"How am I? Fine, apart from feeling suicidal," he muttered.This was a crushing defeat, a setback of catastrophic proportions for both Dallaglio, who led England with characteristic vigour but spent the second half of a traumatic match spitting in the face of a hurricane, and Clive Woodward, who had coached the red rose army to a world title in this very country only seven months previously. If Groucho Marx was right when he suggested that no one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend, where does that leave England's rugby team, who have precious few friends of any description? Depressingly, it leaves them open to the resurrected ridicule of the southern hemisphere. Eddie Jones and George Gregan, the coach and captain of Australia, tried desperately hard not to crow about their victory here on Saturday, but they were on the brink of hysterics throughout the after-match formalities. Lawrence Dallaglio, on the other hand, did not attempt to conceal his emotions. If we get them wrong, there will be some serious questions about what is going on."We spent three or four years building a very special team that peaked at the World Cup. Come the autumn, we will discover which players have the mental capacity to perform as the Martin Johnsons and Neil Backs performed."I am absolutely confident that if we get our strongest team on the pitch, fresh and properly prepared, we'll beat Australia and South Africa. It could have been worse, but not by much.Woodward attempted to put his best foot forward yesterday, but events at the Suncorp Stadium had raised so many issues that he could not avoid making himself a hostage to fortune. "We're playing the Wallabies and the Springboks at Twickenham in November," he said, "and if we get those games right, this business down here will soon be forgotten.

World champions? How uneasily the crown sits on English heads in the light of this tour, during which they lost three Tests by an aggregate points difference of almost 100 and scored two tries - yes, two - while leaking 14. Replacements: J Thomas (Ospreys) for Dieniol Jones 16; C Sweeney (Dragons) for Robinson 35; H Bennett (Ospreys) for Popham 51; Duncan Jones (Ospreys) for Jenkins 53; D Morris(Leicester) for A Jones 53-74Referee: S Walsh (NZ) Attendance: 43,920.. But both Olsen's wingers, Jesper Gronkjaer and Martin Jorgensen, were taking advanced roles and had evidently identified the right of the Czech defence as a potential weak spot.With 16 minutes gone, Jorgensen set up Thomas Helveg for a goalbound shot that Marek Jankulovski blocked. Christian Poulsen soon headed wide from Claus Jensen's free-kick, after which the opening 45 minutes settled back into a slow-burning stalemate, which even Nedved could do nothing to enliven.The sight of Nedved crumpling to the turf three minutes after the interval, following a robust challenge by Thomas Gravesen, must have briefly worried Bruckner. The blonde midfielder rose gingerly to his feet, but was immediately darting to receive Rosicky's astutely angled pass and winning a corner off the flailing legs of his shadow, Poulsen.From the kick, swung in by Poborsky, Koller climbed to convert what was effectively a free header for someone of his 6ft 7in stature.

Denmark's redoubtable defence for once looked as if their boots had been bolted to the ground, and they were in further trouble as the newly galvanised Nedved caused panic by attacking another centre from Poborsky that dipped enticingly into the six-yard area.Nedved's impact on proceedings took a negative turn when he churlishly flicked out at Gronkjaer, causing the Dane to fall. A heated exchange followed and the Czech was cautioned, but it was a minor aberration in a drastically improved second half, in which the Czech Republic were intent on living up to their reputation from the group stages as the team of the tournament.Two goals in three minutes by Baros confirmed as much. In the 63rd minute, Poborsky played Koller's quick-running foil in through the inside-right channel. Thomas Sorensen was then beaten by Baros's exquisitely chipped shot.Before Denmark could regroup, Nedved sent Baros haring through the centre.

This time he outpaced Martin Laursen, the defender acquired by Aston Villa from Milan before the finals, and while still running at full tilt he thrashed a rising drive beyond Sorensen from just inside the area.. First things first, son, how's the broken bone? We'd all hoped that you'd come home from Portugal next Monday with one foot among the immortals, not last Friday with one foot in plaster. It was David Beckham's metatarsal, you'll recall, that everyone was obsessed with a couple of years ago Now he can break what he likes We don't care. Although personally I don't blame him for missing that penalty.