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Cooper Cronk of the Roosters in action during the Round 21 NRL match between the Canberra Raiders and the Sydney Rosters at GIO Stadium in Canberra, Sunday, August 11, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

How rugby brushed NRL stars

NRL stars including Cooper Cronk, Kalyn Ponga and Damien Cook all played Australian schoolboys rugby but the governing body was unable to keep them in the game.

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Australia's head coach Michael Cheika (R) talks to team captain Michael Hooper (L) during the Rugby World Cup squad announcement in Sydney on August 23, 2019. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Slack: Why are Wallabies going to Noumea?

Nobody, including the coach, has any clue who the Wallabies’ first-choice No.10 is on the eve of a World Cup. Andrew Slack writes at least Michael Cheika has Noumea to contemplate it.

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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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23:  Wallabies coach Michael Cheika (L) and captain (R) Michael Hooper are pictured at the Australian Wallabies RWC Farewell Lunch at The Star on August 23, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Cheika happy to keep ‘em guessing

Michael Cheika’s got the 31 men he wanted for the Rugby World Cup -now he just wants them to stop playing like Jekyll and Hyde if they are serious about getting their hands on the trophy.

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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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