The breadth of a butterfly wing was the difference between Wallabies advancing or flying home

Portugal produced a miracle win at the World Cup - but it was a miracle for them, not the Wallabies.

This, friends, was Australian rugby’s answer to “the butterfly effect” – the notion that a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the world, could turn into a typhoon on the other side.

Despite a catastrophic campaign by the Wallabies to date, it was possible, just possible, that if Portugal beat Fiji by more than seven points, then our blokes –– would be called back from the airport, and we’d make the quarter-finals after all! Sponsorship dollars would flow, TV contracts renewed, sackings would be spared, obituaries withdrawn, whole careers resuscitated.

Hell, we could even make the semi-finals! And with Will Skelton and Taniela Tupou coming back from injury, who knows how far we could go? Whole rugby empires are rising and falling before our eyes as the ball keeps bouncing, the men from opposite sides of the planet keep running at each other, and the clock winds down.

The ball goes high into the stands, the referee blows his whistle, and the match is over, as many of the Portuguese players and fans, burst into tears of joy.

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