Australia ignite World Cup dreams with brilliant and bizarre win over South Africa
A year out from the World Cup, Australia have sent a huge warning shot to the competition, upsetting the two-time trophy winners South Africa with an extraordinary 42-38 win in Perth. On a weekend when the Australian Rules and rugby league competitions delivered fairy-tale comebacks, the Wallabies trumped both domestic rival codes, hammering rugby’s number one team with a skilful display that ended in bizarre circumstances when the men in gold held on despite being reduced to 11 players.


