some more stats (see I'm doing research and everything!!):
most fouls conceded after two games each:
Angola 51, Australia 47, Netherlands 47 and the average is 35. Italy and Spain seem to be the lowest with 21 and 20 respectively.
Australia has also the least ammount of free kicks given our way with 20, leaving us with a net count of -27, the worst of any team.
i see your point, proved by Angola being the number one dirtiest team, but there's the Netherlands up there with us in equal second!
There's only about two Australia based players in our squad, a couple of defenders who have yet to come on, while the rest are Europe based. Several are playing in the English Premier League, one in the Spanish La Liga(?), a couple in Serie A, a couple in the Dutch first division, a couple in Germany etc, so we should be used to tight, strict European reffing.
Maybe it's just an imprinted, undeniable Aussie urge to smash things!