Extended national train-on squad ahead of the Bledisloe Cup
Extended national train-on squad, excluding Brumbies players as they compete in Vodafone Super Rugby Finals
Forwards
Jermaine Ainsley*, Western Force
Adam Coleman, 12 Tests, Western Force
Pek Cowan, 10 Tests, Western Force
Jack Dempsey, 1 Test, NSW Waratahs
Kane Douglas, 31 Tests, Queensland Reds
Sef Fa’agase*, Queensland Reds
Tetera Faulkner, 2 Tests, Western Force
Ned Hanigan, 3 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Richard Hardwick, 2 Tests, Western Force
Michael Hooper, 68 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Sekope Kepu, 80 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Adam Korczyk*, Queensland Reds
Tolu Latu, 4 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Sean McMahon, 15 Tests, Melbourne Rebels
Stephen Moore (c), 120 Tests, Queensland Reds
Tatafu Polota-Nau, 71 Tests, Western Force
Tom Robertson, 9 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Izack Rodda*, Queensland Reds
Rob Simmons, 71 Tests, Queensland Reds
Lopeti Timani, 7 Tests, Melbourne Rebels
Taniela Tupou*, Queensland Reds
Jordan Uelese*, Melbourne Rebels
Backs
Kurtley Beale, 60 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Israel Folau, 55 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Bernard Foley, 45 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Will Genia, 78 Tests
Dane Haylett-Petty, 17 Tests, Western Force
Reece Hodge, 13 Tests, Melbourne Rebels
Karmichael Hunt, 3 Tests, Queensland Reds
Samu Kerevi, 8 Tests, Queensland Reds
Marika Koroibete*, Melbourne Rebels
Campbell Magnay*, Queensland Reds
Billy Meakes*, Western Force
Eto Nabuli, 1 Test, Queensland Reds
Sefa Naivalu, 7 Tests, Melbourne Rebels
Izaia Perese*, Queensland Reds
Nick Phipps, 52 Tests, NSW Waratahs
Curtis Rona*, Western Force
*denotes uncapped player
Eleven new faces in extended national train-on squad
Qantas Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has named an extended national train-on squad for intensive camps in the lead-up to the Bledisloe Cup in Sydney on August 19.
Brumbies players were not selected due to their ongoing Vodafone Super Rugby Finals campaign.
The selected players will meet at their State bases this coming Thursday for the first mini-training camp before the entire extended squad convenes in Newcastle on Sunday, July 23.
Eleven uncapped players are in the extended train-on group with seven of them set for their first Wallabies squad experience (Fa’agase, Korczyk, Rodda, Uelese, Magnay, Meakes and Rona).
Western Force props Pek Cowan and Tetera Faulkner have been rewarded for their fine Super Rugby form, as they return to the national training group for the first time since their last Tests back in 2014.
It’s also the first squad selection for Kurtley Beale since the 2015 Rugby World Cup while Queensland pair Taniela Tupou and Izaia Perese will get another chance to impress following their selection as Development Players on the 2016 Spring Tour.
The week-long strength and conditioning camp in Newcastle will form the first part of the lead-in to the opening Bledisloe Cup clash with a finalized squad to be named prior to a camp in Cessnock on Sunday, August 6.
Qantas Wallabies coach Michael Cheika said: “We have a lot of work to get done between now and August 19 when we play New Zealand in Sydney. That work started in June, we tried to maintain some of that throughout the last rounds of Super Rugby and now we start to take it up a level.”
“We want all of these guys to be very clear on what the trademarks are of the Wallabies game and then be equipped and ready to deliver it when asked to enter the arena for Australia, whether it’s for five minutes or the whole 80 minutes of every Test this season.”
“That is what our objective will be over the next couple of weeks and I can’t wait to get stuck into it,” Cheika said.
Tickets for the Qantas Wallabies’ three home Test matches in the 2017 Rugby Championship are available now through Ticketek.
The Wallabies will begin their Bledisloe Cup campaign against New Zealand at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, on Saturday, August 19.
All Bledisloe Cup matches will be screened LIVE in High Definition and ad-break free during play on FOX SPORTS and will be available to stream via Foxtel Go (for Foxtel subscribers).
The three Bledisloe Cup Tests will also be screened LIVE in High Definition on TEN and WIN Network and on tenplay.com.au.
Players not considered due to injury
Kyle Godwin
Lukhan Tui
James Slipper
Bledisloe Cup training camps
Local State training bases, July 20-22
Newcastle, NSW, July 24-29
Local State training bases, July 31-Aug 2
Cessnock, NSW, Aug 6-11
Penrith, NSW, Aug 13-18
2017 Bledisloe Cup
Qantas Wallabies v New Zealand at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, 19th August, 8.00 pm AEST
New Zealand v Qantas Wallabies at Forsyth Stadium, Dunedin, 26th August, 5.30 pm AEST
Qantas Wallabies v New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, 21st October, 8 pm AEDT
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