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  1. 24-07-08, 15:35 #1
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    Wallabies reach for the stars

    Wallabies reach for the stars

    By Wayne Smith

    July 24, 2008

    FOUR Tests into Robbie Deans's reign and Australia are closing in on the No.1 IRB ranking, with victory over New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday certain to catapult them to within striking range of world champions South Africa.

    Before last weekend's Test against South Africa, the Wallabies lagged 6.56 points behind South Africa, but after defeating Victor Matfield's side the gap between first and third is down to 3.84 points, 90.01 to 86.17, with the All Blacks perilously placed in second position on 89.23.

    Ranking points are calculated on a formula designed to make cricket's Duckworth-Lewis method appear straightforward, with winning margins and home-ground advantage factored in.

    But almost certainly if the Wallabies were to register back-to-back Bledisloe wins over the All Blacks, in Sydney and Auckland over the next nine days, they would surge to the top of the IRB ranking for the first time in the system's five-year history.


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  2. 25-07-08, 02:28 #2
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    wow, only two easy tests against the all blacks and we will be number 1 again...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOCC View Post
    wow, only two easy tests against the all blacks and we will be number 1 again...
    I like your sentiment TOCC - But, I don't believe that there is such a thing as an easy Test against the All Blacks.

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    Easy tests my butt!! Both teams still haven't reached their potential yet, but if you say the wallabies have then they are in trouble. AB's by 6 on Sat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exile View Post
    I like your sentiment TOCC - But, I don't believe that there is such a thing as an easy Test against the All Blacks.
    I think he was being sarcastic.

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    yeah it was a little bit of sarcasm... i wonder when the last time the wallabies beat the all black 2 tests in a row was? not since the 1999/2000 im guessing

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    2001 when we won at Carisbrook then followed it up in John Eales last game??
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    Wallabies: where would you rather be? Up 2-0 against South Africa AND New Zealand, or on the flipside? Congratulations to Australia!!!

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