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Former Test captain Stephen Moore says rugby in Australia needs an overhaul to stop the Wallabies becoming a tier two team following their World Cup flop.

The Wallabies have been eliminated from the Rugby World Cup in France after Fiji scraped into the quarter-finals despite a 24-23 bonus-point loss to Portugal.

The pool stage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup wrapped up on Sunday, leaving just eight teams standing in the knockout round. They include four European nations and four from the southern hemisphere, with Australia missing out on the quarter-finals for the first time in the tournament’s history.

Rugby great Dan Carter on something the All Blacks need right now: resilience

Wales await in final eight despite Japanese fightback

Bath flanker beats off competition from Tom Willis and Tom Pearson

Steve Borthwick has replenished his squad after Willis suffered a neck injury against Chile last week that ruled him out

Real-time data will see players removed from the pitch if collision forces exceed a certain level even if they are not showing signs of a brain injury

A Mateo Carreras hat-trick secured victory and Argentina’s passage to the quarterfinals after a cracking contest with Japan’s Brave Blossoms.