Needless to say it's a vital match as Australia host the Lions in sports mad Melbourne this Saturday in the second test with the tourists leading 1-0 in the series.

James O'Connor once again starts at out half while Kurtley Beale is at full back, both men were in a spot of bother during the week after being pictured at ten to four in the morning at a fast food restaurant following the Rebels loss to the Lions.

The RU let them off the hook however stating that neither man was drinking,  while there is no curfew and technically no rules were broken Wallabies Coach Robbie Deans expressed his disappointment with the situation.

I asked ex Australia skipper Stirling Mortlock about that and whether or not second row James Horwill will have been distracted by the IRB appealing the decision not to ban him for his alleged stamp last week.