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Folau's Wallabies stocks up in leaps and bounds

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Paul Cully Israel Folau has one arm in a Wallabies jersey.

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Wallabies improving, just don't tell them

Paul Cully It would be easy to imagine Wallabies coach Robbie Deans with a look of contentment as he surveyed the state of play after the weekend.

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Wallabies look pretty good, even to NZ selector

Paul Cully There was a a caveat, but the acknowledgment of the good work of Australian Super Rugby from All Blacks selector Grant Fox was unmistakeable.

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No room for all Three Amigos in Wallabies, says Eddie Jones

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 20: Kurtley Beale during the Melbourne Rebels training session at Northwood School on March 20, 2013 in Durban, South Africa
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Paul Cully Robbie Deans must consider the drastic step of splitting up the 'Three Amigos' of Australian rugby and decide which one is "expendable", says former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones.

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Roar of Lions: Gatland wary of Wallabies with X-factor

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Paul Cully Warren Gatland does not come across as a man who lacks respect for opponents .

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Battle heating up for Wallabies' five-eighth spot

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Paul Cully Quade Cooper has work to do to challenge the sceptics.

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Wallabies should heed the words of a Lion tamer

Paul Cully In 2009, a stocky 22-year-old openside helped to break the hearts of the British and Irish Lions.

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Manu mountain: Tuilagi is trouble for Wallabies

Paul Cully There are 112 kilograms of trouble coming the Wallabies' way in the unmistakeable form of Manu Tuilagi.

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Wallabies will struggle to replace leader

Paul Cully Robbie Deans is reaching for the stress ball, if not the bottle.

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Wallabies off the mark and still drifting away

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Paul Cully No one has ever claimed it wasn't a cruel game: for most of the match Italy's five-eighth Luciano Orquera had outplayed his opposite, Kurtley Beale, yet it was left to him to hit a 79th-minute...

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Wallabies vindicated as rugby board backflips

Referee Alain Rolland of Ireland looks on during their Rugby Championship between South Africa and Australia.

Paul Cully The International Rugby Board has made the startling admission that officials erred in denying the Wallabies a replacement last weekend in a Test they finished with 14 men.

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World Cup closing in on Wallabies' rivals

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Paul Cully Australia is about to have rugby's kitchen sinks hurled at it.

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Wallabies must balance risk and reward in Pretoria Test

Paul Cully Amid the heavy collisions of the All Blacks v Springboks Test in Dunedin two weeks ago a game of chess integral to the outcome was unfolding, with 115-kilogram-plus pieces.

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Wallabies got substitution wrong: IRB

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Paul Cully The International Rugby Board has backed referee Alain Rolland on the substitution debacle that left Australia with only 14 men for the final eight minutes of the Test against South Africa last...

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Cruden awakening: Wallabies' lack of back-line size is exposed

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Paul Cully Upon the completion of the Super Rugby tournament, Australians seeking to get a glimpse into a rosy future by the study of numbers were confronted with some unco-operative data.

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Wallabies' Bledisloe mission: to show McCaw his powers have been bettered

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Paul Cully There is one scoreline edgy Wallabies fans could use to transport themselves to their mental happy places as they contemplate the importance of the breakdown in the coming Bledisloe Cup double-header.

Kiwis' great expectations play into Wallabies' hands

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Paul Cully On a bitterly cold Christchurch night in June, squat Irish loose-head prop Cian Healy pushed, the vaunted right side of the All Blacks' scrum wobbled and eyebrows in two hemispheres were raised.

Missing out on chocolates comes with sweetener for Wallabies

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Paul Cully Robbie Deans this week engaged in some worthy attempts to sweeten the absence of Australian franchises from the pointy end of the Super Rugby season.

Mistake-riddled Welsh performance not likely to be repeated, but the Wallabies have their measure for now

Paul Cully It did not take long after last Saturday's Wallabies victory for a familiar lament to be heard. In a London television studio, former Welsh No.

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Wallabies watch: The three in-form Australians

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Paul Cully Each week we will pick out three Australian players that have stood out – for the right or wrong reasons – in the latest round of Super Rugby.

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