The Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has threatened to drop players for continued lapses in on-field discipline after sin-binnings robbed them of manpower during their 29-17 loss to South Africa at the weekend.
Apart from conceding 13 penalties at Newlands in Cape Town, referee Alain Rolland showed the yellow card to three players: Matt Giteau, Richard Brown and George Smith.
Australia's bid to break a more than 20-year winless drought at Eden Park against the All Blacks last month also collapsed in a hail of penalties, the Wallabies squandering an early 10-point lead to lose 22-16.
While concerned about the referee's performance, Deans says the lack of discipline had cost the Wallabies against South Africa and flagged a harder line against offenders.
