On their way to Wollongong, Canada stopped off at Goulbourn's Big Merino cafe. Among the fare on offer was a World Cup "Wallaby Burger". A member of the Canadian team was heard to say: "If we can't beat them at least we can eat them".
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When Japan played Fiji,
Japanese first five-eighth Andrew Miller became only the fourth player in World Cup history to achieve a "full house" of scores - a try, a conversion, a penalty and a dropped goal - in one game.
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Georgia have the unenviable task of being the only side not to have scored a try after two games. The east Europeans will try (or not try) again against South Africa in a pool C game in Sydney tonight.
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