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Conversion successful. Ashley-Cooper makes a good run Alexander takes the tackle Desperation defence Wallabies getting closer Closer Try time!

Lineout win by the Wallabies Half time score Good timing for the advertisement in the background. Izzy makes a break Horne on the charge with Foley in support. Foley on his way to the line. Try time.

England takes the lead. Izzy goes up for the ball. Phipps makes the break with Izzy in support. Another good attacking lineout win. England scrum Wallabies in trouble. Try to England.

England on the attack. The Wallabies win their scrum. The flyhalf defends his channel.

Game on! (being right behind the goalposts meant it was hard to get shots in focus as the camera would focus on the posts) Good take by the Poms Good attacking lineout win. Successful penalty kick, the only time the Wallabies led in the match.

Here are some of my photos from the game Outside Twickenham prior to the game. Pre-match huddle. Ready for the match. The tribute to Phillip Hughes A minute's applause from the capacity crowd, it was quite moving. The anthems, we couldn't hear the opera singer as the crowd...

Simmons makes a break, this time with more success... Australie marque un essai! Foley kicks the conversion. Foley makes a break and passes to Genia... ...which turned out to be the wrong option as he is tackled by the cover defence. McCalman about to put the 'big don't argue' on...

McMahon takes another lineout. Foley goes for the corner. Textbook long place in the ruck. Try saving tackle on Ashley-Cooper after a 50m break. Izzy makes a break this time. Horne gets wrapped up. Pic needs a caption ;)

Kick-off for the second half. Joe gets caught trying to roll away. Hooper makes the tackle and gets a penalty. Foley kicks the penalty. A clearing kick made under pressure right on the line.

Good lineout win by the Wallabies. Missed getting a shot of the try because all the French supporters in front stood up, but here's a shot of the conversion. Good competition at the lineout. Foley converts Ashley-Cooper's try. Half time.

Handbags. Nigel comes in to settle things down. Phipps clears the ball quickly from the scrum, Dusautoir is out in defence.

Defensive scrum for Les Bleus on the 5 metre line. Les Bleus gagnent un lineout. A French scrum feed. What is Hooper doing with his hand? The Wallabies win their scrum. Dusautoir goes "Merde!"

Bumping to put up some of my match photos now that I'm back home from my travels Bienvenue a Stade de France pour le rugby. Another military band to commemorate Remembrance Day. The number of tricolor flags being waved in the stadium was amazing. La Marseillaise was sung very LOUD...

Kev wins a lineout Full time. I'll post pics from the France and England games in the next day or so.

Lineout win from a penalty Rolling maul Don't drop it Ben Two interested spectators - Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge When Wales scored a try an animated dragon did a touch down on the big screen. Foley kicks a penalty Wales makes ground with a rolling maul Scrum...

Wallabies competing at the lineout Izzy goes over for his second. Foley kicks the conversion Pic needs a caption ;) Tevita scores the third try.

Quick ball at the breakdown Try time!

Bumping the thread to post some photos I took at the game Military band and Welsh choir just before the teams ran out The captains laying wreaths for Remembrance Day Game on! Try saving tackle Lineout win More to follow.

Another thing, I didn't realise that American football is played on a much narrower field. The NFL markings were still on the ground and the sidelines were around 7 metres inside the rugby sidelines.

The French are like that too with the artistic shots and slo-mo. Remember the artistic slo-mo of the French second rower fondling the prop's junk in a scrum during the Wallabies test at Stade de France. However Dan did make a valid point that some of the production flaws in the telecast were...