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By Jeremy GuscottRugby union analyst, BBC Sport

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England fight back to beat Australia

Among the topics making the headlines this week are:

- England beating Australia at Twickenham with the 2003 World Cup winners watching on

- England boss Stuart Lancaster praised England's new faces

- The first five Premiership games ending as away wins

- Munster and Glasgow continuing to set the pace in the Pro12

- World champions New Zealand thrashing Japan

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  • Jeremy - is there any chance of us getting a return of 'Guscotts Predictions' for the Premiership weekly matches? They are sorely missed.......

  • Where does Saturdays win rank in relavance of pundits and team standing next to,
    Fra 22-24 Eng, didn't actually happen
    S A 14-14 Eng Dead rubber doesn't count
    Eng 14-Aus 20 A True reflection
    Eng 38-21 NZ, Doesn't count
    Ire 6-12 Eng, didn't happen as Ireland had beaten Wales
    Eng 23-13 Fra, Lucky
    Wales 30-3 Eng The only game that has ever happened.
    Eng 20-14 Aus ?????

  • Hi Jerry,

    Why do think Chris Ashton still gets picked by England? He missed several tackles on saturday (one which resulted in the Toomua try) and when on the ball just seems far too predictable and slow. Wouldn't the in-form Christian Wade be a better choice for the Argentina match considering his Lions status and continuous high level performance over the past 2 years?

  • feel that Christian Wade has been hard done by, by Lancaster due to the fact that he has performed that he has consistently performed over the last two years and is a lion. compared to Ashton playing well for the first part of a season as well as for a considerably stronger team. do you this after his two tries against Gloucester Lancaster will give him a chance against a damaged Argentinian team.

  • @194. Sgt_Apone

    "Both sides are as bad as each other"

    Totally agree. I have a bigger and better............than you do, no you don't, oh yes I do. Bla bla bla.

    It looks like the AI's are going to make these forums, the place not to be.

  • Hi Jerry,

    Why are England ranked so much better than the Celtic nations?

    Is it through winning and not losing? ;)

  • Hi Jerry,we recently witnessed one of the best games of international rugby seen in a very long time.I refer to the SA v NZ game,refereed to a very high standard by Nigel Owens.In contrast we had the performances of George Clancy & Dudley Phillips, who were poor in the Eng v Aus game.What can be done to ensure all international games,are officiated at a standard demonstrated by Nigel Owens?

  • Hi Jerry,

    Simple question, what do you believe Stuart Lancaster sees in Chris Ashton that 99% of the England are not?

    Cheers, OandF

  • Hi Jerry,

    judging on Saturday's performance, would you make any changes to the starting XV for the match against Argentina?

  • Hi Jerry

    With the 2003 team being celebrated at Twickenham, would any of the current crop have made it into this team?

  • Hi Jerry
    With 12trees and Dickson both having less than inspiring games, can you see Youngs promoted back to scrum half and Burrell starting at center or do you think they deserve another go next week against Argentina.

  • @148 - 7 points on the Aussies is indeed a good win. As a Wales supporter I'd take it no question! People say they looked tired - maybe. But weighing against that, they're battle-hardened. It's the first game of the campaign for Eng - no surprise that the second half was better than the first. Yep the ref played a role... but these decisions often reflect the way the game is turning anyway.

  • 124: Whereas Ashton is the safety option?

  • @116
    If it were New Zealand, the first try would have been 'the result of excellent line out work by Lawes, pressure on the kicker by Vunipola, Robshaw reacting quickly and sharply.'
    The second try would have been a great piece of vision from Farrell who spotted a prop and exploited the gap. This coming after 13 phases of possession.

    Yet its England, so it's lucky. And Farrell is rubbish.

  • A lot of referees use the movement of the hands to judge whether a pass is forward despite this not being part of the laws. I can sort of understand why they do this due to the speed of the game but I have heard many TMOs use this method too despite having access to replays. Do you think that it is right for a TMO to judge a pass on the movement of the hands and not the direction of the ball?

  • Did England win or did Australia lose?

  • Hi Jeremy, why can't all the media and pundits cut to the chase and say that Chris Ashton isn't good enough for England? His defence is poor and is not scoring tries whereas Christian Wade is in form and simply can't do any more. His two tries on the weekend were world class pieces of finishing and he makes you excited when he gets the ball. Surely he has now overtaken Ashton?

  • Jerry how would you rate Ashton's defence in test matches?

  • Um @182 you do realise he was joking and the point he was making? I think that's what they call a big bite - hook (not the player), line and sinker...

  • @ 166. dragonsbreath
    Absolutely great idea! BOD leading an Irish Riverdance performance after the Haka would clearly psyche out any AB team! I can see it now!

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