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Andy Farrell and Ireland begin their latest bloc of fixtures with a clash against Australia in Sydney.
Jonathan Drennan of the Sydney Morning Herald joins Nathan Johns to discuss why Joe Schmidt is still in charge of the Wallabies, will they put out a better showing than what we saw in Dublin last November and why both teams have selected in the way that they have.
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