Wales saving something special for Wallabies
Wales coach Warren Gatland warned the Wallabies ahead of their Rugby World Cup crunch group game this weekend that they ‘have a few things up our sleeves’ after an up-and-down performance against Georgia.
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Flushpoint as Wallabies cop a few crappy questions
Most tend to give toilet humour a wide berth but the Wallabies couldn’t avoid it when quizzed on the ‘super loos’ they’d encountered in their travels at World Rugby Cup in Japan.
Has rugby’s clean-up of foul play lost the plot?
The citing of Reece Hodge just confirms what most rugby diehards have feared for years, that in trying to stamp out foul play, the sport’s blazers are making the game too soft.
Aussies fume over two-face Fiji betrayal
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has made the extraordinary claim Fiji trampled on the spirit of the game by stabbing Australia in the back.
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Jonah’s legendary Irish pub prank
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In or out? Burgess’s World Cup bid up for debate
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Don’t pick ‘sucker’ Sam Burgess
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Rugby World Cup complete fixture list
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Wallabies still battling halves conundrum
THE Wallabies are edging closer to finalising their best RWC team, but Stephen Larkham admits they are still in the dark about their best halves pairing.
’Forget England, Wales. Fiji will go through’
FORMER Wallaby George Smith believes Fiji will knock out England and Wales, progressing with Australia from the World Cup’s ‘Pool of Death’.
Wallabies fans are insane
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