England laboured to a 16-9 victory over Argentina this afternoon, while Scotland had a rather easier time of it against Fiji, cruising to a 23-10 win.
4.14pm: England 16 Argentina 9 Well, it’s a win, but England made life very difficult for themselves.
4.11pm: Scotland 23 Fiji 10 Full time - Scotland hold on to that sizeable advantage.
4.02pm: England 16 Argentina 9 And a Wilkinson conversion.
4pm: England 14 Argentina 9 Finally! Matt Banahan is the man who runs it over the line.
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3.51pm: Italy 6 New Zealand 20 Full time at the San Siro.
3.50pm: Scotland 23 Fiji 10 A penalty from Little as Strokosch is penalised for a high tackle on Seremaia Ba.
3.47pm: Italy are failing to take advantage of New Zealand sin-bins and penalties in their favour.
3.39pm: Italy 6 New Zealand 20 Another penalty goal from Luke McAlister, who’s been incisive in his kicking today. If you’re wondering what’s happening in England-Argentina, it’s a comedy of errors there at the moment, and very few of them can be attributed to the windy conditions.
3.36pm: Scotland 23 Fiji 7 Try from Morrison, converted by Godman.
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3.25pm: Scotland and Fiji are under way again. England and Argentina are still in the changing rooms.
3.23pm: Italy 6 New Zealand 17 Craig Gower gets another penalty goal.
3.16pm: It’s half-time for both England and Scotland.
3.14pm: England 9 Argentina 9 Jonny Wilkinson claws back parity just before the break.
3.12pm: England 6 Argentina 9 And Argentina deservedly take the lead through Rodriguez.
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3.11pm: Scotland 16 Fiji 7 A first score on the board for Fiji, a try from Goneva and converted by Little.
3.10pm: Italy 3 New Zealand 17 New Zealand begin the second half as they ended the first - with a kick from McAlister.
3.07pm: Scotland 16 Fiji 0 And another fine kick from Godman.
3.01pm: Scotland 13 Fiji 0 Scotland are finding this very easy - another penalty from Godman.
2.58pm: England 6 Argentina 6 Simple penalty kick for Rodriguez.
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2.55pm: Scotland 10 Fiji 0 And at the same time, Scotland are scoring and converting a try - Beattie takes it over the line, Godman does the kicking.
2.54pm: England 6 Argentina 3 And three more points from Wilkinson.
2.50pm: Italy 3 New Zealand 14 Half-time at the San Siro.
2.48pm: Italy 3 New Zealand 14 A good afternoon for Luke McAlister so far - another penalty goal.
2.46pm: England 3 Argentina 3 A simple penalty kick from close range from Rodriguez.
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2.44pm: Scotland 3 Fiji 0 First three points of the afternoon from a penalty from Godman.
2.38pm: England 3 Argentina 0 An early drop goal from Jonny Wilkinson.
2.35pm: Italy 3 New Zealand 11 Corey Flynn scores the afternoon’s first try, but it’s not converted.
2.32pm: So now we’re under way in all of this afternoon’s three matches!
2.25pm: And at Twickenham, the flags are waving ready to welcome the teams there.
2.23pm: The bagpipes begin to play as Fiji run out on to the pitch, followed by the Scotland side.
2.19pm: Italy 3 New Zealand 6 McAlister puts his side in front with a penalty goal.
2.12pm: Italy 3 New Zealand 3 Luke McAlister equalises with another penalty.
2.08pm: Italy 3 New Zealand 0 And there’s a roaring cheer as Craig Gower gets the first three points of the afternoon.
1.50pm: And the teams for Scotland v Fiji:
Scotland: R Lamont, S Lamont, Grove, Morrison, Danielli, Godman, Cusiter, Jacobsen, Ford, Low, Hines, Kellock, Strokosch, Barclay, Beattie.
Replacements: Hall, Traynor, White, Vernon, Blair, Paterson, De Luca.
Fiji: Matavesi, Goneva, Lovobalavu, Bai, Nalaga, Little, Rauluni, Yalayalatabua, Veikoso, Manu, Lewaravu, Rawaqa, Domolailai, Qera, Boko.
Replacements: Dewes, Ledua, Nakarawa, Bola, Vatuvoka, Ratu, Roko.
Referee: Chris White (RFU)
1.45pm: If you’re looking to follow Italy v New Zealand, here are their starting line-ups:
Italy: McLean, Robertson, Canale, Garcia, M Bergamasco, Gower, Tebaldi, Perugini, Ghiraldini, Castrogiovanni, Del Fava, Geldenhuys, Zanni, M Bergamasco, Parisse.
Replacements: Ongaro, Rouyet, Pavanello, Favaro, Picone, Burton, Sgarbi.
New Zealand: Jane, B Smith, Ellison, McAlister, Sivivatu, Delany, Ellis, Crockett, Flynn, Tialata, Donnelly, Boric, Messam, Latimer, So’oialo.
Replacements: Hore, Afoa, Eaton, McCaw, Cowan, Donald, Muliaina.
Referee: S Dickinson (Australia)
1.30pm: The teams have been announced for this afternoon’s international between England and Argentina:
England: Monye, Cueto, Hipkiss, Geraghty, Banahan, Wilkinson, Hodgson, Payne, Hartley, Bell, Deacon, Borthwick, Croft, Moody, Haskell.
Replacements: Thompson, Doran-Jones, Lawes, Worsley, Care, Goode, Erinle.
Argentina: Agulla, Borges, Tiesi, Rodriguez, Comuzzi, Fernandez, Lalanne, Roncero, Ledesma, Scelzo, Lozada, Albacete, Leonardi, Abadie, Fernandez Lobbe.
Replacements: Basualdo, Ayerza, Carizza, Campos, Figuerola, Urdapilleta, Aramburu.
Referee: Nigel Owen (WRFU)