Twickenham, London, England and Cardiff, Wales (GenevaLunch) - England lost to the Wallabies 9-18 despite the return of Jonny Wilkinson and a much improved performance in the line-outs. Wilkinson scored all the England points and put in some crunching defensive tackles but the England team was short of offensive ideas and was dominated in the second half. The star player for the Australians was their young scrum-half Will Genia.
In the other big rugby union match the New Zealand All Blacks extended their undefeated record against Wales, who last beat the New Zealanders in 1953.
Dan Carter scored four penalties and a conversion in a solid but uninspiring performance by the Blacks.
In the Rugby League Four Nations tournament England beat New Zealand 20-12 in one semi-final while Australia crushed France 42-4 in the other.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 8 November 2009.
Filed under: Sports
Tags: Australia, Cardiff, Dan Carter, England, Four Nations tournament, France, Jonny Wilkinson, New Zealand, rugby, Wales, wallabies, Will Genia