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Instant Reaction: The honeymoon is over - Joe Schmidt's Wallabies bullied in Brisbane by Boks

Season 3, Ep. 48

The Wallabies have lost their first Test of the Joe Schmidt era - soundly beaten by Rassie Erasmus's South Africa. Christy Doran and Tony Harper of The Roar are joined by Harry Jones to work out where it went wrong for the Wallabies.

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