Wallabies can win the Rugby World Cup in 2011!!

Twelve months ago was a different story but the selection of youthful players with form and the blend of experience in the side all showed out against England last night in Perth!!

'Hang on, didn't our scrum get destroyed and wasn't the score close?' Well, yes but that's not the game going on within the game!!

You see we tackled low in the try zone and bustled England who played 10 man rugby and looked ordinary in attack. Our backs played slight of hand, ran good angles and kept the ball alive!!

Quade Cooper directed an attacking style and they 'chanced their arm' time and again!! They were fast, aggressive and had a good plan. Begrudgingly I'd say that Luke Burgess had his best game for the Wallabies.

With injuries and trying to boost our depth the scrum was exposed by the massive England front row and yielded two penalty tries from splintering the scrum on or near the try line. We need to remember that this was about our fourth choice front row and it's all experience for them as the Poms were 'boring in' and playing on the edge of the rules, but deserved to dominate as they kept their feet and drove forward.

I look forward to the game in Sydney next week to see how the players under pressure handle the moment!! The team now have about 18 matches to keep working on combinations, selecting different up and comers and seeing who is our best option and what is our best plan of attack!!

The Wallabies actually showed some 'steel' last night and it was exciting to watch despite the scrum penalties, penalty tries and scrum sin bin.... in the words of the coach "our group will definitely be the better for this experience!"

Natan Sharpe was a revelation

Elsom played well

Rob Horne is a 'Sterling Mortlock' in the making but with a better step

Pocock is getting there

Luke Burgess, Quade Cooper and Digby Ioane made the difference

The 21 year old sub James Slipper looked a good prospect in the scrum!!