Well done Wales; an awful autumn of humiliating loss for the traditionally weaker (but rarely this poor) Northern Hemisphere was rounded off with victory over Australia in Cardiff.

The Grand Slam champions of Europe gave South Africa a second half fright, New Zealand a decent forty minute scrap before combining each half to beat the Wallabies.

Southern hemisphere masterclass

What lessons for the rest of the slumbering European nations? Well first and foremost the team and their management have to believe in one another and the vision of the game being espoused. In England, in particular, and France to a lesser extent, this is not the case and until the management tightens these former dominant European players will be messing around in the midfield of the Second Division international tournament (quality on not off the pitch I hasten to add).

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