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Robbie Deans believes Quade Cooper is at the crossroads of his Test career following his rollercoaster Rugby World Cup debut, but is backing his ace playmaker to hit back.

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The best teams play consistently well. Other teams can lift their games occasionally to match better rivals, but the effort takes its toll, resulting in inconsistency from week to week.

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Whilst the pointless play-off match for third position remains to be played, the Wallabies semi-final loss has ensured that Australia’s quest to win the Rugby World Cup is over. It’s therefore time to reflect on Australia’s campaign and ask five pertinent questions.

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One of the most exciting players in Wallabies history is urging Robbie Deans to shelve his “un-Australian” game plan and “let Quade Cooper off the leash” in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final.

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This is the match Robbie Deans has waited four years for, not that anyone can tell. To all and sundry, especially his players and staff, Deans remains his unflappable self heading into Sunday night’s Rugby World Cup semi-final showdown with the All Blacks.

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Is it possible to criticise Robbie Deans without being xenophobic? Is it possible to praise Ewen McKenzie without advocating his ascension to national coach?

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One thing the 2011 Rugby World Cup has had an abundance of so far, besides some tabloid controversies, is the focus on many of the coaches’ statements.

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Robbie Deans must install Berrick Barnes in his starting 15 if the Wallabies are to beat the All Blacks in Sunday’s second semi final. Barnes’ poise and direction will be essential if Australia – and Quade Cooper – are going to withstand the Eden Park pressure cooker.

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I have spent enough time being ‘unsure’ of Robbie Deans. While Rocky Elsom was captain, I was unsure of Deans’ decision-making.

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Robbie Deans believes his young Wallabies have finally “come of age” to book a Rugby World Cup semi-final blockbuster with the All Blacks.

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Robbie Deans will breathe a temporary sigh of relief this week as he will be able to pick a close to full-strength side when his Wallabies play the Springboks in this weekend’s Rugby World Cup quarter final.

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When I think of the name ‘Lawrence,’ my immediate thought is that of a young Peter O’Toole awkwardly placed on a camel, trotting across the Arabian desert, plotting the downfall of the Ottoman Empire.

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With the Wallabies preparing to take on South Africa this week in the first of the knock-out stages of the World Cup, two new faces have joined the squad – Matt Hodgson and Lachie Turner – with the Waratahs duo, Drew Mitchell and Wycliff Palu, being forced to return home because of hamstring injuries.

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As this Wallabies World Cup campaign lurches from disaster to disaster the heat will surely be applied to the executive and spin doctors of the ARU.

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Australia’s Rugby World Cup dreamers will be auditioning for places in the Wallabies’ quarter-final line-up when they tackle Russia in Nelson on Saturday.

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Wallaby coach Robbie Deans has a far bigger problem to overcome than Russia at Nelson early this afternoon. Kiwi referee Bryce Lawrence.

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The Wallabies, I’m quite sure by now, have tried and tested every one of the Australian faithful to the edge of both amazement and despair this year.

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First it was Richie McCaw, now Graham Henry is on the cusp of 100 Tests – as head coach, that is. With 99 matches at the helm of the All Blacks, Henry becomes New Zealand’s first coaching centurion when his team runs out against Canada on Sunday – possibly the first of any international rugby [...]

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Robbie Deans was planning emergency talks with his selection panel before revealing who may be ushered into Australia’s injury-ravaged Rugby World Cup squad on Tuesday.

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Just as Robbie Deans wields the axe at the selection table based on the player’s last performance and training intensity, so I will review the critical position of the halfbacks – both 9 and 21.

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