Autumn Rugby against the southern hemisphere

Much to my surprise I manage to get tickets to two of the Autumn matches against the southern hemisphere sides. Luck in the RFU members draw got me a pair for the match against the Spring Boks, and even more surprising a ticket on Ticket master to the match against the Wallabies ... having witnessed the pour performance of the England team against the team they knocked out of the world cup maybe the normal takers of the tickets simply stayed away. While England failed to play well, it has to be said that the southern hemisphere match officials actually had a worse day than the very poor England. England lost this one because they didn't managed to convert territory to points.

From England v Australia 2008

England did manage to hold their own in the first half, even managing to score a try after much huffing and puffing to cross the line - and if the ref had allowed the match to flow, they may have been far enough ahead to survive, what appears to always be the case when I watch them live, not being able to keep up the standard of their performance in the second half. And so it proved to be a drubbing by Australians - I have a feeling the reigning world champions will be far too strong for this fledgeling England team...