamAndy Bull: The Bath fly-half has a better all-round game compared to Owen Farrell and, fitness permitting, looks likely to be first choice when the Six Nations begins -
The Wales half-backs Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar showed the battling instincts needed to win a dour scrap against South Africa
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Paul Rees: England play to their strengths in grinding out victory but Stuart Lancaster needs to clarify his thinking when it comes to selection
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Dean Ryan: Stuart Lancaster’s team have a pack to match any in the world while Manu Tuilagi and Alex Goode can strengthen the much-criticised backs
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England may give Bath’s cross-code signing Sam Burgess his first taste of representative rugby union as early as next month
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Stuart Lancaster knows he is in a race against time to find the best World Cup game plan but going back to the future against Australia offered a pointer
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England head coach Stuart Lancaster praises his team after they ended their Autumn international fixtures by defeating Australia 26-17
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Air New Zealand is investigating reports some of its off-duty cabin crew became drunk and cuddled All Black players on a flight
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Whilst England’s players arms are raised in triumph after beating Australia 26-17 to win the Cook Cup, the supporters in the grandstand mimic their pose as they attempt to record the event on their smartphones
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Eddie Butler: England and Wales rescue themselves from misery, France are … well, France, Scotland raise a gallop, while South Africa and Australia need to bounce back
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The Wales coach, Warren Gatland, watched the finale on a TV set because of the tension, while Sam Warburton said of the victory: ‘This is right up there’
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Andy Bull: England’s showing in their 26-17 autumn international win over Australia at Twickenham was far from perfect but full of guts
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Sportblog England need not panic as they can match anyone at the World Cup
Michael Aylwin at TwickenhamMichael Aylwin: England’s autumn performances have attracted unfair criticism but, given the circumstances, Stuart Lancaster’s team are more or less on track -
Ben Morgan and Courtney Lawes are inspirational for England against an Australia for whom Adam Ashley-Cooper excels but Nick Phipps and James Slipper struggle
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All the best images by our man at Twickenham, as England take on Australia in their last Test of 2014
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Ben Morgan was man of the match with two tries, the second a pushover, while George Ford landed 16 points as England beat Australia 26-17
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Wales’ fly-half Dan Biggar was the man of the match as they broke their dreadful run of losses to southern hemisphere sides with a dogged 12-6 win in Cardiff
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Rugby union: Stuart Lancaster’s team ended this international series on a high, claiming the Cook Cup with a win at Twickenham
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The England backs coach, Andy Farrell, admits the home side are desperate to vent their frustrations against their World Cup pool rivals on Saturday
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Paul Rees: The Wales coach was looking to Dan Biggar, Jamie Roberts and Leigh Halfpenny to stop run of late collapses against South Africa
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Dean Ryan: On Saturday there can be no doubt. The England forwards have to beat up the Australia pack and the kickers must ensure the game is played deep in Australian territory
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Australia’s captain acknowledged some ‘topsy-turvy results’ lately but promised no lack of motivation at Twickenham on Saturday
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Sam Burgess’s impending union debut for Bath on Friday night has potential repercussions for England’s 2015 World Cup campaign
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George North has been ruled out of Wales’ autumn Test finale against South Africa at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday
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The England captain, Chris Robshaw, admits England’s progress has stalled with less than 10 months to go before next year’s Rugby World Cup
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South Africa have made five changes from the 22-6 victory over Italy last weekend for their visit to Wales on Saturday
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Graham Rowntree is braced for set-piece chicanery from Australia when England attempt to rescue a disappointing autumn series at Twickenham on Saturday
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Robert Kitson: It is 30 years since the greatest Australia touring team took our shores by storm, but the modern international tour grows more business-like with every passing autumn – time for a different approach
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Wales have called on their fifth-choice loosehead prop, Rob Evans, as they prepare to face South Africa, who also have problems of their own in the front row
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Billy Vunipola will miss England’s final Test of the autumn campaign against their World Cup pool rivals Australia with concussion
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England’s final autumn Test will define their pre-World Cup year, with George Ford admitting Australia will punish them if they repeat the mistakes made in the win over Samoa
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To be hailed as matter of fact hardly seems the most lustrous compliment ever paid but New Zealand dispensed with Wales in their cool way
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Australia coach Michael Cheika admitted his side will have to come back stronger following another narrow defeat against Ireland in Dublin
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