Backs to the wall, Wallabies will perform better - Cheika

Pilloried by fans and local media off it, the woefully out-of-form Wallabies have even been called delusional by one of their former players this week. Such is the perceived gulf in class between Australia and New Zealand, bookmakers on both sides of the Tasman Sea have made the All Blacks almost unbackable favourites ahead of their Rugby Championship clash in Wellington on Saturday. Coach Michael Cheika, however, was not quite prepared to wave the white flag and leave the Bledisloe Cup, the symbol of trans-Tasman supremacy, in New Zealand Rugby's trophy cabinet, where it has sat since 2003.
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