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Deans must forgive Quade: Slack

5:46pm Wallabies great Andrew Slack believes Robbie Deans should be honest and explain that Quade Cooper's controversial omission from his Test squad is due to last year's "toxic" outburst.

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Genia backs Cooper for late Wallabies call-up

With Robbie Deans' critique still ringing in his ears, Quade Cooper has been backed by Queensland Reds halves partner Will Genia to respond by sealing a belated Wallabies squad spot for the British and Irish Lions series.

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Wallabies job at bottom of Deans-McKenzie maul

PHIL LUTTON It’s hard to believe such a mythical place exists in Australian rugby at the moment but the events of the past few days go beyond Quade Cooper.

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Smith, McCabe slim chance for Lions

George Smith’s hopes of playing for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions for a historic second time remain alive after scans on his knee revealed he could be back on the park within a month.

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Cooper can force way into squad, says coach

Georgina Robinson, Phil Lutton As the Waratahs coach preparing his side to face the Reds in round two this season, Michael Cheika paid no heed to Quade Cooper's so-called defensive weaknesses.

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Seventy-seven Super minutes enough to convince the man that counts

GEORGINA ROBINSON It is a testament to Berrick Barnes' contribution to the Wallabies last year that, after just 77 minutes of Super Rugby this year, the NSW playmaker was still among the first 25 players named to face the British and Irish Lions in a month's time.

White pleased Mogg won't be fed to Lions

LEE GASKIN Brumbies coach Jake White is relieved fullback Jesse Mogg wasn't thrown to the Lions and believes his development will be better served in Super Rugby than as a utility outside back for the Wallabies.

Barnes' storming efforts could have him in starting side

PAUL CULLY The significance of Berrick Barnes' cameos against the Stormers and Brumbies in successive weeks is that he could be playing his way into the Wallabies starting XV, let alone the 25-man squad.

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Wallaby selection will influence decision on future, says Folau

GEORGINA ROBINSON Wallaby-in-waiting Israel Folau understands why rugby fans worry he might be “using the game” if he goes back to league at the end of the year but maintained being selected in the squad to take on the British and Irish Lions was a huge honour.

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Smith could play again - for the Brumbies not Wallabies

CHRIS DUTTON The ACT Brumbies are hopeful George Smith will play at least one more game this year despite a knee injury cruelling his hopes of a historic second chance against the British and Irish Lions.

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Cooper a risk Deans was not prepared to take

PAUL CULLY Cooper was out of the 25. The process that led to that point has been a few years in the making.

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You lack attack, Deans tells overlooked Cooper

GEORGINA ROBINSON Robbie Deans has asked five-eighth Quade Cooper to be more "assertive" in attack as well as defence before he selects him to play against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane next month.

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Folau in, Cooper out of Wallabies squad

Darren Walton Israel Folau is in but Quade Cooper is the most notable omission from coach Robbie Deans’ initial 25-man Wallabies squad to take on the touring British and Irish Lions in June and July.

Folau makes Wallabies squad, Cooper misses out

GEORGINA ROBINSON Storming Brumbies fullback Jesse Mogg has missed out to NRL convert Israel Folau in the first Wallabies squad to be named for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour.

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Reds lose as Cheetahs display their attacking van Zyl

Jim Morton Cheetahs halfback Piet van Zyl scored two first-half tries as the Queensland Reds suffered a 27-13 loss in the Super Rugby game at Bloemfontein.

Lions taming needs muscle - here are my tips

MATTHEW BURKE Perhaps the most significant aspect of the series against the British and Irish Lions in 2001 was the speed of play and physicality. We were shell-shocked walking into the sheds after losing the first Test in Brisbane. To put it simply, we were out-muscled.

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Path opens for McCabe to attack Wallabies spot

CHRIS DUTTON He has overcome a career-threatening neck injury and now Pat McCabe is set to recommit to Australian rugby and the Brumbies for the next two seasons.

Wallabies count the cost of brutal derby

CHRIS DUTTON Wallabies great George Smith faces up to eight weeks on the sideline and the prospect of missing out on a historic second series against the British and Irish Lions after a nightmare trip to Sydney.

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Hindsight

Folau can only let his talent do the talking

RICHARD HINDS Should Israel Folau play for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions?

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Folau no sure thing but gets majority vote

CHRIS DUTTON Three of the past five Wallabies World Cup coaches are adamant Israel Folau is the man to play fullback against the Lions.

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Kuridrani has Dwyer thumbs up

Marcus Laudenbach Bob Dwyer says Brumbies back Tevita Kuridrani can be Australia's best ever outside-centre in more than a decade.

The Lions, the pitch and the hard road

GEORGINA ROBINSON Georgina Robinson asked Eddie Jones, Bob Dwyer and Rod Kafer to name their Wallabies XV.

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Reds recall Morahan, Horwill for Cheetahs clash

Western Force-bound flyer Luke Morahan will start for Queensland at fullback in their Super Rugby clash with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Sunday morning.