Cooper turns up the heat ahead of All Blacks clash

JUST in case New Zealand were lacking a bit of inspiration ahead of their World Cup semi-final meeting with Australia, Quade Cooper provided it.

The Maori-born Australian out-half did little to quash his status as New Zealand’s “public enemy number one” heaped the pressure on the home side when he agreed it would be “a tough one for them to swallow” if he scored the winning points at Eden Park this weekend.

“They are supposed to have won this World Cup for the past three tournaments and this is no different,” Cooper said.