Van Nistelrooy was generally kept quiet in the first half but his sharp turn and shot from the right had to be neatly saved by Igor Akinfeev while Kolodin nearly handed the Dutch the opener near half-time as his sloppy pass found van der Vaart who shot straight at the Russian keeper.

CNN: Brilliant Russia beat Dutch in extra time

England snatched a late try when Foden intercepted replacement CJ van der Linde's mislaid pass in the 77th minute, but any hopes of a comeback been extinguished long before then.

BBC: England 11-21 South Africa

However, the best chance of the latter stages fell to Zenit's Danny, the Portuguese star latching onto Arshavin's pass only to fire over with just Van der Sar to beat.

BBC: Man Utd 1-2 Zenit St Petersburg