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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 18: Issak Fines of the Brumbies celebrates scoring a try during the round three Super Rugby AU match between the Waratahs and the Brumbies at ANZ Stadium on July 18, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
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Aussie Super teams drop kick Kiwi arrogance

No-one should be kidding themselves that Australia’s five-team domestic competition is at the same standard as New Zealand’s, but that’s hardly the point, as rugby fans witnessed on the weekend.

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Michael Hooper of the Waratahs is tackled during the Round 15 Super Rugby match between the New South Wales Waratahs and the Jaguares at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AAP Image/Craig Golding) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Waratahs’ nightmare season almost over

If there’s one small mercy for the Waratahs after Saturday night’s gut-wrenching defeat to the Jaguares, it’s that at least their season from hell should soon be over with NSW needing a miracle to reach the playoffs.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 23: Tolu Latu of the Wallabies offloads the ball during the Third International Test match between the Australian Wallabies and Ireland at Allianz Stadium on June 23, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Latu kicked out of Wallabies camp

Tolu Latu has been booted out of the Wallabies’ World Cup training camp in Brisbane after The Daily Telegraph exclusively revealed he had been arrested and charged with drink driving.

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Wallabies star Israel Folau leaves a Code of Conduct hearing in Sydney, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Folau appeared before a code of conduct hearing to fight Rugby Australia's decision to terminate his contract after he posted in mid-April on social media that gay people, along with other 'sinners' will face damnation unless they repent. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Subtle hint Izzy’s accepted axing fate

As Israel Folau awaits the decision on his future, he has dropped a hint that he’s accepted his playing days with rugby union are over — while his Waratahs teammates reach out to offer support.

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