LONDON (AP) — England earned a rare win over New Zealand and Argentina staged an incredible comeback from 21-0 down to beat Scotland 33-24 in autumn rugby at the weekend.

George Ford drove England to the 33-19 victory a year after being blamed for a loss to the All Blacks.

South Africa survived another red card in beating Italy 32-14, France overcame a scare from Fiji, Ireland thrashed Australia by a record 46-19 and Wales was let off by Japan for a first home win in more than two years.

Here's the AP's takeaways.

Drop goals

George Ford says England coach Steve Borthwick doesn't usually bring up drop goals much in pre-match plans. But before the All Blacks game Borthwick did. He told Ford to bring all the tools in his bag. Ford's two drop goals in the last two minutes of th

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