In the Autumn Internationals, England defeated Australia in a tightly contested game, which was ultimately decided by Australia’s inability to take Care of England’s replacements. The Aussies fumed about the grief from O’Keefe, but really they should focus on their decision making and their Cheika’d disciplinary record.

Scotland were desperately close to a monumental upset win over NZ, but as usual the All Blacks came up with a 24 ‘Barrett’ gold moment when they needed it most.

Wales did their best impression of a reluctant woman in labour as they refused to push against Georgia, but manged to come out on top in a dull & controversial encounter & Ireland win again, but didn’t have it easy against Fiji,

In the big news of the week, Finn Russell says Au Revoir to Glasgow in the summer and looks likely to be playing in Paris next season.

The Aviva Premiership returned with more missing internationals than a diplomatic convoy to the Bermuda triangle, but threw up some great games with Worcester picking up their first win of the season, Wasps hammering Newcastle and Gloucester being Gloucester against Saracens.