Rod Macqueen, Australia's 1999 World Cup-winning coach, believes the Wallabies will be better for their torrid clashes against Scotland and Wales in their past two games. Macqueen recalled how his side fought out a nail-biting finale against South Africa in the 1999 semi-final, where Stephen Larkham's 48m drop goal in extra-time broke the 21-21 deadlock before the Wallabies won 27-21 after a Matt Burke penalty. "Those sort of games stay with the team forever ... They add to the fabric of the team," Macqueen said. "That [challenge] gives them a lot more self-belief." 
It may have been 16 years since Macqueen felt the gut-wrenching feeling of being a World Cup coach in a tight final, but the emotion came flooding, especially his empathy with Wallabies coach Michael Cheika at half-time when Australia were still 15-16 down. "As calm as you want to be, inside it's always stressful," Macqueen said. "The idea is to be able to make as calm a decision as you can to give them advice at half-time."
The heat is on ...
The pressure is really on for the Wallabies, who play Argentina in the semi-finals. But with a glass half-full approach, this from Australian rugby columnist Andrew Logan should ease some anxiety. As Logan reminded, every World Cup winner bar the All Blacks in 1987 has survived at least one scare. For Australia in 1991 it came against Ireland in a quarter-final they won at the death 19-18. In 1995 South Africa beat France 19-15 in the semi-final. In 1999 Australia beat South Africa 27-21 in the semi-final. In 2003 England beat Australia 20-17 in the final in extra-time. In 2007 South Africa were 20-20 against Fiji at half-time in the quarter-final. In 2011, New Zealand beat France in the final 8-7.
What's doing, Wallabies?
Training and fix what went wrong in their quarter-final against Scotland. Check on injury status of Scott Sio (shoulder), Israel Folau (ankle) and David Pocock (calf)
They said it
"That is the worst thing I have seen on a rugby field in a long time. He is not prepared to face up to the players, that is not rugby and that is not the spirit of rugby." - Scottish great Gavin Hastings to bbc.com on South African referee Craig Joubert