As predicted, Argentina's scrum was massively superior to England's and the Pumas' dominance gave Rodriguez another chance to kick his side ahead but he squeezed his effort wide.
Edwin De Graaf bulleted a drive over from 25 yards and Derek Riordan sent a free-kick into the side-netting.
If not, the other team gets great field position as they would if they had recovered an on-side kick.
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When Porical was sin-binned Jones took the chance to kick the home side level, before the Scarlets let rip with two high-quality tries.
Given their current pre-eminence, Henry could be forgiven for wishing away the next 12 months until his side kick-off the next global jamboree in front of their home fans against Tonga on 9 September.
Kranjcar then secured Pompey's win when he powered in a 25-yard free-kick from the right side of Birmingham's area.
Josh Hannay followed him over straight from kick-off but Lennon missed the kick and the Welsh side were just two points away from extra-time.
Goode converted with a splendid kick to give his side a deserved 7-6 interval lead beforte missing with a third penalty attempt two minutes after the restart.
But the match had degenerated to the extent that Alonso opted to shoot with a free-kick on the wrong side of 40 yards instead of a seeking out a team-mate.
Wardlaw's afternoon grew more frustrating when he was booked by referee John McKendrick after being caught by a dangerous high challenge from Liam Craig, with the free-kick going the home side's way.
Duggan, who scored a hat-trick in the Blues 7-0 win over Portsmouth in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday, says her side must kick on and beat Leeds in the final.
Nine years ago Beckham won the main award, voted for by the public, after an outstanding display for England against Greece in which his late free-kick earned the national side a place in the 2002 World Cup finals.
Loose defending allowed Cudjoe in for his second try, as he latched onto Danny Brough's clever kick to claim his side's fourth win in five games and lift them back above Hull KR into sixth place - and a home tie in the first round of the play-offs.
After a fast-paced opening it was the home side who took the lead when a kick by Paul Wellens, back in the side after two weeks out with a broken hand, was blocked by Thomas Leuluai and the ball bounced straight into Gidley's hands to score.
As the match began to peter out, Grainger's curling back-post free-kick was headed into the side netting by Parkin.
Early converted tries by Kameli Ratuvou and Rodd Penney cancelled out Yachvili's opening kick and put the English side 14-9 up at the break.
Graham Carey's spectacular free-kick had given the home side the lead as Hearts battled to secure a place in the Scottish Premier League top six.
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England took the lead through Peter Crouch but Capello was left frustrated as his side failed to kick on and stamp their mark on the game.
To the Dutchman's disdain the free-kick went to the home side but the abrasive gestures, which are becoming a Mourinho trademark after he put his finger to his lips in the Carling Cup win over Liverpool, were not finished.
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He claimed that while Arsenal can afford to rest players in their Premier League game against Portsmouth on Saturday, he must pick a strong side for the early kick-off against Middlesbrough as United look to maintain their lead in the title race.
We've never really been a great one-day side so hopefully we can kick-start that now.
Eventually, the greed side of the market should kick in and the bears will capitulate.
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But Petric added a second for Bruno Labbadia's side with a fantastic overhead kick on 35 minutes.
The home side lost Stephen Jones before kick-off with a back spasm and they ended the campaign with zero points.
Alexander Geynrikh fired against the post for the visitors, while Brazilian-born Cesar curled a left-footed free-kick onto the post for the home side seven minutes before half-time.
Stade had the final say when wing Bergamasco went over in the right corner for his side's third try, Lionel Beauxis' conversion proving his side's only successful kick.
But Hodgson turned to villain five minutes later when he spilled O'Gara's diagonal kick which enabled Dowling to scramble his side's fourth try - guaranteeing Munster's bonus point.
The ever-reliable Irishman was on hand to kick the two penalties that put his side five points clear and give the Premiership newcomers their second win in three games.
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