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Australia prepare for crunch match with England

Sunday, October 04 2015 by SNTV
  • Australia trained at Twickenham Stadium on Friday (2nd October), knowing that a victory over England on Saturday (3rd October) will end the Rugby World Cup hosts' chances of qualifying for the knockout stages.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Cheika, Australia head coach (on suggestions that it isn't a must-win game for his side, as it is for England):

    "For me as the coach, it's something I really want to give the team. Like, for someone who never played for Australia, how much that means and how every moment in that jersey should be cherished because you're blessed to be playing in it and so fortunate. And, every game should be like it's your last in the jersey. That's the way we want to try and build a…. that atmosphere within the Australian team, so our supporters can see it, when they get up and watch the game or come to the game themselves, they can really see that from our team."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australia winger (on Australia's rivalry with England):

    "I think with the build-up, it being a, highly anticipated test match, it's very exciting for all of us to be a part of it. We've had a great rivalry over the years, that I've certainly been a part of. The test matches against England have always been of high intensity and of high quality. So, I'm sure it's going to be no different tomorrow night."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Cheika, Australia head coach (on the Australia scrum and match referee Romain Poite):

    "We have worked very hard in that area. That doesn't mean that that's going to guarantee us.... success in that area in the game, in any game, because the scrum is the most humbling of parts of rugby. You can do very well in one and you can get ripped apart in the next one if you're not on your game every single one. So, it really will, be something that we're looking to perform in well consistently and just do our thing, be very square, do our best, and then whatever interpretations come from that is totally up to the referee. Very experienced referee. He's been in this type of atmosphere many, many times and he's a very, very good referee."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Cheika, Australia head coach (on former England head coach Sir Clive Woodward's claims that Australia aren't the brightest team):

    "Well, Mr Woodward's right. I only got 300 out of 500 in my high school certificate! My mother wasn't happy with the results either, I can assure you. She begged me to study harder, you know what I mean, but somehow I got through. I don't know how. Fluked it I suppose. I don't know, sometimes it' not intelligence but emotional intelligence, that helps in this game. It's not the IQ, it's the EQ. So, hopefully we've got a bit of EQ amongst us. We're loving our time together and we're doing our best for our country and, I understand, it's all a bit of fun and games and, a bit of a snipe here, a snipe there. So, I'm pretty comfortable with all that stuff, you know what I mean."

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