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The Wallabies have scored a wet and wild comeback 20-19 win over Argentina to revive the new-look side's Rugby Championship campaign

ALEX BYWATER: This was Wales' eighth straight defeat as Australia edged a battle of two poor sides in Sydney . Both these teams have fallen on hard times, not only in terms of their on-field performances but also with financial and sporting governance problems. Warren Gatland's men went winless in this year's Six Nations , but at one point it looked like they would end that barren run in the southern hemisphere. Had Wales not had a second-half try for James Botham ruled out, a first victory in Australia since 1969 may well have occurred. But, in the end, Tom Wright's brilliant effort sealed a Wallaby success in their first game under new head coach Joe Schmidt .

Since caring for him before he died, Steve Wright's son said he'never got to know him in a way he'never had before. Before his death, Tom Wright had been living in Los Angeles but had returned to the United Kingdom to care for his father. On Tuesday, Steve, one of the UK's most popular voices on the airwaves, died suddenly at the age of 69. It has been announced that he was in talks to host his own television show, 18-months after being replaced on the radio by Scott Mills. After Steve was'devastated' to lose his coveted Radio 2 afternoon slot in 2022, his friend, publicist Gary Farrow, said he died from a broken heart. However, Tom has expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to spend time with his father in his remaining days.

Mary Pitman, 81, and her guide dog Pipe to her home in Bagshot Park, Berkshire, were given a medal to mark her retirement. Piper, who is approaching his tenth birthday and is set to retire later this month, has been supported by owner Mary since 2015. Piper, who is approaching his tenth birthday and set to retire later this month, has been by the side of owner Mary since 2015.

Exclusively BYWATER: When the Australians play for the Barbarians next month, James O'Connor and Tom Wright will have the opportunity to tell Eddie Jones that they were wrong to exclude them from his World Cup squad. When he selected his 33-man team for the tournament in France, former England head coach Jones, who is now in charge of the Wallabies, caused a surprise.

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones (pictured left) has revealed that in a potential body blow for high-profile recruit Joseph Suaalii, the current no.15 Tom Wright has the potential to be the world's best rugby fullback.' Suaalii (bottom right) has signed a three-year deal with the ARU from 2025, and has kept it a secret that he wants to play fullback for Australia.

Eddie Jones (left) and Rugby Australia's insistence on attacking NRL players has taken a 'debacle' because they aren't 'looking after their own', according to a respected manager. A number of players in the 15-man game are'sick of seeing' NRL players targeted to change codes,' according to David Rawlings, whose management company looks after union players like Tom Wright and Jack Maddocks. When Jones was announced as the new Wallabies coach in January, he made it no secret that he would be targeting NRL players who had been playing union as juniors, such as Roosters superstar Joseph Sua'ali'i (inset) and Rabbitohs captain Cameron Murray. It comes as another Wallabies celebrity (Pete Samu, right) has fled overseas.

Book adaptations have spawned some of the most popular movies and television shows of all time, and Amazon Prime Video's latest series "Daisy Jones & The Six" is expected to be the next one. The show is based on Taylor Jenkins Reid's hit book, which follows the titular rock band, which is fictional but is inspired by some of music's most popular groups. On March 3rd, the first three episodes were announced on YouTube, and readers would no doubt be surprised by how much the show has evolved from the book that inspired it. Following Billy Dunne's meteoric rise and fall (Sam Claflin), Daisy Jones (Riley Keough), Camila Dunne (Camila Marone), Graham Dunne (Camila Marone), Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse), and company, the main story is also intact. However, there are some major differences in how they get to the top, how things fell apart, and where they land. "If the book is my child, the version is my grandchild," Reid said on Instagram before the premiere. Of course, the layout is the most significant change the show makes from the book. The book is based on a fake oral history, and every individual has different interpretations of the events. The show features clips from a "Behind the Music"-style documentary, but it is mainly told through the events of the 1970s.

It's becoming an all-too-familiar story for Wallabies supporters: the team has been defeated by only three points in the dying moments, with poor discipline and injuries costing Australia in a loss to Ireland on Sunday morning. At Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Dave Rennie's men had the majority of the possession during the game but fell 13-10 to the world's highest ranked team, with more than 50,000 patriarchal Irish supporters.

Mack Hansen, an Ireland winger, knows several Wallabies well after playing with the Brumbies for four years, and he didn't hold back about his old mates ahead of the game against the Wallabies in Dublin on Sunday. Despite the Aussies' surprising run of recent form, which culminated in their first ever defeat to Italy last weekend, he anticipates a tough match.

The Wallabies have fallen to a 39-year low, dropping to Italy for the first time in history after Ben Donaldson's failed conversion attempt after the siren forced the side to a humiliating loss. After coach Dave Rennie controversially made 12 changes to the XV, Florence's 28-27 defeat to the world's 12th ranked team came on.

AUSTRALIA 28-27. AUSTRALIAN 28-27: Ange Capuozzo, a livewired fullback, scored a brace of tries as Italy defeated Australia on Saturday in a landmark first ever victory over Australia in the 19th century, defeating Australia by 28-27 in Florence. Ben Donaldson, the Australian's reserve midget, had the opportunity to convert a late Australian score for the victory, but he decided against it by widening the posts to announce jubilant celebrations from the Italian players. Pierre Bruno, a winger, scored a try for the home team, who were entirely responsible for the victory and may have won by a greater margin if they did not miss out on 14 points with kickable penalties and conversions.

Nonetheless, the Wallabies have managed to pull out of victory from the jaws of defeat, falling to France 30-29 in a'shattering' last-gasp loss. It was a tragic loss, but fortunately for weary Wallabies supporters, a trip to Lalakai Foketi from 'the end of the world' provided one of the finest highlights in recent memory.

The referee made a terrible call to send the match to the All Blacks in the dying minutes in what would be one of the most tense in the long history between the two countries. Mathieu Raynal was given a free kick against Australia's Bernard Foley for taking too long to kick for contact, and the Kiwis were awarded a match-sealing try shortly after to put the Wallabies' impressive comeback from 31-13 down.

The Wallabies may have comfortably accounted for the Springboks by seven points on Saturday afternoon, but former scrumhalf Nic White is under fire for an act that 'killed a tiny piece of rugby's soul.' In an incident with Faf de Klerk late in the game (left), White had to reel backwards and clutch at air in an attempt to get the referee to notice him.

Australia's Rugby Championship bid was back on track with a 25-17 victory over South Africa at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday, with Marika Koroibete being the hero. The Fijian-born flyer made a miraculous try-saving save in the first half and scored a try in the second as the Wallabies bounced back from their humiliating loss to Argentina two weeks ago. The Springboks looked poised to score as they spread the ball from right to left wing to Makazole Mapimpi with the Wallabies leading 10-3 and two minutes to play in the first half.

After losing by 31 points to Argentina on Sunday morning, Wallabies coach Dave Rennie (right, center) teed off at a'disappointing' Australian side (right). In a scathing post-match review of Australia's loss, Rennie's mood changed between gutted and livid, and he slashed his teammates for failing to deserve the reverence of Australia.