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Well, knowing that Burgo is looking out for this, I thought I'd better front up. Following last weeks controversy I've decided to give a rating scale a go, with no more half marks:
10 - A legendary performance to go down in the history books
9 - Man of the match worthy performance
8 - Outstanding
7 - Good game, great in parts
6 - Solid performance
5 - Average - ho hum
4 - Below par
3 - Had a bad game
2 - Tell your story walking pal
1 - A complete joke
15 Cameron Shepherd - Took a risk to spark up a try, but lucky no-ones pushing for that spot. And for sucks fake, why didn't he just boot it out to finish the first half? 5
14 Peter Hynes - Some good hard, straight runs to consistently make yards (watch the touchline though Marcia) 7
13 Stirling Mortlock (c), Will feature in Traille and Trinh-Duc's night mares. Showing good form and reminded us of the '03 SF intercept 8
12 Berrick Barnes - I'm starting to see what the fuss is about, but more work needs to be done on his combo with Gits for this set up to really work. 7
11 Lote Tuqiri - Hard to blame him for the way the team played for the 30 mins he was on the field, but le squirt did get the better of him 5
10 Matt Giteau - Just wasn't working for him until he beat Chabal. Is he trying to do too much from the word go? 7
9 Luke Burgess - Once he got the passing range right things began to flow. Involved almost all of the wallabies best play. 8
8 Wycliff Palu - Things haven't been working for big Cliffy on the big stage, again. Will a bung shoulder open the door for someone else? 5
7 George Smith - Another quiet game by his standards. Waugh looked better at the breakdown when he came on. 6
6 Rocky Elsom - A typically hard working game from the Ireland-bound flanker. Has a great read on a game. 8
5 Nathan Sharpe - For a guy who's USP is his running game, not making the impact he should. 5
4 James Horwill - Didn't have the same blinder as last week with a few dodgy re-starts, but still turned up at the right place and time in the loose 6
3 Al Baxter - Hmmm. Scrum still wasn't solid against the 3rd string French front row. Almost had his first try to go with his record breaking caps though! 5
2 Stephen Moore - who to blame for the early engagements? Otherwise OK game I guess. 5
1 Benn Robinson.t. - had a great game in the loose. 7