England have suffered a second consecutive defeat in the Autumn Internationals after falling to a 31-28 loss to South Africa at Twickenham this afternoon.
Pat Lambie gave the visitors the lead in the 10th minute from a penalty and five minutes later Jan Serfontein intercepted a Danny Care pass to go under the posts, with Lambie converting.
Owen Farrell scored two penalties for England and Lambie kicked over once more as South Africa took a 13-6 lead into the break.
It took just a minute of the second half for the South Africans to further extend their lead as Cobus Reinach raced over after being fed by Willie le Rous and Lambie converted once more.
England responded well to that setback and scored a converted try of their own three minutes later when David Wilson went over under the sticks.
Within four minutes the hosts were back on level terms as Ben Morgan went over following a driving maul and Farrell converted.
However, the visitors hit back and in the 53rd minute Schalk Burger burst over in the corner, but this time Lambie couldn't convert from the touchline.
Lambie then scored a penalty in the 66th minute for South Africa, before George Ford kicked over for England two minutes later.
The game looked beyond doubt when Lambie scored a drop goal for the visitors, but with two minutes left to play Brad Barritt scored a try for England, however Ford couldn't convert and South Africa held on to the win.
Wales 17-13 Fiji
Wales have won their first game in the Autumn Internationals by beating Fiji 17-3 at the Millennium Stadium this afternoon.
The hosts went ahead in the seventh minute when George North went over after being found out wide by Scott Williams, but Rhys Priestland couldn't convert from the touchline.
A try from Alex Cuthbert further extended their lead in the 20th minute, but again Priestland was unable to kick between the posts.
Two penalties from Nemani Nadolo cut the home side's advantage to four points as the Fijians grew into the game.
However, Campese Ma'afu was sin binned for the visitors and Wales were immediately awarded a penalty try, with Priestland converting to give them a 17-6 lead at the break.
Fiji 's hopes of getting back into the game took a blow 13 minutes into the second half, as Ma'afu was sent off for receiving a second yellow card for tugging at Bradley Davies in the line-out.
With three minutes left to play Nadolo stole a loose ball and raced over to score the visitors' first try of the match, but it proved to be too late for them to mount a comeback as Wales held on for the win.
Scotland 16-24 New Zealand
Scotland threatened to cause a major shock against New Zealand in this evening's Test at Murrayfield, but in the end fell to the might of the All Blacks.
New Zealand went over for the first try inside the opening 10 minutes when number-eight Victor Vito powered over in the corner, with Dan Carter missing the conversion.
Carter's miss meant that when Scotland hit back almost instantly they took the lead. Tommy Seymourintercepted Vito's pass and stormed through for an easy try under the posts.
Before the break Carter added three more successful penalties to one from Greg Laidlaw, giving the All Blacks a 14-10 lead at half time.
Laidlaw was successful with two more penalties either side of a Colin Slade kick to bring the Scots within one, but he then missed the chance to give the home side the lead with 10 minutes on the clock.
In the end, the All Blacks came through by eight points thanks to Jeremy Thrush's 74th-minute try.
France 29-26 Australia
Australia's late rally came up just short as they succumbed to a 29-26 defeat to France in Paris this evening.
The boot of Camille Lopez took the hosts away from Australia in the second-half and a late converted try from Rob Simmons was not enough for the Wallabies.
France got on the scoreboard early with their first phase of pressure as Sebastien Tillous-Borde scrambled over from close range, and Lopez set the tone for a fine kicking afternoon by adding the conversion.
The Aussies reduced the deficit to seven in an exchange in which the two nations traded three penalties, but France moved clear again when Thomas Domingo crossed for his fourth try in two matches.
Lopez did the business with the conversion, but Australia were only one behind by the interval as Adam Ashley-Cooper charged over following an offload from Foley, who added five points to make the half-time score 17-16.
No player touched down again until the 75th minute, but France had already put distance between themselves and the visitors with three Lopez penalties and another from Rory Kockott.
Simmons scored Australia's second try and Foley converted to bring the Aussies within three, but it was too little, too late, as the Wallabies went 1-1 on their tour of Europe, having beaten Wales last week.
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