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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Angus Fontaine

Wounded Wallabies on brink of unwanted 67-year record as French test awaits

Australia's players gather in a huddle
Australia will face France in Paris at the weekend with the threat of an unwanted record hanging over their heads. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images

As recently as August, the Wallabies humiliated rugby’s No 1 side, back-to-back world champions South Africa, in Johannesburg. They then smashed the pride of the northern hemisphere, the British & Irish Lions, in Sydney. By going all-in and not settling for a draw with Argentina, they won that Test – and with it, a nation’s heart.

“The Wallabies are back”, we proclaimed. And indeed they are – back in the doldrums.

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