1.   Carling said Monday that Woodward would have lost his job if he had been in charge of a southern hemisphere side.

2.   But we have beaten southern hemisphere sides recently.

3.   There is no lack of toughness in the northern hemisphere sides at all, and that goes for France as well.

4.   Pierre Berbizier says until northern hemisphere sides learn the quick ball lesson they will struggle against New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.