London Irish challenge lawmakers after defeat

London Irish 11 Newcastle Falcons 15: exiles' head coach Toby Booth says that rule changes have prohibited entertaintment

Hodgson’s accuracy lifts Sale Sharks

Leeds Carnegie 17 Sale Sharks 24: home team's implosion plays into hands of their opponents and their experienced fly half

Saracens maintain their winning habit

Saracens 22 London Wasps 6: Wasps' expansive game comes unstuck in difficult conditions against powerful league leaders

Snobbery drove England's chariot into ditch

The English game has paid a high price for failing to safeguard its winning culture while allowing self-interest to prevail

England respond to inspiring example of Spencer

Women succeed where the men failed by beating New Zealand at Twickenham after No 8 scores the game's only try

How the England players rated

The Times's Rugby Correspondent assesses how Martin Johnson's selections acquitted themselves against the All Blacks

Steadman misses final act but salutes heroic defence

Defence coach unable to bear watching Matt Giteau line up the conversion that could have undone all of Scotland's defiance

Robinson must try to maintain the momentum

If the manager is going to take Scotland up a level he must break a cycle of overachievement followed by underachievement

How England and New Zealand rated

The Sunday Times assesses how the two sides perfomed during their match at Twickenham

Loyal fans short-changed by lack of tries

Rugby is suffering from mistakes at the top: the failures of the IRB have turned the sport into a boring festival of kicking

Williams turns on style

The winger’s stirring display, which resulted in two tries, helped his side beat the feeble Pumas at Millennium Stadium

Gatland answers critics

The form of his Wales side pleased the coach after physical battle with the Pumas resulted in victory for his men

Scots snatch sensational win over Australia

Scotland 9 Australia 8: defensive heroes earn famous victory as Matt Giteau pays the price for kicking blunders

Debutant Sexton puts Irish on their way

Ireland 41 Fiji 6: fly half's dream start and five-try bonanza help Irish to comfortable victory

Jones outsmarts Argentina

Wales 33 Argentina 16: Stephen Jones and Shane Williams exploit comatose defence to ensure Welsh finish on top

Uninspired England second-best to All Blacks

England 6 New Zealand 19: Jimmy Cowan scores only try as unimpressive All Blacks prove too strong for England

Coaching team stay, insists Johnson

The England manager remains defiant despite his team's defeat by New Zealand at Twickenham and mounting criticism

Where do we go from here?

They played better, but England still need a radical shake-up as they go forward to the Six Nations and the 2011 World Cup

Williams makes his bloody return

Wing suffers bloody nose on his return to rugby after serving his four-month ban for his part in the ‘Bloodgate’ scandal

Williams back in Harlequins side after Bloodgate ban

Tom Williams has been named in the Harlequins team for today's Guinness Premiership clash at Northampton