Oblivious to the crowd's jeers, Quade Cooper had the last laugh after delivering a five-eighth master class to get the Wallabies up and running at the Rugby World Cup.
New Zealand's "Public Enemy No.1" was roundly booed up every time he lined up a kick at goal on Sunday, his every error met with roars of delight from the non-Australian sections at Auckland's North Harbour Stadium.
But the classy No.10 responded by setting up three of Australia's four second-half tries with magic touches in a 32-6 victory after Italy had threatened a major boilover by restricting the Wallabies to 6-6 at halftime.
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