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Ian Chadband

RARE PHOTOS: Not desperate no wallaby guarantees for code hopper | Rare Historical Photos

Ex-NRL star Mark Nawaqanitawase is preparing to return to rugby in Japan's club competition. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS)

Mark Nawaqanitawase has been warned a Wallabies jersey won't be gifted to him even should the stellar dual-code talent decide to return to the Australian rugby fold.

"We're not desperate for anyone," coach Les Kiss told reporters on Friday, when asked whether Australian rugby was desperate to win the battle with Fiji and Italy over who the cosmopolitan 'Marky Mark' might represent at next year's World Cup.

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