Cooper then scored his second try and although England's scrum earned them a second penalty try, two late penalties ensured Australia took the spoils.
But the reliable boot of Toby Flood and a late try from scrum-half Ben Youngs allowed Leicester to cruise to victory.
In contrast Australia looked much sharper with ball in hand and it took a superb tackle from Chris Ashton to deny Drew Mitchell the opening try after scrum-half Luke Burgess had made a sniping break.
Leo Cullen was grabbing his chance after his late inclusion in the Irish line-up and his line-out steal from another botched Italian throw set up the game's second try as scrum-half O'Leary sniped over for his first international touchdown.
The hosts then took the lead with a marvellous try started by scrum-half Nicolas Durand from his own 22.
Dwayne Peel sent a timely message to Wales' selectors with a classic scrum-half's try as Sale regained the lead.
Munster responded with their only touchdown, Coughlan ploughing over on the end of a five-metre scrum for his first provincial try.
But the visitors were awarded a penalty try from a scrum after 13 minutes and O'Gara converted, but Biggar struck back with two penalties.
Tebaldi kicked the hosts in front from an early penalty but missed three more before the scrum-half's try and subsequent conversion put his side 10 points up after 27 minutes.
The scrum-half then sniped over from a five-metre scrum to score the first try of the match and although he missed the conversion a second penalty gave the fired-up visitors an 11-3 lead after 11 minutes.
The Cherry and Whites were gifted the opening try when Arr passed the ball straight to Qera from a scrum and the big Fijian ran 30 yards unopposed for a try.
It was his break after 14 minutes that set up second-rower Mick Cassidy for the opening try off former Hull scrum-half Willie Peters.
Referee Nigel Owens awarded a penalty try after replacement Kings scrum-half Josh Fowles illegally came round to disrupt it on the Lions side, and O'Gara's conversion made it 20-3.
After weeks without rugby, Thomas may want to forget an embarrassing moment against Munster on Saturday evening at Rodney Parade, when an off-the-ball tug on Donnacha Ryan cost Dragons scrum-half Wayne Evans a try.
The defending champions went behind to an early penalty but had a penalty try when Irish struggled at scrum time.
Five minutes in, New Zealander Williams crashed over off the base of an advancing five-metre scrum to register Munster's first try.
The home side had not finished, though, and scrum-half Mike Prendergast's try with two minutes to go all but confirmed victory.
But Wasps made the home side pay and broke out from the resulting scrum, ending in Waldouck's try at the other end.
That cost Worcester dearly, as from the next scrum, Quins were awarded a penalty try and Evans converted to complete the turnaround.
Northampton stormed upfield from the restart and Tonga'uiha turned provider, slipping Dickson the ball and the scrum-half scampering over for a try.
Hugh Vyvyan spurned a fantastic opportunity for a second Sarries try when his pass to scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth went wayward with the route to the line clear.
Only in the last 20 minutes did the limited Scots find anything resembling an attacking edge, and it resulted in replacement scrum-half Chris Cusiter's try just after the hour mark.
Hodgson gave the Sharks a three-point lead with a penalty from the first scrum before Leeds hit back with a try inside five minutes from centre Fa'afili, following a miss-throw at the line-out.
From the resulting scrum, Daniel Fitzhenry sidestepped through for a try which was given by the video referee and Michael Dobson added the extras.
Claassens claimed his second try off the back of a scrum six minutes from time and James converted but Saints had the final say when Kruger collected Myler's chip to go over.
The scrum-half prevented what seemed a certain Ospreys try in the first half, then scored himself in the second.
But the Bulls hit back with a try from Brett Kearney and two from scrum-half Matt Orford, their man of the match.
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.
Bowe finished off powerfully after Biggar, Gareth Owen and scrum-half Davies paved the way for his try at the corner, converted superbly by the fly-half.
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