1.   This may simply be a shortcoming of the difficult conversion of literary epic to the stage.

2.   Campese, Smith, center Daniel Herbert and dynamic flanker David Wilson set up Lynagh for a try in the corner, although he missed the difficult conversion.

3.   Campese, Smith, center Daniel Herbert and flanker David Wilson set up Lynagh for a try in the corner, although he missed the difficult conversion.

4.   Captain Michael Lynagh will retain the goal-kicking duties, even though lock John Eales was successful with four difficult conversions last weekend against Romania.

5.   Eales missed a difficult conversion attempt.

6.   Hodgson, who came on the field for knee-injury victim Wilkinson near the end, landed a difficult angled conversion for the final action of the game.

7.   Mehrtens missed a difficult conversion from close to the right touchline.

8.   Replacement fly-half Adam Friend landed the difficult conversion after fulltime.

9.   The leftfooted Wilkinson missed a difficult conversion from wide on the left.

10.   France scored with their very first attack, centre Thierry Lacroix going over after barely two minutes, although he missed an admittedly difficult conversion from the left.