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It's sure wide open now with a W to the Pumas and ABs. Hopefully the Wallabies can regroup for next weekends clash 💪

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Wide-open.

Heart says if Australia can win this weekend against Argentina, 3/4 games at home is a massive advantage.

Head says South Africa but heart says we haven’t seen Aus play them yet.

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Always thinking with the heart skip! Love it. I agree and if Australia can 3 of their first 4 games before the home match against NZ... than were bloody good chance to win it!

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Thanks Ben, I think we'll know much more after this weekend but if the Wallabies do get up we're in with a chance against the Boks as they'll be away from home. AB's will find it tough against the Boks in SA again so we may end up in front. I certainly hope so.

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No worries Matt and I think we've been lucky with the draw this year... glad we have two matches away against Argentina and not South Africa! Tough tough place to win

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Struggling's a good headline when it comes to the All Blacks these days BA. Pity we didn't get to play these guys instead of McCaw, Nonu and Co. Boks should win it from here even if there is an upset on Sunday morning which is possible, especially with Mounga starting. Might be better for the Wallabies that Ian Foster keeps his job instead of Razor coming in

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Hahaha cheers Matty. They certainly aren't the same team we played and I worry that the beginning of all black resurgence begins with razor getting the head job. Did Deansy have much to do mentoring him? Really enjoyed getting to know Razor during that world XV week in Japan.

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South Africa... Wallabies are OK but too many injuries I'm afraid. Bledisloe won't come home either because ABs only need to win 1 and I'm sure they will

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Too many injuries indeed and hoping it means we'll get a good run of luck with injuries next year!

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South Africa to win the competition.

Bledisloe is on the line in 2022…..

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I agree. Hope we will match 1 in Melbourne so the Auckland test is a decider!

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The gorilla in the room is the imminent coaching change, then all bets are off.

The Australian Super teams led by the Brumbies then Waratahs or Reds (when they were on) troubled the NZ teams.

They definitely have the cattle to do it, and more belief than ever.

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Yeah, I feel the moment razor Robertson is announced as coach the ABs will become unstoppable again

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Just looking at his coaching team from 2019.

Top 2 coaches in NZ, forwards coach at the AB’s and loyalty shown to Holland.

Inspirational coach and mentor.

This is the fixation with Northern Hemisphere rugby, and coaches like Gatland or Schmidt having the answers, so hopefully there’s no spanners in the works to come.

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Sth Africa 1st, daylight 2nd, ABs 3rd. Sorry - Wallabies are doing ok, but not at the standard of a Tier 1, especially with injuries. If we were, we would have beaten the English.

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South Africa deserved favourite (but have tough draw after this week) and we would have beaten the English I reckon had it not been for the crazy injury toll.

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