IRELAND captain Brian O’Driscoll has warned of an outbreak of confusion at scrum-time after the introduction of yet another ruling for referees to enforce.

SAM WARBURTON will get the chance to prove he is ready to step into Martyn Williams’ shoes, after Warren Gatland handed him the number seven jersey for Wales’ autumn Test series opener against Australia in Cardiff tomorrow.

Lewis Moody has backed England’s young guns to conquer the Everest of world rugby and beat New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday to lift the Hillary Shield.

ENGLAND’s defence coach Mike Ford last night dismissed the try-laden Tri-Nations as not being proper Test rugby.