Turner foresees shift to fullback

[lara93]

LACHIE Turner is waiting in the wings for another opportunity with the Wallabies, but his long-term ambition is to emulate former Test great Joe Roff and move to fullback.

Turner made his Test debut on the wing in the Wallabies' 40-10 win against France in Brisbane last July, but he has not figured in any of the Australian team's games since.

However, with Lote Tuqiri in doubt for the Bledisloe Test against the All Blacks in Hong Kong next month because of a knee injury, Turner is in the running for the number 11 jersey.

"I didn't even think I was going to get one game. To get that one was really exciting. The prospect of getting a second and maybe a third on this spring tour is quite exciting for me," Turner said.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-23217,00.html

[robyn <3]

hmph. he screwed up big time on his debut. i would say make him wait a while longer but we are still so very short of fullbacks at the moment. i dont think he is looking at the position. i reckon at the moment for the tour our back three will be
mitchell 11
hynes 14
aac (YUCK) 15

there might be a spot for him on the bench. but if lote is fixed then drew will probably have that bench spot, even though he deserves to START!

can we clone latham or something?