World Cup: Socceroos win but don't play.

Japan won away 3-2 in Bahrain, and in the big news Aussie opponents on Thursday our time Uzbekistan got flogged 3-0 by Qatar!

Fantastic result for Australia. Given we comfortably disposed of Qatar, if we can get a decent result in Tashkent on Thursday we could be off to a flyer.

Putting ourselves and Japan firmly in the driving seat for South Africa, even at this early stage. So with the Aussies, surprisingly beating Holland 2-1 last night with what was possibly Pim Verbeek's most attacking away side....ever, confidence will be high for the twice land-locked nation of Uzbekistan.