Another sensational weekend of sport has come and gone and it is time to take a look at what we may or may not have learnt from the past 48 hours of action.

Five automatic Euro 2012 finals berths, including four for group winners, and the race for places in the play-off draw will be settled on Tuesday when the nine groups conclude a final round of fixtures.

World Cup favourites New Zealand (8/13 World Cup outright) are still on course to fulfil the expectations of an entire nation by lifting the Webb Ellis Trophy, as the tournament enters the semi-final stage.

The first quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup take place on Saturday with two intriguing ties in different ways and a chance for the Northern Hemisphere to lay down a marker, before the South does battle on Sunday.

England have one foot at next summer’s European Championships and will be confident of sealing their place in Poland and Ukraine this weekend. It has all been a bit to straight forward for Fabio Capello’s men to date, but surely they can’t slip up now?

England’s off-field behaviour has been the subject of as many column inches as their performances on the pitch during the World Cup (England 8/1 Tournament Outright). It was not something that Martin Johnson would have expected to have to deal with but might the antics of a few members of the squad actually serve to pull the team together?

The Rugby World Cup takes a break this week until the quarter-finals next weekend as the remaining nations size each other up for the knock-out stage. The southern hemisphere sides (New Zealand 4/6 fav World Cup Outright) were expected to be the main challengers to take the title but might one of the Six Nations teams spoil their party?

England have all but qualified for Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine next summer, but what conclusions can we draw from Fabio Capello’s squad selection for this week’s trip to Montenegro (England 9/1 – Euro 2012 – Outright).

The pool stages are all done and dusted as the likes of Scotland, Italy, Samoa and Fiji have all failed to make the cut, and we now look towards the exciting knockout stages of the World Cup in New Zealand.

The English summer has almost reached its conclusion but there is still one match for the Three Lions to complete to celebrate what has been a fantastic home season – and they are 1/5 favourites to do it in style with West Indies available at 10/3 in the betting for the second Twenty20 International, taking place at the Kia Oval on Sunday.