SYDNEY: The Wallabies will be using today's much-anticipated Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand as a springboard to becoming the top nation in world rugby, coach Robbie Deans said yesterday. There is a belief in the Australian camp that, after four undefeated matches under the Wallabies' first foreign coach, they can prevail in their biggest challenge so far against their trans-Tasman rivals. If the Wallabies were to register back-to-back Bledisloe Cup wins over the All Blacks in Sydney and Auckland over the next nine days, they would go to the top of the IRB rankings for the first time in the system's five-year history. Deans, who coached New Zealand provincial team Canterbury Crusaders to five of their record seven Super rugby titles, will be seeking to undo the man who got the job he had initially wanted, All Blacks...
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