Listen, we’re not paranoid, just bug off

ENGLAND coach Clive Woodward revealed yesterday that the team’s hotel rooms have been swept for bugs but insisted that the World Cup finalists were not being paranoid in the run-up to Saturday’s decider against Australia.

Woodward admitted they had used equipment to check for listening devices but said it was nothing new and just "common sense".

The approach may seem far-fetched. But the Lions believe their line-out codes were cracked in 2001 lock Justin Harrison's third-Test steal saved the series for Australia and this summer, South Africa were the subject of claims they had filmed the Wallabies' captain's run before their first Tri-Nations meeting.