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HAYLETT-PETTY AND COLEMAN NAMED FOR SPRINGBOKS SHOWDOWN
Western Force stars Dane Haylett-Petty and Adam Coleman have been named to start against the Spinboks in Pretoria on Saturday night in what will be both men's first Test in South Africa.
Head coach Michael Cheika has named Sean McMahon to start at number 8 for the injured David Pocock who has been ruled out of the remainder of the Rugby Championship after breaking his hand against Argentina two weeks ago.
While not overly experienced at the back of the scrum at Super Rugby level, McMahon replaced Pocock for the final two Tests in Australia’s June series against England.
McMahon’s inclusion is the only change to the Wallabies starting team that defeated Argentina in Perth two weeks ago.
In what has been a long time coming, Sefa Naivalu has been included on the extended bench for his potential Test debut, making him Wallaby number 900.
Fijian-born Naivalu became eligible for the Wallabies to represent Australia on September 18 having played three years of Super Rugby with the Melbourne Rebels.
In other changes, Kane Douglas returns to the match day 23 on the bench having being dropped against Argentina, with Rory Arnold making way for him.
James Hanson will return to the Test arena for the first time in over a year, being named as Stephen Moore’s back-up after Tatafu Polota-Nau was ruled out of the two-week tour with a broken arm.
With McMahon’s promotion to the starting side, Scott Fardy has also been named on the extended bench in what will be his first Test since the second Bledisloe in Wellington.
The Wallabies currently sit second on the Rugby Championship ladder but head to Pretoria in search of their first ever victory at Loftus Versfeld, having lost all six matches at the ground.
The Wallabies play the Springboks at 11:00PM Saturday AWST.
WALLABIES TEAM
1. Scott Sio
2. Stephen Moore (c)
3. Sekope Kepu
4. Adam Coleman
5. Rob Simmons
6. Dean Mumm
7. Michael Hooper
8. Sean McMahon
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. Reece Hodge
12. Bernard Foley
13. Samu Kerevi
14. Dane Haylett-Petty
15. Israel Folau
RESERVES
(One to be omitted)
16. James Hanson
17. James Slipper
18. Tom Robertson
19. Kane Douglas
20. Scott Fardy
21. Lopeti Timani
22. Nick Phipps
23. Tevita Kuridrani
24. Sefa Naivalu
https://www.westernforce.com.au/arti...gboks-showdown
Referee Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant 1 Johnny Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant 2 George Clancy (Ireland)
TMO Jim Yuille (Scotland)
http://officiating.worldrugby.org/?p...intments&id=42
So Morohan misses out again!
Springbok team:
Team (15-1)
Patrick Lambie; Bryan Habana, Jesse Kriel, Juan de Jongh, Francois Hougaard; Morne Steyn, Rudy Paige; Warren Whiteley, Oupa Mohoje, Francois Louw; Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth; Vincent Koch, Adriaan Strauss (capt), Tendai Mtawarira
Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Steven Kitshoff, Julian Redelinghuys, Lood de Jager, Willem Alberts, Jaco Kriel, Lionel Mapoe, Willie le Roux
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sp...changes/#page1
Hope to see some of the game if it is on at the hong kong airport
(Yeah, right)!
I can understand dog missing out, with pocock injured and mcmahon in, we need somebody in the 22 who will attack the ball on the floor, mccalman is ok at that, but fards is better.
Naivalu has similar speed and finishing to morahan and is a warehousing selection
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I'd rather Benny Mac get fully fit again before pulling on the jersey against the likes of the Boks and Argies.
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Barnes refereeing thetwice in a row. We won last time he reffed, so here's hoping...
Coming off the bench will give Fardy more time to check out the camera angles. Ah all those cameras what is my best side, poser.
Update:
Naivalu in for wallabies, Timani out
The Wallabies play the Springboks at 1:04am Sunday AEST.
1. Scott Sio
2. Stephen Moore (c)
3. Sekope Kepu
4. Adam Coleman
5. Rob Simmons
6. Dean Mumm
7. Michael Hooper
8. Sean McMahon
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. Reece Hodge
12. Bernard Foley
13. Samu Kerevi
14. Dane Haylett-Petty
15. Israel Folau
16. James Hanson
17. James Slipper
18. Tom Robertson
19. Kane Douglas
20. Scott Fardy
21. Nick Phipps
22. Tevita Kuridrani
23. Sefa Naivalu*
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/09...allabies-debut
How good is it to see them running out of their own 22![]()
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