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Robbie Deans has revealed he tried to lure George Smith back for the 2011 World Cup and has asked the openside breakaway to keep playing for the Wallabies beyond the third Test against the British and Irish Lions on Saturday.
''We were close,'' Deans said on Thursday. ''We were very keen for George for participate. We felt he left too early in terms of his own place in the game.''
Deans was criticised for taking only one specialist openside to the World Cup, but said the plan had been to unleash Smith and David Pocock in a partnership that could have changed the Wallabies' fortunes at the tournament.
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