Is this just a last-minute effort to exert pressure before declaring a ceasefire?
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Connor kicked the opening points, rewarding his side's early pressure with a fourth-minute penalty.
His centre partner Jordan Turner-Hall was impressing in the midfield battle, but Evans failed to reward the early pressure by pulling a seventh-minute penalty wide.
The lively Kalinic shot wide under pressure from Ferreira shortly before his ninth-minute opener.
But the Ospreys, with Ryan Jones and Marty Holah tackling effectively, were able to soak up the pressure and O'Gara's 11th-minute penalty was the only score of a flat first quarter.
McClaren's men passed the ball well enough but, apart from a promising five-minute spell before the break and a couple of periods of pressure in the second half, they barely looked like scoring.
That allowed France to relieve the pressure, but at the other end Parra missed a 47th-minute kick at goal after Wales fell offside at a scrum.
Dimitar Berbatov's 16th-minute goal looked to have paved the way for United to turn up the pressure on pacesetters Chelsea at the top of the table - but Everton had other ideas as they took another major scalp to emphasise their recent improvement.
Thunder made the perfect start, scrum-half Luke Branighan running in a converted try in only the fourth minute after good pressure around the Whitehaven line.
The alarms rang in the 18th minute when both Jose Enrique and Coloccini failed to clear under pressure from Lee in the left-corner before the ball fell to Bolton old-boy Nolan who handled in his attempt to ease the pressure.
Manning converted a 47th-minute penalty and then Munster were held up just short of the line as they applied the pressure.
Stack was again called into action in the 61st minute when Naylor curved in a tempting direct free-kick as the visitors enjoyed a brief spell of pressure.
Sale kept up the pressure, and in the 46th minute excellent work from Sebastien Chabal led to a half-chance down the right which winger Vilk exploited with a fine finish.
The pressure brought penalties for Wilkinson who gave England a 6-3 lead by the 26th minute.
Under-pressure Stuttgart boss Markus Babbel saw his side remain in the bottom three after conceding an 89th-minute leveler in the 1-1 draw at home to fellow strugglers Bochum.
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