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TOPSHOT - The champagne is sprayed as Saracens' players including Saracens' New Zealand born Australian lock Will Skelton (C) celebrate their win on the field after the European Rugby Champions Cup final match between Leinster and Saracens at St James Park stadium in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, north east England on May 11, 2019. - Saracens won a third European Champions Cup title in four years with a 20-10 win over Leinster on Saturday. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)

Forgotten big man on Wallabies radar after mauling

He last played for Australia in 2016 but has been an intimidating presence in the English premiership and could be a force for the Wallabies at the World Cup.

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 17: Head Coach Michael Cheika of the Wallabies looks on after losing 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 Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images)

‘Suck it up’: Cheika’s blunt advice for Wallabies

Coach Michael Cheika bemoaned the Wallabies’ inconsistencies against the All Blacks but has voiced no concerns about the side’s confidence ahead of the Rugby World Cup.

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EXCLUSIVE FOR FOR DAILY TELEGRAPH USE ONLY. Portraits of Kurtley Beale ahead of the second Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand at Eden Park. Please credit Photo: Rugby AU Media/Stuart Walmsley

What crisis? Wallaby resurgence nobody saw coming

The Israel Folau saga has brought rugby to its knees in Australia yet the Wallabies are every chance of ending their Bledisloe Cup drought. How did it happen?

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 04: Ben Te'o of England celebrates scoring his side's first try during the RBS Six Nations match between England and France at Twickenham Stadium on February 4, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Poms dump former NRL star from World Cup squad

England have dropped former NRL star Ben Te’o from its Rugby World Cup squad on Monday after he was involved in a scuffle with a teammate at a training camp.

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The winner of the World Cup will be ...

The winner of the World Cup will be …

THE geniuses at America’s MIT have taken a break from counting cards in Las Vegas to determine the winner of the RWC. It’s all revealed here:

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England’s Sam Burgess, centre is tackled by France’s Flugence Ouedraogo, left and France’s Yoann Maestri right, during an international friendly rugby match between England and France at Twickenham stadium in London, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. A series of friendly internationals are being held in advance of the upcoming Rugby World Cup that starts in September. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

World Cup Files: A matter of life and death

ALL the news, views and nonsense ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Big Sam still learning the rules, Fiji’s fate worse than death and are the Wallabies favourites?

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England’s Sam Burgess, centre is tackled by France’s Flugence Ouedraogo, left and France’s Yoann Maestri right, during an international friendly rugby match between England and France at Twickenham stadium in London, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. A series of friendly internationals are being held in advance of the upcoming Rugby World Cup that starts in September. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Burgess World Cup dream in danger

SAM Burgess’s hopes of being named in England’s Rugby World Cup squad have received a blow after he was left out of the latest squad.

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New Zealand’s Richie McCaw reacts during a rugby match against Australia in his 142nd test in the Bledisloe Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, August 15, 2015. (Ross Setford/SNPA via AP) NEW ZEALAND OUT

The one thing that scares Richie McCaw

ALL Blacks captain Richie McCaw has revealed what aspect of rugby union scares him “a little bit” — hint it does not involve facing Quade Cooper at Eden Park.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 15: Wallabies coach Michael Cheika watches his team warm up 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)

Big-name Wallabies face World Cup exclusion

MICHAEL Cheika is agonising over which big names to omit as he prepares to unveil Australia’s 31-man Rugby World Cup squad on Friday.

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Australia`s Israel Folau makes a run to score a try against New Zealand 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

Super Rugby gameplan won’t work in Tests

AUSTRALIA’S first World Cup opponents, Fiji, expect the Wallabies to revert to starting both opensides David Pocock and Michael Hooper, and jumping locks, to reach the tournament’s playoffs.

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Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika watches his players during a team training session ahead of Saturday's Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand in Sydney, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVING

Wallabies World Cup squad almost set

WALLABIES coach Michael Cheika says he has around half a dozen big decisions to make before settling on his 31-man World Cup squad.

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England’s Sam Burgess, centre is tackled by France’s Flugence Ouedraogo, left and France’s Yoann Maestri right, during an international friendly rugby match between England and France at Twickenham stadium in London, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. A series of friendly internationals are being held in advance of the upcoming Rugby World Cup that starts in September. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Sin-binned Sam baffled by rugby’s rules

ONE month out from the Rugby World Cup, rugby league convert Sam Burgess insists not knowing some finer points of the game won’t hold him back.

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