The Wallabies doubled their lead from a clinically executed midfield line-out phase - Ashley-Cooper hitting the line at pace, bursting through unusually meek resistance from Carter and Nonu before neatly stepping inside Cowan.
Harlequins won quick ball off the top of a line-out and when they shipped it into midfield Turner-Hall cut a stiletto line to scissor with Evans before racing over, with Evans adding the extras to put the Londoners in front.
Saints began their task with real purpose, with centre James Downey and fly-half Stephen Myler controlling the early ebb and flow from midfield, despite two worrying line-out steals by Castres.
Now though, it is expected the former Lyon player will line up in central midfield alongside club captain Barry Ferguson as the Ibrox side attempt to recapture the championship from rivals Celtic.
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Robert Pires may line up alongside Zidane in midfield after Emmanuel Petit was ruled out because of injury.
"The position he had to play was in the line of the full-backs and midfield, " he said.
England had missed a long-range penalty through Flood after Wallaby loose-head Ben Daley once again crumpled under pressure and when the visitors lost a line-out David Pocock hammered into midfield.
After winning quick ball off the top at a line-out they fired it into midfield and Andy Farrell, captaining Saracens for the first time, crashed it up the middle.
The midfield supports the strikers, rather than retreating into the back line.
With Steven Gerrard injured, Benitez had picked what appeared to be an attacking line-up with Bolo Zenden joining Alonso in midfield and Crouch partnering Bellamy up front.
The ball was then spun out to Robinson and he brushed off some appalling midfield tackles before releasing Williams, who had a clear run to the line.
The prop fumbled in midfield and the Kiwis hacked on, with Whatuira wrestling the ball down over the line, despite O'Loughlin's desperate defence.
Paterson's recent run of goals for Burnley is likely to mean promotion to the starting line-up, with Healy's regular striking partner Lafferty playing in midfield alongside Johnson, McCann and Steven Davis.
They repeatedly battered at the line, only to see that attack break down as Jonathan Davies dropped the ball in midfield.
But the kick was short, only down to the Jets' 20-yard line, and tight end Josh Baker surprisingly pulled off a 29-yard return to nearly midfield.
Of the starting line-up against South Africa, eight are the wrong side of 30 - including the entire midfield quartet.
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