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Former Wallaby Stirling Mortlock’s Lankan Rupee winner – By Trevine Rodrigo in Melbourne Source : pressreader Former Australian Wallabies skipper Stirling Mortlock has always had a knack for finding his way to the try line either by deception or sheer determination. But his other talent is the ability to pick a winner from nothing much like his illustrious Rugby exploits when he came up with an unlikely winner picking ‘Lankan Rupee’ on Oaks Day at the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival much to the delight of his Sri Lankan mate at the Melbourne Rebels, Rugby convener, Hish Fernando. Mortlock is an open admirer of Sri Lanka, its people and hospitality and its talent in rugby which he savoured recently for the first time during a visit to the Island for the Carlton Rugby Sevens with other officials from the Melbourne Rebels. The former Rebels Captain and now board member of Australia’s newest ...