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Camp Wallaby toughens Aussies for World Cup
0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — The Wallabies are roughing it in a self-styled 'boot camp' monitored by former SAS commandos to prepare for next month's Rugby World Cup in France.
The Australians are emulating their country's cricketers -- who went into camp before last southern summer's 5-0 Ashes sweep of England -- to bond over five days south of Brisbane.
The Wallabies are being guided by a group of former SAS commandos and other ex-servicemen in a camp where food and sleep deprivation and tough hikes and other outdoor activities toughen them over five days.
Lock Nathan Sharpe and winger Mark Gerrard described the start of the camp as torturous.
On Sunday's first night out, the players were forced to leave camp at 10:00 pm and taken on a three...
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