Right, time to take this ship to harbour. But, before we do that, we dish out the day's big awards.

Man of the day: Joe Schmidt - the magic that kept Leinster at the top of the European game is bubbling to the surface with Ireland.

Moment of the day: Jonny May rounding Conrad Smith and Israel Dagg - he was picked out as the weak link in the England team by some commentators, but he left two of the world champions' crown jewels flapping at thin air for England's opening try.

Villain of the day: Wales's inability to hold on to a late lead - Warren Gatland's men led at 70 minutes, just as they have in four of their last five meetings with Australia. On each occasion they have lost.

Dancemove of the day: Rob Harley breaking it down MC Hammer style while in the sin-bin. What a way to serve out your 10-minute sentence.

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Wales centre Jamie Roberts tweets:, external Cheers for the Birthday wishes everyone - Gutted with the result. Close but no cigar. Congrats to the Oz lads

New Zealand full-back Israel Dagg tweets:, external That was a hell of a test match... proud of the @AllBlacks men tonight showed some grit... #recoverymode all starts again tomorrow

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Wales are set to call a fly-half into their squad to cover Dan Biggar's likely absence from at least next Saturday's clash with Fiji in Cardiff.

Biggar was replaced by Rhys Priestland after the break and has a suspected groin strain.

"We need to sit down as a group and bring another 10 in next week so we'll make a decision on that at some stage," said coach Warren Gatland.

Wales could also be without full-back Leigh Halfpenny who will be assessed for concussion in the coming days

Gatland: "He's got a bit of a knock so it was precautionary. Dan Biggar looked like a groin strain, but we don't know how long it is."

Edinburgh's Tim Visser on Twitter:, external Outstanding performance by @Scotlandteam tonight. Back three, 9 and 10 in particular looked very sharp

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All Blacks coach Steve Hansen was pleased with the way his side dealt with the sin-binning of hooker Dane Coles midway through the second half.

The All Blacks took the numerical disadvantage in their stride, maintaining their stranglehold on the game and even adding a penalty.

"The reality is that we won the game in that 10 minutes," he said. "We reacted well, we dug in and won that period 3-0 and I think that hurt England a bit."

Captain Richie McCaw said: "I'm proud of the way the guys, after a slightly dodgy start, held our nerves, and got the points we needed in the second half.

"I'm especially happy, when it was really bucketing down, that we held the ball to get across the line."

More from England head coach Stuart Lancaster:

"We've had one-and-a-half week's preparation and we've got young lads who are 20 and 21 years old making their debuts at Twickenham against the All Blacks -that's a positive," he said.

"The performance of the pack was excellent - it couldn't have been far off 100% line-out. We put a lot of pressure on their ball and there was some good rugby on show in the first half.

"We missed one opportunity in the first half which could have made a difference.

"We need to work on the accuracy of our kicking, the pressure we put on ourselves playing in and around our halfway line.

"When the weather turned New Zealand maximised that opportunity well and when the hooker was in the sin-bin they managed that well as well. We couldn't get the territory to get close to them in the second half."

Injured Ireland flanker Sean O'Brien on Twitter: , externalExcellent performance delighted for the lads

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Head coach Stuart Lancaster insists England are "not far away" from New Zealand despite his side's 24-21 defeat to the world champions.

"We've played them four times now this year and we haven't got the right result but we don't feel we're far away," Lancaster said.

"We've got some good players watching the game today so we'll keep our confidence and maintain the direction in which we're going."

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Here's one for the Gray family wall of fame. Brothers Richie and Jonny started together for their country for the first time today.

Wow. Test rugby is good fun isn't it? After watching the same old story with Wales, how refreshing that Ireland tore up the script.

The last match the Boks played saw them beat world champions New Zealand - only their second defeat in (what was then) 45 matches.

But even 15 QCs could not have mounted a defence as Ireland came up with today and it was that bodies-on-the-line commitment that laid the groundwork for their victory.

I'll be back next week, but big Mike Henson will have all the reaction for you up until eight.

Andy Burke
BBC Scotland at Murrayfield

"Scottish fans leaving Murrayfield in good spirits. Not often they've witnessed their team outscoring top level opposition by five tries to four. They'll need to tighten up the defence if they are to achieve that first-ever win over New Zealand next weekend though."

Lewis Moody
Former England captain on BBC Three

Lewis Moody is providing analysis right now with Andrew Cotter on BBC Three with the highlights of England v New Zealand.

He's tweeted this picture:, external Good chat on @BBCSport. Tough loss for @EnglandRugby. Backlash from this SA game could make next week even harder.

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Bad news. You have just missed the World's Craziest Fools on BBC Three in which the A Team's Mr T tracks down everyone from dumb drivers to reckless teens.

Good news. If you tune in now you are just in time for highlights of England v New Zealand.

Every cloud and that.

Stewart Milligan:, external Great performance from the Irish. Can't remember the last time I saw such a great defensive display from the men in green!

John McEnerney:, external the intensity Scot have brought to the table has been immense that's what Vern expects every game, he'll smile but not for long!

Chris Paterson
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Two

"I don't think they'll be a huge amount of changes next week.

"The substitutions came at the right time today when the game was starting to drift a bit.

"All the players should be relatively fresh after that, but they have to back up a great performance with another one next week."

There is definitely something smouldering in Scotland's belly as the players gather around to listen to Vern Cotter's debrief. The players then huddle up for the captain's thoughts from Greig Laidlaw.

New Zealand next week will be a real test of that growing optimism.

DavidWSteel:, external Scotland score 41 points in a rugby international! It usually takes us the whole of the 6 Nations to notch that.

Ireland (6)

Tries: Ruddock, Bowe

Pens: Sexton 3, Madigan. Cons: Sexton 2

South Africa (3)

Tries: Coetzee, Pietersen

Pens: Pollard. Cons: Pollard