AUSTRALIAN captain Ricky Ponting has implored Andrew Symonds not to allow recent controversies to blunt his aggressive edge for his international comeback today.
BEDLAM - 80 minutes of absolutely glorious, manic, deafening bedlam. Thomond Park was that and more on Tuesday with the return of the All Blacks after a 30-year absence.
A CRUCIAL element in a successful Robbie Deans team is an accurate and prolific goalkicker. At the Canterbury Crusaders, Deans had Andrew Mehrtens and Daniel Carter, and now with the Wallabies he has Matt Giteau.