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    Thumbs up 'Perth Spirit player to make debut for Italy'

    Aussie to Make Rugby Debut for Italy

    Little-known Australian Luke McLean has been thrown into the "deepest of deep ends" with a shock selection at five-eighth for Italy against Rugby World Cup champions South Africa.

    Only eight months ago Queenslander McLean was playing fullback for Perth Spirit in the Australian Rugby Championship but the 20-year-old will Saturday line up for an unlikely Test debut.

    Italy's former Springboks coach Nick Mallett has looked to the future by punting on the former Australian under-19 representative for the Azzurri's playmaking role at Newlands in Cape Town.

    It promises to be a baptism of fire for McLean, who qualifies through an Italian-born mother and hasn't played flyhalf since high school in Brisbane.

    But Italy are on tour without...

    http://news.smh.com.au/sport/aussie-...0619-2tcx.html

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    Any chance a mod can change the title to 'Perth Spirit player to make debut for Italy'?

    Makes it more exciting.

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    wow good on him!

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    thats so cool!! well done!!

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    im actually long time family friends with the Mclean family, good to see luke go well, little dissapointing that it has to be with Italy though, i would have loved to see him play for Australia one day.

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    Porca la miseria, e possibile?

    Giovanni Eales doveva farlo anni fa.

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    Cheers Mods.

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    Shame the ARC was killed off. It produced some good players in just one season.
    I wonder how Australian Rugby would be after five years with an ARC style comp?

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    You'd certainly have to wonder, when he is just one in a long line of guys who have kicked on. Good on him - hope he does well.

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