"For Wallabies fans, it's an annual examination akin to a dentist or doctors consult, a mostly shameful ordeal in which they're painfully probed and sent away to do better."
"In July his side were twice flattered by Wales then tested by Georgia, but did enough to win all three Tests. In August they copped consecutive canings by the world champion South Africans, but they climbed off the canvas with a last-gasp 20-19 win over Argentina in La Plata."
"Now, having hit rock bottom, they must rebound against old enemy, the All Blacks. There is more at stake than mere silverware and Trans-Tasman bragging rights too."
"Most reckon the Wallabies have two chances this Saturday: Buckley's and none. This most Australian of phrases traditionally conveys a state beyond hopelessness..."
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