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Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

Peter FitzSimons Columnist and author September 13, 2025 — 5.36pm

If rugby is indeed the game they play in heaven, it would look a lot like this. Lord help me, Jesus, count ’em off:

A wonderfully sunny Sydney day in early spring.

A perfect, green pitch – so smooth, lush, and dry, it was just made for running rugby.

Two wonderful international rugby teams, in the Wallabies and Pumas, both rising hard and coming off a thrilling match last week.

A full house, with a rugby ravenous crowd, that included a colourfully attired Argentine mob up one end complete with flags and songs.

And in the first five minutes, a slice of heaven was confirmed when, after two succes

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