After seeing their female colleagues lose to the Australians, England claimed gold in the men's triples at the Burnside Bowling Club after a tense 15-14 win in a match which needed an extra end to decide the winners.

England entered the women's fours gold medal match as the only unbeaten team at the Championships following 10 consecutive victories but they were immediately on the back foot following a faultless first end from the Australians in which they scored eight points.

The English team, led by Ellen Falkner, were expected to provide a sterner test for the Jackaroos, but following their sublime semi-final win over New Zealand yesterday, the Australians produced another confident and ruthless display to dominate the match.

The team skipped by Natasha Scott and featuring Kelsey Cottrell, Carla Krizanic and Rebecca van Asch continued to extend their lead by scoring either singles or two points before they guaranteed their gold medal with four decisive shots in the 12th end and another four later on.

Australia went on to comfortably win 23-8, forcing the contest to finish after 16 ends.

Scott said it was an "unbelievable" feeling to be world champions.

"I am lost for words at the moment, but so proud of my girls to come away with a win," she told New Zealand based website Stuff.

"I am just over the moon."

England immediately gained revenge though as they won the men's triples final over their Australian counterparts in the second final of the day.

Skippered by Andrew Knapper, who was joined by Jamie Walker and Robert Paxton, England required an extra end to prevail 15-14 in what proved to be a nervy contest.

Trailing 12-9, the English team took a 14-12 lead late in the match before Australia's Aron Sherriff, Barrie Lester and Mark Casey picked up two points in the final end to level the final.

However, it was the English team that claimed gold following a decisive single point in the extra end which was unanswered by their Australian rivals.

It was a second successive silver medal in the triples division for Australia. 

Casey was part of the team that finished runners-up at the World Championships in Adelaide in 2012, when his country claimed four of the eight gold medals on offer.

Two more titles are due to be decided tomorrow when Australia and Ireland meet in the men's pairs final before Australian defending champion Karen Murphy and Scotland's Lesley Doig will compete for the women's singles crown.