Seven Western Force players have been named in the squad for
the upcoming Bledisloe Cup Tests in Auckland on Saturday 27 September.
The second Bledisloe Cup Test will be played at Optus
Stadium in Perth on Saturday 4 October, with tickets selling fast via
Ticketmaster.
Force players Nick Champion de Crespigny, Brandon
Paenga-Amosa, Tom Robertson, Carlo Tizzano, Jeremy Williams, Harry Potter and
Hamish Stewart are all selected.
Nick Frost (tight back) and Len Ikitau (knee laceration),
both of whom missed the second Test versus Los Pumas, remain in the squad.
All-time Australian Test appearance record holder James
Slipper is just one match away from becoming the first Wallaby to pull on the
gold jersey on 150 occasions – where he would join Wales’s Alun-Wyn Jones and
New Zealand’s Sam Whitelock as the only players to reach the rare milestone.
Queensland’s Tate McDermott is potentially in line to bring
up his 50th cap for the Wallabies in Auckland, having made his Test debut in
2020, while Canberra’s Ryan Lonergan is the only uncapped player in the group.
The 34-man squad which comprised of 19 forwards and 15
backs, will depart for Auckland on Sunday.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt said: “After an intense period,
from the British and Irish Lions Series, playing in South Africa and then here
in Australia against Los Pumas, it’s been ideal for players to take a breath
before heading to Auckland for the fifth match in the Rugby Championship.
“We know that the Championship has been incredibly
competitive and that we will need to be better than we were last time out to
have any chance against a fired-up All Blacks side.”
Wallabies squad for Bledisloe Cup Series against New Zealand
as part of the Flight Centre Rugby Championship (Wallaby number, first
Australian Rugby club, Super Rugby Pacific club, Test caps)
Wallabies squad
Forwards (19)
Allan Alaalatoa (#896, West Harbour Juniors, ACT Brumbies,
83)
Angus Bell (#940, Hunters Hill Rugby Club, NSW Waratahs, 43)
Josh Canham (#987, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, Queensland
Reds, 1)
Nick Champion De Crespigny (#991, Canberra Grammar School,
Western Force, 2)
Nick Frost (#953, Hornsby Lions, ACT Brumbies, 32)
Tom Hooper (#964, Bathurst Bulldogs, ACT Brumbies, 17)
Fraser McReight (#937, Albany Creek Brumbies, Queensland
Reds, 33)
Josh Nasser (#979, Easts Rugby (Brisbane), Queensland Reds,
7)
Zane Nonggorr (#966, Gold Coast Eagles, Queensland Reds, 16)
Brandon Paenga-Amosa (#918, Southern Districts, Western
Force, 24)
Billy Pollard (#958, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club, ACT
Brumbies, 14)
Tom Robertson (#898, Dubbo Kangaroos, Western Force, 35)
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (#914, Randwick, Queensland Reds, 42)
James Slipper (#843, Bond Pirates, ACT Brumbies, 149)
Carlo Tizzano (#982, University of Western Australia,
Western Force, 10)
Taniela Tupou (#917, Brothers Rugby (Brisbane), NSW
Waratahs, 63)
Rob Valetini (#929, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, ACT
Brumbies, 56)
Jeremy Williams (#973, Wahroonga Tigers, Western Force, 18)
Harry Wilson (#933, Gunnedah Red Devils, Queensland Reds,
29)
Backs (15)
Filipo Daugunu (#931, Wests Bulldogs, Queensland Reds, 13)
Tane Edmed (#990, West Harbour Juniors, NSW Waratahs, 3)
Jake Gordon (#925, Canterbury Juniors, NSW Waratahs, 31)
Len Ikitau (#944, Tuggeranong Vikings, ACT Brumbies, 46)
Max Jorgensen (#984, Balmain Wolves, NSW Waratahs, 15)
Andrew Kellaway (#943, Hunters Hill Rugby Club, NSW
Waratahs, 45)
Ryan Lonergan (uncapped, Tuggeranong Vikings, ACT Brumbies,
0)
Tom Lynagh (#977, University of Queensland, Queensland Reds,
7)
Tate McDermott (#936, Flinders Rugby Club, Queensland Reds,
49)
James O’Connor (#832, St Joseph’s College, Nudgee, Leicester
(England), 68)
Hunter Paisami (#932, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club,
Queensland Reds, 32)
Harry Potter (#989, Moorabbin Rams, Western Force, 5)
Hamish Stewart (#986, Toowoomba Bears, Western Force, 2)
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (#988, The Kings School, NSW Waratahs,
12)
Corey Toole (#992, Wagga Waratahs, ACT Brumbies, 3)
Unavailable for selection due to injury
Charlie Cale
Langi Gleeson
Noah Lolesio
Dylan Pietsch
Tom Wright