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Wallabies player James O'Connor is seen during the Australian Wallabies Captains Run at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, August 16, 2019. The Australian Wallabies player the New Zealand All Blacks in the second Bledisloe Cup on Saturday. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Jimmy’s here! Why united Wallabies can conquer Cup

The Wallabies have the pieces required to make history in Japan, and it’s the way they learnt the lessons of the past that will help them forge their future writes Jim Tucker.

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 17: Tolu Latu in action for Australia during The Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup Test match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at Eden Park on August 17, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Renee McKay/Getty Images)

Team Misfit: Wallabies reveal World Cup squad

Michael Cheika’s squad of rugby bad boys come good might just be what the Wallabies are looking for to end their 20-year World Cup drought writes Julian Linden.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 08: David Pocock of the Wallabies looks on with a cut left eye 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)

What to do with David Pocock?

Arguably Australia’s best player, David Pocock is also the biggest headache for Wallabies selectors heading in to the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

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TOPSHOT - Wales' hooker Ken Owens (2L) is tackled by England's prop Kyle Sinckler (C) during the international Test rugby union match between Wales and England at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales on August 17, 2019. (Photo by GEOFF CADDICK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. Use in books subject to Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) approval.

Wallabies great’s big call on world No.1 Cup hopes

They may have overtaken the All Blacks as world no.1 but Wallabies great George Gregan doesn’t think Wales are the biggest northern hemisphere threat at the Rugby World Cup.

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Australia’s captain Stephen Moore frowns after his teams defeats New Zealand in the Bledisloe Cup rugby match in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, August 15, 2015. (Ross Setford/SNPA via AP) NEW ZEALAND OUT

Poms throw wobbly over Wallabies hooking punt

ENGLAND has questioned the legitimacy of Michael Cheika’s World Cup squad, after the Wallabies coach picked just two specialist hookers.

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Wallabies Will Genia. The Wallabies vs South Africa at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

Scary reality facing Wallabies’ Cup hopes

LOSE once, and you lose the World Cup. Will Genia has warned the Wallabies that one slip up in the ‘pool of death’ could cost them the Rugby World Cup.

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OCTOBER 14, 1999 : Wallabies Chris Latham (ball) shrugs off Alec Parker during Australia v USA World Cup game at Thormond Park Stadium in Limerick, Ireland, 14/10/99. Rugby Union A/CT

Called to duty by greats of ‘99

DREW Mitchell thought it was an odd coincidence when he looked at his phone and saw former Wallaby teammate Chris Latham ringing on Thursday night.

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Australia`s Matt Giteau is chased by New Zealand`s Keven Mealamu in the International Rugby Test Match at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, April 10, 2015. (AAP Image/ David Rowland) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Wallabies you never expected to make World Cup

MICHAEL Cheika has taken a major risk with the announcement of the Wallabies squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Wallabies player Israel Folau at a DHL Function at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, ahead of the Wallabies World Cup Squad announcement on friday. pic Mark Evans

World Cup the pinnacle for Folau

HE has played on the biggest stages in three footy codes. But Israel Folau says the 2015 Rugby World Cup will top them all.

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 15: Matt Giteau of the Wallabies passes during The Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at Eden Park on August 15, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Giteau set to be key man for Wallabies

MATT Giteau didn’t make the 2011 World Cup, but he is shaping as a key man for the Wallabies in the 2015 edition.

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Wallabies player Israel Folau at a DHL Function at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, ahead of the Wallabies World Cup Squad announcement on friday. pic Mark Evans

Folau suspects nerves in Wallabies ranks

WALLABIES coach Michael Cheika is leaving his large band of hopefuls sweating ahead of the Rugby World Cup squad announcement on Friday.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 06: George Smith of the Wallabies looks on during the International Test match between the Australian Wallabies and British & Irish Lions at ANZ Stadium on July 6, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Smith keeping World Cup dream alive

GEORGE Smith has refused to give up hope of reaching his first World Cup in eight years with Australia, some five years on from his Test retirement.

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