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The Wallabies – Are They Any Good..?

They lost the series to Ireland but no one should read too much into that. The Wallabies were good and are a side on the improve.

They defended supremely well in all three tests, were brilliant at the breakdown in the first and showed that they have stunning combinations in Michael Hooper and David Pocock and in Kurtley Beale and Israel Folau.

The series came down to a few key moments and maybe a bad refereeing decision that went against them and everyone on this side of

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