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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 05: Adam Ashley-Cooper of the Wallabies in action during a Wallabies training session at the WACA on August 05, 2019 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Why Ashley-Cooper just won’t quit

Adam Ashley-Cooper is “filthy” he hasn’t won a World Cup yet, saying his 118-Test career means nothing if he doesn’t get his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup.

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****EMBARGOED FOR USE BY SUN AUG 25 TV GUIDE USE ONLY***Fox Sports commentator Drew Mitchell at The Star's Sokyo Restaurant ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Drew Mitchell: ‘Wallabies can win RWC’

He played a starring role in helping the Wallabies make the last Rugby World Cup final. Now Drew Mitchell reveals why the embattled Aussies can do it again.

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Drew Mitchell, poses at Pine Rivers Pumas Rugby Union Club, Bray Park, Brisbane, Australia. A former Wallabies star Mr Mitchell has recently signed with FoxSports as a commentator. IMAGE AAP/Steve Pohlner

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Mitchell’s tip for new Rugby World Cup king

Fox Sports star Drew Mitchell knows his try-scoring record at the Rugby World Cup is under threat. It could be beaten by someone close to him.

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Wallabies James O'Connor poses for a portrait as the Wallabies' 2019 World Cup squad is named at Sydney Airport Qantas Hangar 96. Picture: Brett Costello

O’Connor can ‘be a leader’: Horan

For World Cup debutants like teenage winger-centre Jordan Petaia it’s all new. But James O’Connor is also excited as the matured playmaker prepares for another Rugby World Cup.

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Wallabies player Scott Fardy with possession during the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup match between Australia and New Zealand at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Escaping ‘group of death’ just the start

FORGET escaping from the “group of death,” Wallabies enforcer Scott Fardy has declared they are heading to England to claim the Rugby World Cup.

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Steve Hansen, Coach, centre, at All Blacks training at Wilson Park, Newington, ahead of the Bledisloe Cup against the Wallabies on saturday. pic Mark Evans

RWC selection headaches for All Blacks

WINNING selection from a swollen pool of talent for the All Blacks’ Rugby World Cup defence could well be a matter of timing.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 21: Kurtley Beale poses during the Australian Wallabies Rugby World Cup squad announcement at Hangar 96, Qantas Sydney Jet Base on August 21, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Beale has unfinished business at World Cup

FEELING as fit as ever, Wallabies backline ace Kurtley Beale has unfinished business to tend to at next month’s Rugby World Cup.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 21: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Rob Simmons poses during the Australian Wallabies Rugby World Cup squad announcement at Hangar 96, Qantas Sydney Jet Base on August 21, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Simmons’ shock plan to weaponise lineout

DAVID Pocock and Michael Hooper are Australia’s most important players on the ground, but could they now be used in the air? Lineout caller Rob Simmons thinks so.

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MENDOZA, ARGENTINA - OCTOBER 04: Bernard Foley of the Wallabies and team mates look dejected after losing The Rugby Championship match between Argentina and the Australian Wallabies at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on October 4, 2014 in Mendoza, Argentina. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

The biggest challenge facing the Wallabies

WALLABIES playmaker Bernard Foley has identified the biggest hurdle Australia must overcome if they are any chance at World Cup glory.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 08: Drew Mitchell of the Wallabies runs the ball during The Rugby Championship match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at ANZ Stadium on August 8, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Wallaby ‘foreign service’ ready to divulge secrets

THEY are the new Wallabies’ foreign intelligence service and they’re willing to divulge all secrets to help secure World Cup glory.

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France’s Yoann Huget celebrates after he scores a try during the France vs England rugby friendly match at Stade de France in Saint Denis, north of Paris, France, Saturday Aug. 22, 2015. France is playing England in a series of friendly rugby internationals being held in advance of the upcoming Rugby World Cup that starts in September. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

France down England in World Cup warm-up

FRANCE have defeated England 25-20 in a World Cup warm-up match at the Stade de France overnight.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 08: David Pocock of the Wallabies makes a break during The Rugby Championship match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at ANZ Stadium on August 8, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

The man who saved Pocock’s Cup dream

DAVID Pocock’s road to the 2015 World Cup is one of personal triumph, but the Wallabies flanker credits one man for getting him there.

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