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SAPPORO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21: Reece Hodge of Australia kicks a conversion during the Rugby World Cup 2019 Group D game between Australia and Fiji at Sapporo Dome on September 21, 2019 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
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Hodge’s ludicrous ban an embarrassment

Reece Hodge got dudded, and if World Rugby follows through on and looks at every tackle made in the tournament – it will see the judicial rooms become as crowded as Tokyo’s subways, writes Julian Linden.

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 24:  Sekope Kepu of Australia carries the ball during a training session at Urayasu Park September 24, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
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Folau saga fails to split Wallabies

Instead of dividing the Wallabies’ squad, the drawn-out Israel Folau saga has helped the players bond like brothers and reinforced the first rule of rugby: the team always comes first.

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Douglas in a battle of Wills

Douglas in a battle of Wills

HE’S gone from fighting off the Irish in Dublin to training with the Fighting Irish in America. But it was fighting Will Skelton in Sydney that proved Kane Douglas is ready for a return to the Wallabies.

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