Rugby-Underdogs look to playmakers to challenge Springboks, All Blacks


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 10 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Australia v Uruguay - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool A - Villa Park, Birmingham, England - 27/9/15 Australia's Quade Cooper after receiving a yellow card Reuters / Darren Staples Livepic

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and Argentina are banking on experienced flyhalves with very different qualities as they look to turn over South Africa and New Zealand when the Rugby Championship arrives in Queensland this weekend.

The final four rounds of the annual southern hemisphere test championship will be played in double headers on the northeast coast of Australia, starting on Sunday at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast.

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