FRANCE 25-20 ENGLAND
HUGET PROVE HE CAN FLY WHEN NEEDED
France dealt England's World Cup plans a blow as for 70 minutes they battered a side widely believed to be close to Stuart Lancaster's favoured XV.
Frederic Michalak's boot saw the hosts lead 15-6 at half-time, George Ford landing two penalties for England.
A converted try from Yoann Huget looked to have killed the game with well over half an hour remaining.
But England came alive and late tries from Danny Cipriani and Jonathan Joseph made it close on the scoreboard
SCOTLAND 16-12 ITALY
PYROS THE HERO AT MURRAYFIELD
A late Henry Pyrgos try gave Scotland their first win of 2015 as Italy were beaten in an uninspiring World Cup warm-up match in Turin.
Duncan Weir sent over three first-half penalties for the Scots, but Gonzalo Garcia's reply and two more penalties from Tommaso Allan levelled matters.
After the break, Allan's third penalty put Italy ahead for the first time.
But substitute scrum-half Pyrgos went over against the run of play before Weir added the conversion.
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