BACK PAGE HEADLINES The Sunday Times: Golden Wonders Mail on Sunday: Beckham leads players revolt Sunday Express: FA caves in to players The Observer:You Beauties Sunday Mirror: Becks Rage News of the World: FA must have known about arrest Daily Star Sunday: Beck Lash The Sunday Telegraph: All Gold The Independent on Sunday: Beckham and Sven in ultimatum to FA Sunday People: Leeds go for Strachan

And that is Australia's stunning dismantling of New Zealand in front of 83,000 spectators in the Rugby World Cup's first semi-final in Sydney.

The Sunday Times goes with the headline "Golden Wonders" in homage to the colour of the Wallabies' shirts, and describes their victory as one of "compelling power and vividness".

The Observer's front-page picture shows the Australia players being submerged in a welter of stunning blonde wives and girlfriends under the headline "You Beauties".

The paper points out that England coach Clive Woodward has been saying for two years that Australia would reach the World Cup final.

Now Woodward just has to make sure England join them by beating France on Sunday.

Hard though it may be for rugby fans to believe, football remains much the more important game in the eyes of most Britons, and England football captain David Beckham is all over the tabloid back pages.

The Real Madrid player is none-too-impressed with the Football Association and its handling of the Alan Smith and Rio Ferdinand sagas.

Beckham said the FA has its last chance to sort things out and the papers have not held back in their headlines.

The Sunday Mirror screams "Becks Rage", The Star on Sunday shouts "Beck Lash" and The Mail on Sunday weighs in with the more sober "Beckham leads players revolt".

The Mail says Beckham "fired a damning broadside at his bungling FA bosses", while the Sunday People reports the England captain "launched a stunning attack".

Both players also have pictures of Beckham playing rugby with a football during an England training session ahead of Sunday's friendly with Denmark.

The Sunday Express has an exclusive which claims the FA has agreed to a series of demands made by the players, uncluding total clarity on the criteria neccessary to represent England.

Finally, the News of the World has an exclusive with the excluded Smith.

The Leeds striker was axed from the England squad on Thursday just hours after he was called up because he had been arrested earlier in the day.

Smith tells the paper: "I can't believe the FA didn't know I'd been arrested.

"It would have been different if had been charged and convicted - I'd have no argument with being left out then."