because of their stirring performance off the pitch.

The Aussie stars earned bottom marks with a cheeky display at a riotous Front Street bash.

Goggle-eyed women oohed and aahed as the men from "down under'' dropped their pants on stage at Friday night's extravaganza.

But now they appeared to have dropped a clanger.

For outraged Rugby Classic organisers plan to punish them for their Antipodean antics.

World Rugby Classic president Mr. John Kane -- who witnessed the show -- vowed to take disciplinary action.

"It could mean a ban from the tournament. That is under serious consideration,'' he said.

The six teams involved in this year's tournament were the stars in the boisterous annual knees-up at Number One shed.

Hundreds turned up to watch the players sing and frolic on stage.

Australia were second on stage -- leaving the most controversial part of their act to last.

A gasp went up as they bared their bottoms to the audience. As a team performance it was the most outrageous.

But individuals in the United States and Barbarians' teams also raised the temperature with impromptu performances.

One wearing a toga and the other a kilt showed off more of their manhood than had been expected.

Mr. Kane said he was "very annoyed'' about Australia's display -- particularly after the controversy surrounding last year's show.

"I don't like having this sort of thing overshadowing what we are doing. We are looking into it to see how it occurred.

"We were given assurances that this type of thing wouldn't happen. It was not supposed to happen.'' Mr. Kane said some form of disciplinary action would be taken. But it was too early to say what.

He added organisers were keen to promote a positive image of rugby.

"It has been a marvellous event. A lot of hard work has gone into it. This kind of behaviour undoes a lot of that work.'' Mr. Kane said he did not see the racier antics of the other teams.

He understood, however, that anything untoward had happened by accident.

Australia's captain Roger Gould said he did not believe his players had misbehaved.

"I think it's all a storm in a tea-cup.'' Mr. Gould said he had not been warned about toning down on-stage performances.

But he added: "If we have offended anybody we are sorry. We did not mean any slight to Bermuda.'' On a possible ban, Mr Gould said: "Mr. Kane is totally within his jurisdiction to ban us if he wants to.''