Scotland stunned Australia 9-8 and New Zealand continued its perfect touring record to beat England Saturday, while Wales outclassed Argentina 33-16 and South Africa finally won a match in Europe with victory at Italy 32-10. Australia flyhalf Matt Giteau missed an injury-time conversion after a try by Ryan Cross for the Scots, who led 9-3 after two penalties by Phil Godman and a drop goal by Chris Paterson, to end 16 straight losses to the Wallabies dating back to 1981. “The error rate was something that really hurt us,” said Australia captain Rocky Elsom, adding that Giteau was still the right choice to kick the vital conversion attempt. “If I was going to give a crucial kick to anyone, it would be Matt. He's our kicker and he's the best we've got.” Scotland coach Andy Robinson, who used to be in charge of England, praised his team's aggressive defense. “I've said to the team that is the most courageous performance I've ever been involved in,” Robinson said. New Zealand scored 13 unanswered second-half points and denied the opposition a try for a third straight game for a 19-6 win at Twickenham, with flyhalf Dan Carter becoming the All Blacks' all-time leading scorer on his return from suspension. New Zealand coach Graham Henry said his team's performance was the best of its three so far. Jonny Wilkinson scored two penalties for England, which competed well but was still short of inspiration in midfield. New Zealand faces France next weekend before rounding off its European tour with a match against the Barbarians. It has already beaten Wales and Italy without conceding a try. Bryan Habana, Jacque Fourie, Fourie Du Preez and Wynand Olivier all touched down for South Africa Saturday, while Morne Steyn kicked 10 points and substitute Ruan Pienaar added a late conversion. The Springboks had previously lost to Leicester, France and Saracens. In Cardiff, Stephen Jones scored 17 points for Wales and Shane Williams scored his 47th and 48th tries for Wales. Martin Rodriguez picked up a try and kicked three penalties and a conversion to score all of Argentina's points in a game littered with mistakes from both teams. Jones' quick thinking led to the only try of the first half in the 17th minute. The flyhalf tapped a penalty to himself and ran it in from outside the 22 after the Argentine players had turned their backs. Jones kicked the conversion, as well as scoring two penalties to give Wales a halftime lead of 13-3. The second try of the game came 20 seconds after the restart, when Williams capitalized on a kick that was charged down to run in to score. The Lions wing then weaved at speed through the defense to score his second try in the 65th. France scored seven tries to overwhelm Samoa 43-5 and raise expectations ahead of its match next week against New Zealand. Sexton kicked five conversions and two penalties while Brian O'Driscoll, Rob Kearney and Shane Horgan also crossed Fiji's line. Fiji's points came from two penalties by Nicky Little.
