RUGBY’S BINNERS

Bryan Habana (SA) ................. 7 Marco Bortolami (ITA) ............ 7 Quade Cooper (AUS) .............. 6 Michael Hooper (AUS) ............ 5 like Will Genia and Bernard Foley either side of him for the defence to worry about is giving Quade an extra second,” Campese said.

“That’s good but players like Izzy, Hodge and Dane Haylett-Petty have to work harder off the ball to give him more runners as passing options. Quade’s there for his attack but I’m also sure he can tackle and will be urgent when he’s needed.’’

Long-time ally Genia saluted Cooper’s “tough mindset” as one of the biggest features of his upbeat comeback to Test rugby.

His sin-binning in that Perth Test, when he committed to the wrong player with a no-arms body check, stirred the yellow fever question again. Most concerning is that five of the six sin bin offences relate to tackles gone wrong, whether they are high, without arms, aimed at the wrong target or a tipping action.