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WELL done Ewen McKenzie. It's laughable that when a coach actually stamps on late night habits that a feeble "poor Wallabies" cry goes up.
It's a significant reason why Robbie Deans is no longer at the helm because he did not deal with James O'Connor's ill-discipline undermining team standards again and again.
There is no suggestion there were comatose Wallabies in the gutters of Temple Bar, Dublin's haven for booze hounds.
That the now infamous "Dublin XV" stayed out for extra pints and didn't have a watch between them to get home on time is hard fact.
I've no doubt Australia's rugby league team have had far boozier nights in Manchester on their World Cup trip without a shrug from team management.
That's not the point.
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Senior Wallabies were irate that O'Connor and Kurtley Beale copped only a feather slap for their 3.50am burger bar visit just days before this year's Melbourne Test against the British and Irish Lions.
Missing a team bus to training a week later showed the folly of soft standards.
McKenzie was hardly going to talk tough on new team discipline standards, which the players agreed with mind you, and just tickle with another feather over the Dublin episode.
McKenzie is being true to his first interview as Wallaby coach in July: "If you are crystal clear (about the standards) you don't have to be too tolerant.
"The bigger the investment at the front end, the less time you'll be wielding a big stick at the end."
Rugby culture has changed. One Wallaby in the 1991 World Cup squad spent so much time at Dublin's Bad Bobs bar on that trip his face might be on the wall for a lifetime achievement award. He wasn't being selected so no dramas.
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That was the fun-filled early 1990s. This is 2013 and the Wallabies need tough standards or they can tread water as a nondescript world No.4 forever.
Adam Ashley-Cooper is a beacon of good values on the field and off for the Wallabies but he has to cop it sweet with this one-Test ban like Nick Cummins, Benn Robinson, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Liam Gill and Paddy Ryan.
This is McKenzie making a strong call so the Wallabies are a more professional crew for the 2015 World Cup.
The great news is Quade Cooper was not part of the "Dublin XV" when once he might have been captain.
There were also no reports of O'Connor flying in for a guest appearance.
That the Wallabies must finish the tour with midnight curfews and an alcohol ban, except for post-match, is of their making, not the coach.
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