Given that America accounts for about half of the open defence-equipment market, this westward migration makes sense.
Danny Fox powered away on a solo run from his own half and outran the Aberdeen defence before striking for goal, but Langfield parried wide.
Motherwell manager Stuart McCall sent on centre-half Stephen Craigan for striker Murphy to shore up the defence.
Ryan Hall began the second half with a try for Leeds but Rovers' scrambled defence repeatedly denied the visitors.
Scottish tries are rare - only two were scored in the three autumn Tests - and they did not look like breaching the French defence for most of the second half.
However, the Ulster fly-half's boot continued to cause problems for the home defence, the pressure from his high kicks telling as it led to the 71st minute scrum at which the hosts were penalised.
Reading attacked for much of the second half, but Bolton's defence stood firm, with debutant Gary Cahill outstanding.
Jeffs, who had stood expressionless and silent before the jury for nearly half hour during his closing arguments, called only one defence witness to the stand - a man who read from Mormon scripture.
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The result was left in no doubt when the outside-half put Gear into space and the winger ghosted through an absent defence for his third try in as many Tests.
Vale's other score was a repeat of their first when Shorney broke through the Swansea defence from the halfway line only minutes into the second half for his second try of the match.
But from the next line-out Ireland scrum-half Peter Stringer took a quick tap off the top and scampered through the Scottish defence before offloading to Heaslip, a first-half replacement for number eight Denis Leamy, to crash over.
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Leeds extended their tenuous half-time lead four minutes into the second half when a barnstorming run from centre Keith Senior opened up the Warrington defence for Webb to take a return pass and score.
Xavier Rush replaced Powell at half-time and was soon on the scoreboard, slipping past some weak defence for Blair to convert.
The pint-sized Welsh winger still had a lot of work to do, but he again took advantage of poor tackling to weave himself through the Worcester defence to cross for his side's third converted try of the half.
That is, even if all defence spending were stopped in Scotland, it would get only half way to paying for the Treasury's additional spend in Scotland.
After Walder rifled a drop-goal attempt wide, Taylor's second penalty nudged Gloucester ahead, only for Wasps to strike seven minutes before half-time when Ward-Smith powered through weak defence unopposed.
The French side's momentum finally told, the Blues defence stretched by repeated batterings to allow Skrela to send wing Arias into a half gap for a converted try.
It took until 12 minutes from the break before Salford's defence was breached when Joel Tomkins fed Martin Gleeson to send scrum-half Deacon over for his first Wigan try since arriving from Bradford.
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Against the run of play, the Reds scored the game's first try after 24 minutes when half-back Luke Dorn held his footing on the slippery surface and jinked through the Huddersfield defence for a solo try.
But a slip in defence late in the second half allowed Mohammed Shawky to equalise as the home side desperately appealed for offside.
Campbell failed to re-appear for the second half, handing youngster Sebastian Larsson a rare start and a further reshuffle to the Arsenal defence.
All Whites fly-half Dixon opened the scoring with an early kick, before poor defence from his team let Neath in for the opening five-pointer.
Scotland continually tried to profit down the right in the second half, but a well organised defence and the imposing figure of Carson in goals meant Northern Ireland held on for a deserved victory.
Speaking earlier, defence secretary Philip Hammond indicated that the rest of the budget - about half - would be up for discussion in the forthcoming government spending review, in which many departments will be facing further cuts.
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Blue fly-half Parks knocked over two successive penalties to close the gap, with Casey Laulala beginning to cause problems for the Leinster defence.
Bath laid siege to the Blues line as the half ran out, even opting for a five-metre scrum instead of taking a penalty kick, but the Welsh defence held firm.
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