For the second time in 13 months, a late kick by Australia fly-half Bernard Foley denied Scotland a famous victory against the Wallabies at Murrayfield on Saturday.

The Scots were leading 22-16 in their opening November international when centre Tevita Kuridrani broke through an attempted tackle from full-back Stuart Hogg to peg their deficit to 22-21, providing Foley with an opportunity to snatch victory with a close range conversion that made it 22-23.

The Waratahs outside-half duly slotted the ball between the posts – against a backdrop of unsporting boos – as he had done to controversially win the 2015 World Cup quarter-final between the countries at Twickenham, 35-34, with an unjustly awarded 79th minute.

In doing so, Australia kept their Grand Slam tour hopes alive and Scotland were cruelly denied a famous victory that beckoned after two tries from Edinburgh-born Stormers centre Huw Jones, who made a storming first start for Scotland in his home city, and lock Jonny Gray.

England ended their 10-year wait for a victory over South Africa with a 37-21 win at a rainswept Twickenham on Saturday.

They outscored the Springboks four tries to two as they made it 10 wins in as many Tests under Australian coach Eddie Jones.

The teams’ opening end of year international turned on an England burst either side of half-time that saw them score 23 unanswered points.

Jonny May, Courtney Lawes, George Ford and Owen Farrell all crossed for tries, with Farrell kicking 17 points.

Malaki Fekitoa bagged a brace of tries as a second-string All Blacks warmed up for a revenge match with Ireland by pummelling hapless Italy 68-10 at a stunned Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.

Elsewhere, France thrashed Samoa 52-8, while Wales secured a hard fought 24-20 win over Argentina.