Rival New Zealand full-backs Blair and Leinster debutant Isa Nacewa scored a try apiece.
We ran out of legs -- our two full-backs, Rafael and Evra, are just knackered.
"Tony Smith has two top quality full-backs to choose from for the World Cup, " said Morgan.
But manager Jim Gannon sprung a surprise by dropping both full-backs, Stephen Saunders and Stevie Hammell.
"The position he had to play was in the line of the full-backs and midfield, " he said.
The other three backs left out are full-backs Nick Abendanon and Dan Cipriani and centre Toby Flood.
He is a player who likes to get at full-backs, who likes to get crosses in and shots in.
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The Burnley forward seemed certain to score but Walker, one of United's two impressive young full-backs, made a brilliant covering challenge.
With Wales' Lee Byrne and Ireland's Rob Kearney the only full-backs in the squad, another surprise omission was England's Delon Armitage.
"We've always encouraged our full-backs to bomb on as much as they possibly can as wide players don't want to defend, " he said.
The Celtic manager admitted that it was a blow to lose regular full-backs Andreas Hinkel and Danny Fox to injury before the game.
And while Boro failed to put pressure on the ball, Kalou, Malouda and full-backs Jose Bosingwa and Wayne Bridge in particular, exploited the space.
Full-backs Tommy Williams and Russell Martin played a key role in Tuesday's win over Newcastle and Ferguson expects more of the same against Blackpool.
He must being doing something special to impress Warren Gatland enough that he's dropped one of the best full-backs in the world to the bench.
The problem is that, without full-backs charging forward to provide support, too often they find two men blocking their way to goal and attacks peter out.
He has been one of the most outstanding full-backs in the Premiership this season and I think he has a very good chance of making the World Cup squad.
The second half started at a whirlwind pace, with Scottish full-backs Alan Hutton and Steven Whittaker, an early replacement for the injured Callum Davidson, involved in early attacking surges.
But with United looking to get forward in numbers at every opportunity, the visitors' slick passing soon enabled wingers Ronaldo and Park to get in behind the Villa full-backs.
The visitors bristled with intent early on and managed to pin Chelsea inside their own half by holding a high line and getting their full-backs forward at every opportunity.
St Johnstone shelled a lot of early long balls in the direction of Hibs full-backs Callum Booth and Towell but the teenagers coped with the pressure without too much trouble.
Though if he finds that South Africa have good attacking full-backs, he is likely to pull a central midfielder very deep into a holding role, as he did with Mauro Silva in 1994.
The Scarlets probably had different feelings on seeing one of the northern hemisphere's finest attacking full-backs take the field against them, especially with the Ospreys starting to find some fluidity in the backline.
Everything changed in the weeks leading up to England's opening November international, against the Pacific Islanders at Twickenham, when full-backs Mathew Tait and Nick Abendanon both suffered injuries, and Josh Lewsey was sent back to his club Wasps.
Abendanon, who has made only one Test start, could even find himself pushed straight into the team because Josh Lewsey and Mathew Tait, the other full-backs in the squad, have not been playing regularly in the position this season.
The early fillip allowed South Korea to dictate the tempo of the first half, with full-backs Lee Young-pyo and Cha Doo-ri pushing forward at every opportunity, while British-based duo Park Ji-sung and Ki Sung-yueng dominated the experienced Greek pairing of Karagounis and Katsouranis in midfield.
But with Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez recently revealing he did not have a lot of money to spend in the transfer market, Johnson's arrival is likely to see some players leave the club, with full-backs Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid) and Andre Dossena (Juventus) being linked with moves away from Anfield.
Half-backs Richard Wigglesworth and Hodgson, and full-back Mike Brown, are omitted from the 22 altogether.
The 37-year-old will split his time between Wales and Cardiff Blues, where he is currently backs coach, until May and then take up a full-time post through to the 2011 World Cup.
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