Jim Webster: Wallabies good enough to win World Cup

By Jim Webster At least we’re not going to follow the same path as another old rugby type, who used to be our prime minister until a few days ago. No, the Wallabies are heading upwards and onwards, with the World Cup only days away now and the chance for us to become the first nation ever to win the tournament on three occasions (New Zealand and South Africa have also won the Webb Ellis Trophy twice). But to do so, we have many hurdles (or opponents) to overcome. This writer was most fortunate to attend the Wallabies unpublicized training session at Little Manly shortly before they flew out to Chicago and Indiana en route to England and to watch them along with a limited media attendance. During those few hours I had a private conversation with Michael Cheika, whom I’ve known personally for many years, and we discussed the task ahead. He made the strong point that he was only approaching the World Cup “one game at a time” which means their biggest hurdle comes on Septembe
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