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Crunch time: Michael Cheika faces a difficult match in Perth

It has been open season on Australian rugby for the past few months, which is hardly surprising considering the dog’s breakfast they made of the Super Rugby franchise cull, plus the fact that their teams cannot get a result against any of the New Zealand franchises.
However, the second Bledisloe Cup encounter against New Zealand showed that there was life left in them, and had they kept their heads they would have beaten the world champions. But would it have said more about the All Blacks than the Wallabies?...