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Scrum coach calls for consistency

Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika with scrum coach Mario Ledesma.

Wallabies scrum coach Mario Ledesma has praised the front row but wants greater consistency if Australia are to knock over the Springboks.

Frustrated Cheika caught short by training field

Wallabies five-eighth Bernard Foley training on a smaller rugby field than normal on Monday in South Africa.

The Wallabies have decided to change training grounds in South Africa after a visibly frustrated Michael Cheika was seen pacing out his own steps to measure the length of what was a shorter rugby field than normal.

Consultant says ARU 'signed death knell' with Super expansion

Fiddling while Rome burns: ARU chairman Cameron Clyne and Bill Pulver.

A veteran sports consultant who twice warned the Australian Rugby Union under no circumstances should it agree to an expanded 18-team Super Rugby competition says the governing body only has itself to blame for "signing their death knell" despite talking up next year's new structure.

Cheika names Wallabies touring squad

Intact: The Wallabies are mostly unchanged from the squad that played in the Pumas match.

Michael Cheika has finalised his Wallabies squad for their upcoming trip to South Africa and Argentina by leaving out 22-year-old Adam Korczyk from the 32-man touring party.