But this protean diploma is unlikely to meet it, according to Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson of Buckingham University, the report's authors.

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The Sunday Express takes it a step further, insisting that Mark Viduka, Alan Smith, Harry Kewell and Paul Robinson are all on the verge of quitting.

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He has stood firm and resisted the temptation to raise the money at a stroke by selling off the family silver in the form of Alan Smith, Mark Viduka and Paul Robinson.

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After Scotland's defensive heroics against the Wallabies, Robinson had decided his team needed an injection of pace and creativity and in came Thom Evans, Ben Cairns and Alan MacDonald.

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