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MICHAEL Hooper has continued his incredible form of the last year by winning the Wallabies' players' player an incredible sixth time after an inspired display against Ireland.
Only former skipper Nathan Sharpe comes close, winning the internal 'Man of Gold' award three times before he retired.
Hooper's outstanding performance at Lansdowne Road was made sweeter by scoring the first and second Test tries of his career, with his double against Ireland punctuating a frenetic all-round game.
The runaway John Eales medallist of 2013 and Waratahs player of the year, Hooper has made it clear he doesn't intend to slacken off at the back end of a draining season.
After the game at Aviva Stadium Hooper was also given the official man-of-the-match award - which are often different to the Wallabies' players' player - and this was despite being sin-binned for 10 minutes.
Hooper will be hoping to surpass his mighty performance next week in Edinburgh when the Wallabies play Scotland - who have beaten Australia in their past two encounters including last year's 9-6 debacle in Newcastle.
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"What worries me is that they beat us in Australia last year, so they've got the rub on us," Hooper said.
"It's going to be a tough game, we want to get three out of three now.
"It would be very nice [to get revenge].
"The conditions were like Scotland last year in that Newcastle game, it's meant to be tops of three [degrees] so we've got to adapt to that and manage to play to the appropriate conditions.
"It will be a new experience, a new challenge for the group."
Hooper said the side had begun improving after the series loss to the British & Irish Lions, when Ewen McKenzie took over from Robbie Deans as coach.
DUBLIN, IRELAND - NOVEMBER 16: Michael Hooper of Australia scores a try during the International match between Ireland and Australia at Aviva Stadium on November 16, 2013 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images
"We've been building from the Rugby Championship, the England game was a bit of setback but our performances have been getting better each week," Hooper said.
"One week our attack will be on but the defence will be missing, it's just about marrying those up and getting the full performance.
"And it's tough to do, coming over here, in the back end of the year, hostile conditions."
Hooper's second try came off a stunning 20-metre rolling maul, and he believes it will be a valuable weapon against other sides in future.
"They've obviously got to be prepared for that, teams we face in the future," he said.
"It's tough to come by, once you get recognised as a mauling team everyone throws a lot more numbers in there and gets more aggressive.
"Any more additions to [our attack] is massive."
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