INSPIRED by the world's most exciting rugby player, David Campese, the Australian Wallabies have spent the past 12 months cementing their status as world champions.
After their World Cup success the previous year, 1992 brought a gruelling schedule that saw them beat new and old rivals alike.
The all-conquering Wallabies handed out a hammering to South Africa, they captured the Southern Hemisphere's top trophy, the Bledisloe Cup, from arch-rivals New Zealand, and they then toured Ireland and Wales, winning their Tests against both host countries.
Australia's cricketers began 1993 as limited-overs world champions and were strongly fancied to retain their trophy when, together with New Zealand, they hosted the World Cup in February and March.
What followed was a huge disappointment to the country's cricket fans as the team, led by veteran skipper Allan Border, failed to even qualify for the semi-finals from the round-robin stage.
The year took a turn for the better for Border's men when they toured Sri Lanka in August, with the Australians snatching an astonishing victory in the first Test in Colombo.
The success put Border's team in good heart for their current series against the giants of modern cricket, the West Indies.