Quick ball off the top of a line-out gave them the chance to cut loose, and a neat inside pass from Larkham gave Gerrard the chance to scythe over by the posts, with Mortlock landing the easy conversion.

BBC: Australia 25-17 South Africa

The visitors were back level four minutes later, though, when a superb offload by Saints substitute Maurie Fa'asavalu gave loose forward Roby a clear run to the line.

BBC: Leeds 38-19 St Helens

American authorities appear to have raised their threat level as a wartime precaution, rather than in response to a specific threat, though the Federal Bureau of Investigation gave warning last week that a particularly dangerous al-Qaeda suspect is on the loose and may try to slip into the country.

ECONOMIST: Tense times at home