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Wallaby celebrates record with kiss

The Wallabies lost the plot during their mauling of Uruguay. Nothing topped this star’s affectionate reaction to a historic try.

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Australia's flanker Michael Hooper (L) and Australia's centre Samu Kerevi (R) listen to French referee Romain Poite (C) during the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Australia and Wales at the Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo on September 29, 2019. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

We aren’t whingers: Wallabies put Wales loss to bed

Skipper Michael Hooper politely challenged anyone guessing at what was being said inside the Wallabies’ dressing room at the Rugby World Cup because playing up to a siege mentality wasn’t a part of it.

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FUKUROI, JAPAN - OCTOBER 04: Lodewyk De Jager of South Africa on the charge during the Rugby World Cup 2019 Group B game between South Africa v Italy at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa on October 04, 2019 in Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Springboks brutalise undermanned Italians

The Springboks have never failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup and they have all but erased that possibility at this tournament with a display of controlled brutality.

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Ugly tackle changed the game

‘Spectacularly stupid’: Horrific Cup act

Italy stayed with South Africa for a long time in their clash at the Rugby World Cup but a horrific moment turned the game on its head.

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Japan continues its fairytale run

JAPAN kept alive its chances of reaching the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals with a comprehensive 26-5 win against Samoa in their Pool B match on Sunday.

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Australia's number 8 David Pocock (C) passes the ball during a Pool A match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup between England and Australia at Twickenham stadium, south west London, on October 3, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, NO USE IN LIVE MATCH TRACKING SERVICES, TO BE USED AS NON-SEQUENTIAL STILLS

Wallabies player ratings from Twickenham win

AS the Wallabies crush England at Twickenham we rate the performances of the men in green and gold. It makes for happy reading.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 03: Will Genia of Australia dispatches the ball during the 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between England and Australia at Twickenham Stadium on October 3, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

‘It’s all over for England’

IN A brilliant performance from the Wallabies, the home side’s World Cup dreams are over, as the Aussies have secured a spot in the quarter finals.

Rubgy Union. Wallabies train at Daceyville for their spring Tour. Nathan Sharpe.

‘Put down your beer, mate, the Wallabies need you’

IT’S a line straight from a TV advert. Put down your beer mate, you’ve been called up by the Wallabies.That’s what happened to Nathan Sharpe — sort of …

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during the International match between France and England at Stade de France on August 22, 2015 in Paris, France.

England star’s massive Wallabies Cup sledge

DANNY Cipriani may have been left out of England’s Rugby World Cup squad but that hasn’t stopped him from directing a major insult at Australia.

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New Zealand's wing Julian Savea (L) runs with the ball as Georgia's fly half Lasha Malaguradze (C) falls and Georgia's centre Tamaz Mchedlidze jumps (3rd R) during a Pool C match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup between New Zealand and Georgia at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on October 2, 2015. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, NO USE IN LIVE MATCH TRACKING SERVICES, TO BE USED AS NON-SEQUENTIAL STILLS

Average All Blacks book quarter-final

THE All Blacks have booked a quarter-final berth despite an average performance in the Rugby World Cup against Georgia.

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Pictured in Martin Place, Sydney today is ARU CEO Bill Pulver speaking at the Wallabies public farewell before they head off to the Rugby World Cup. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Draw that put Wallabies in mortal danger ‘an error’

ARU boss Bill Pulver says the World Cup draw that led to Australia, England and Wales sharing a pool of death was an “error” by World Rugby.

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Australia's fly half Kurtley Beale (R) and hooker James Hanson (2nd R) speak as they take part in a team training session at Dulwich College in London, on October 1, 2015, during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Hanson answers Wallabies call from the couch

IT’S been a case of planes, trains and Foxtel IQ for James Hanson at the RWC after going from dedicated viewer to active participant in the space of a few days.

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Former coach’s brutal Wallaby slate

AHEAD of the Wallabies’ must win World Cup match against England, a former World Cup winning coach has hit them with this brutal insult.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 06: James O'Connor of the Wallabies looks on after losing the International Test match between the Australian Wallabies and British & Irish Lions at ANZ Stadium on July 6, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Former Wallaby’s sad World Cup

THE Wallabies’ journey to the World Cup has been full of stories of success, but for one former player things couldn’t be worse.

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