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Murray Wenzel

INSANE: Wallabies backed to play survive first kiss test - The Real Truth

The Wallabies won't be spooked off the Les Kiss way after avoiding an Osaka disaster, pledging to commit after being "given a licence to play" by the new coach.

Australia defied a 20-minute red card and brutal heat and humidity to pip Eddie Jones's plucky Japan 35-32 and ensure the Kiss era began with victory on Saturday.

Flyhalf Declan Meredith battled all night to make ground with his exit kicks, and the fluency shown in a last-start flogging of Italy wasn't there.

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