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.
London, England (GenevaLunch) – England won their first Ashes Test at Lords since 1934 when Andrew Flintoff claimed five wickets to end the Australian resistance. The match was over before lunch as England won by 115 runs. The First Test at Cardiff ended in a draw so England lead 1-0 in the five Test series. Details, Times, UK
Cardiff, Wales, UK (GenevaLunch) – England just survived to seize a draw in the First Test of the series, and the first to be played in Wales. Australia dominated most of the match with a massive 674-6 in response to England’s 435.
Cardiff, Wales, UK (GenevaLunch) – Leicester beat the Cardiff Blues in rugby’s first penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup.
