World News 
Australia 10 - England 12
Against all the odds, an England side that had shown little in the way of form throughout the World Cup, produced a powerhouse display to knock out the strongly fancied Australians. England will now go on to the Semi-Finals where they will meet France, who also produced a fantastic performance yesterday to beat favourites New Zealand.
The England victory was made all the more sweet by the comments made by the Aussies before the match. Forward Hugh McMeniman mouthed off 'By the forwards they have chosen it's a pretty rough back. You can expect anything from the English. Definitely off the ball stuff. If you are on the ground you can get anything... a scratch on the eye." Aussie coach John Connolly whinged on 'We've spoken to (referee's manager) Paddy O'Brien to make sure he (England hooker Mark Regan) behaves himself... just to make sure the game's fair and clean, as opposed to the other side of it." As it happened, the England scrum absolutely decimated the Australian forwards who used the unusual scrummaging tactic of dropping to their knees. This was the third time in the past four World Cups that England have dumped Australia out, which new means we get to keep them.
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