Pacific Islands 25 defeat Italy 17
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The Pacific Islands claimed their first victory against Italy 25-17 scoring three tries to two in a hard fought victory.
The Pacific Islands team started well scoring two tries with provided the foundation for victory.
Scotland 41 defeat Canada 0
Scotland continued to show good form in a 41-0 win in a six try victory against Canada.
Ireland 17 defeat Argentina 3
Argentina continued it’s slide down the world rugby rankings losing to Ireland 17-3 to a fiery match that saw Ireland win a vital match at Croke Park.
New Zealand 29 defeat Wales 9
New Zealand defeated Wales 29-9 but the score indicates a much different game to the one that took place as Wales stuck it to the All Blacks.
Wales led a spirited first half and took the lead 9-6 at halftime.
But it was the brilliance and boot of Dan Carter and two tries in the second half that saw the All Blacks home in a tough encounter that the All Blacks will be happy to escape from in the end.
South Africa 42 England 6
South Africa have hit form at the exactly right time as they humbled England 42-6.
South Africa led 20-6 at halftime and went on with it after the break running away with a 42-6 win against an English side with no answers.
The Springboks scored 6 tries to nil to complete the humiliation for England.
France 12 defeat Argentina 6
France defeated Argentina 12-6 in what was a generally uninspiring matched played at Marseille.
France sought revenge for their two defeats in the 2007 World Cup and defeated Argentina in a tough and dour match where no tries were scored and the French boot won the match.
France defeated Argentina with three penalties and a drop goal while only Contemponi could muster two penalties for the Argentina side.
Ireland 55 smash Canada 0
Ireland confirmed Canada have alot of work to do to be considered a serious Rugby playing nation after being heavily defeated 55-0.
Iraland scored 7 tries to nil as they kept piling on the points, in fact the only thing that stopped more points from being scored was poor weather which restricted the match to a much less open match that expected.
For Ireland 2 tries each went to Bowe and Kearney, while Earls, Heaslip and D. Wallace scored a try a piece. O’Gara kicked 5 conversions and a penalty while P.Wallace kicked a single conversion.
England 39 defeat Pacific Islanders 13
England under new coach Martin Johnston were too strong for the Pacific Islanders running out 39-13 victors in a five tries to one victory.
The new star of English Rugby Danny Cipriani was a star in only his second test with a try and 14 points off the boot for a personal tally of 19 points. His performance will go some way to reassuring England that life may still exist after Jonny Wilkinson.
The Pacific Islanders were no easy-beats and pushed the English on many occasions but the English side had too much firepower and match fitness in the end.
New Zealand 32 roll Scotland 6
Can the All Blacks machine be stopped, after a slow start to the Tri Nations in 2008 the All Blacks juggernaut fought back to claim the Tri-Nations, then the Bledisloe and now Scotland 32-6 at Murrayfield.
The All Blacks scored four tries to nil in a convincing win that put Scotland to the sword in a game that saw the All Blacks referred by their nemesis from the World Cup loss to France last year.
The All Blacks were never headed with tries to Anthony Tuitavake, Piri Weepu, Richard Kahui and Anthony Boric in a convincing display.
The Scottish team may have felt still slightly in the match at half-time at 18-6 but two tries on the second half snuffed out any distant hopes the Scots may have had.
South Africa 20 defeat Wales 15
South Africa were too good for Wales winning 20-15 but Wales showed they were far from easybeats and will prove a challenge to defeat.
South Africa scored two tries to nil with Adrian Jacobs and Jean De Villiers scoring for the Boks.
South Africa lead 13-3 at half-time before Wales mounted a comeback through the boot of James Hook but were unable to score a try that would have got them over the line.