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RuggaMatrix episode 251 - The woeful Wallabies

By RugbyPass

21 Aug 2017

The Ruggamatrix boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMq8KFNdXzI&feature=youtu.be

We’ve had enough…after the Wallabies were embarrassed in game one of The Rugby Championship.

Should there be coaching clean-out in the wake of the All Blacks big win? The panel doesn’t hold back. Plus the Springboks beat the Pumas, more Western Force rebellion and the Women’s World Cup.

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