Australia is the second ranked team in the IRB ranking. So, ahead of the Rugby world cup 2007, Australia is not aiming to win their third rugby world cup title. Australia is the most successful team in history of rugby world cup. Only they have the distinction of winning two rugby world cup titles yet. So, it is worthless to say that Australia is one of the strong contenders of Rugby world cup 2007. Recently, John O'Neill, chief of Australia Rugby Union, has expressed his hope for the third world cup title. He thinks that Australian players are confident and they can bring about success in France. However, he also believes that Australia face some strong challenges from other teams.
Sportinglife reported:
O'Neill, who was at the helm of the ARU for the Wallabies' 1999 triumph, is confident John Connolly's men will feature heavily at the business end of the 2007 event.
"You always go into these tournaments aiming to win," he said.
"I'm pretty confident. Our Tri-Nations series was really positive - (and we) beat the All Blacks which doesn't happen very often.
Rugby world cup 2007 will start from Friday. Australia will play their first match against Japan on Saturday. Australia have chance to win their third rugby world cup title in France. However, I think, they have to face strong challenge from New Zealand. Now, let us see how far Australia can go in France.
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