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CHOFU, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 29: Referee Romain Poite speaks with Samu Kerevi and Michael Hooper of Australia during the Rugby World Cup 2019 Group D game between Australia and Wales at Tokyo Stadium on September 29, 2019 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Furious Cheika ‘embarrassed’ by ref shambles

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has not held back after watching his side cop a raft of rough decisions in their tight, but hugely important, defeat to Wales. READ HIS FULL SPRAY INSIDE.

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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)

Furious Cheika ‘embarrassed’ by ref shambles

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has not held back after watching his side cop a raft of rough decisions in their tight, but hugely important, defeat to Wales. READ HIS FULL SPRAY INSIDE.

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Michael Hooper reacts to the Wallabies loss to Wales.

Wallabies’ 32-year World Cup heartbreaker

The Wallabies have romped back into their World Cup match against Wales but it was too little too late in a heartbreaker that ended a 32-year record.

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Australia's Izack Rodda reacts following the Rugby World Cup Pool D game at Tokyo Stadium between Australia and Wales in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Wales defeated Australian 29-25. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)

‘Why’s he on bench?’: Wallabies selection error exposed

The Wallabies made a playmaking bungle which cost them dearly in a tight loss to Wales, writes JAMIE PANDARAM. All Australian players rated inside.

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The Australian rugby union team train at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. Back rower Sean McMahon poses in front of Notre Dame's 'Word of Life' mural, better known as Touchdown Jesus.

Wild dog McMahon keeping Wallabies honest

BEING stuck behind one superstar would be bad, but having two in your position would make most people despondent. But Sean McMahon isn’t most people.

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Australia's centre Matt Toomua attends a training session, on September 15, 2015 at the University of Bath, three days before the opening match of the Rugby World Cup 2015 between England and Fidji at Twickenham stadium. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU

Two team tactic adds competitive edge: Toomua

SPLITTING into two separate starting teams has escalated the intensity of competition at Wallabies World Cup training, according to Matt Toomua.

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Springboks just ‘a bunch of losers’

Springboks just ‘a bunch of losers’

South Africa’s sports minister publicly calls on the Springboks to “represent the nation when it counts.” If not, he says, then they are “just a bunch of losers”.

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Australia's centre Tevita Kuridrani smiles during an Australia team training session on September 18, 2015, at the University of Bath, south west England, five days before their first Rugby World Cup 2015 match against Fiji. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU RESTRICTED FOR EDITORIAL USE

The Fijian village where rugby class is in the blood

HOW a tiny Coral Coast village became a serious player on the world sports stage, with two famous sons facing off when the Wallabies meet Fiji in Cardiff.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Sam Cane of the All Blacks during a New Zealand All Blacks media session at the Lensbury on September 22, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Cane to captain revamped All Blacks

THE rapid elevation of 23-year-old Sam Cane to captain New Zealand against Namibia is the latest chapter in the All Blacks blueprint for the future.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Sam Burgess of England hands off Tuapati Talemaitoga of Fiji during the 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between England and Fiji at Twickenham Stadium on September 18, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Burgess earns shock Test start

ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster is set to make a selection bombshell and start Sam Burgess at centre in their World Cup crunch match against Wales.

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Australia rugby union team pose for a group photograph, Front row, (L-R): Australia's wing Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australia's scrum half Will Genia, Australia's centre Matt Giteau, Australia's flanker Michael Hooper, Australia's head coach Michael Cheika, Australia's hooker and captain Stephen Moore, Australia's fly half Kurtley Beale, Australia's prop Sekope Kepu and Australia's prop James Slipper. Middle row, (L-R): Australia's fly half Bernard Foley, Australia's lock Scott Fardy, Australia's lock Rob Simmons, Australia's lock Kane Douglas, Australia's lock Will Skelton, Australia's lock Dean Mumm, Australia's centre Tevita Kuridrani and Australia's flanker David Pocock. Back row, (L-R): Australia's hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau, Australia's wing Rob Horne, Australia's prop Greg Holmes, Australia's full-back Israel Folau, Australia's prop Scott Sio, Australia's centre Matt Toomua and Australia's scrum half Nick Phipps , winger Rob Horne, prop Greg Holmes, fullback Israel Folau, prop Scott Sio, centre Matt Toomua and scrumhalf Nick Phipps, on September 21, 2015 in Bath, south west England, ahead of their opening Rugby World Cup 2015 match against Fiji on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU

Wallabies tap into World Cup fever

AUSTRALIA got a belated dose of World Cup fever when they bussed into Cardiff for the captains run at Millennium Stadium overnight.

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Brothers Campese (L) and Salesi Ma'afu after the Australia v Fiji international match at Canberra Stadium in Canberra.

The ‘other’ Campese plotting Wallabies downfall

HE carries one of the most famous of Rugby World Cup names, but Fijian front-rower Campese Ma’afu is hoping to make his own mark against the Wallabies.

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Ben Volavola during Waratahs training at Moore Park. pic mark evans

Volavola warns Wallabies: We can ‘do a Japan’

AUSSIE-raised Fiji playmaker Ben Volavola has sent a message to the Wallabies ahead of their World Cup clash: we can match Japan and topple a giant.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Israel Folau of Australia runs with the ball during the QBE international match between England and Australia at Twickenham Stadium on November 29, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Folau has world vision but won’t take Fiji lightly

ISRAEL Folau is in England to dominate the World Cup. But after watching Japan embarrass the Springboks, he knows Fiji must be given due respect.

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