11.   At Montreal, Carolina rookie winger Erik Cole scored twice in the first four minutes.

12.   Any thought that Auckland would storm back in the second half was doused by rookie Queensland winger Ben Tune.

13.   Rookie winger Joe Roff, playing in only his second international, ran in two tries with hooker Michael Foley grabbing another in his first full Test.

14.   Retained from the Canada game are fullback Matthew Burke, centre Tim Horan and rookie winger Joe Roff, all of whom had solid games.

15.   The Australians action follows the incident from which rookie Wallaby winger Ben Tune escaped serious injury against Wales on Saturday.