Two days after 36 blondes hired by a hitherto obscure Dutch brewer were ejected from the stadium for breaching Fifa regulations, the incident was still the talk of the tournament, dominating front pages and new bulletins for a third day.
The first change to enforcement of the laws of the game has been introduced by Fifa, who will permit fourth officials to tell referees if they have witnessed a red card offence like the foul by Rangers' Kyle Lafferty on Andreas Hinkel of Celtic during the New Year Old Firm derby at Parkhead.
New South Wales will go into tomorrow's State of Origin clash without the legendary Andrew Johns in their corner, following his resignation from their coaching staff over a racial slur on Queensland's Greg Inglis. NSW's Timana Tahu walked out of the squad's camp last week, saying that he could not tolerate Johns' reference to Inglis.