{"id":117346,"date":"2025-09-04T04:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/117346\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T04:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:13:10","slug":"wallabies-squad-for-argentina-test-full-team-harry-wilson-returns-james-oconnor-dropped-video-pumas-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/117346\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies squad for Argentina Test, full team, Harry Wilson returns, James O\u2019Connor dropped, video, Pumas clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wallabies captain Harry Wilson will return from a knee injury in Saturday\u2019s Rugby Championship clash against Argentina in Townsville, while flyhalf Tom Lynagh has also been recalled after recovering from concussion.<\/p>\n<p>The return of No.8 Wilson, who missed Australia\u2019s last-start 30-22 loss to the Springboks in Cape Town, means Rob Valetini will shift to flanker in a reshuffled pack, with Tom Hooper moving from the side of the scrum to lock to replace Will Skelton, who has returned to his French club La Rochelle.<\/p>\n<p>In the backline, Lynagh will again wear the No.10 jersey after missing the Wallabies\u2019 two-Test tour to South Africa after he suffered a head knock in Australia\u2019s 22-12 win over the British and Irish Lions last month in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Lynagh\u2019s return results in veteran flyhalf James O\u2019Connor dropping to the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the biggest Aussie sports &amp; the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgeneric-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-grc-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harry Wilson will return from injury against Argentina. Picture: Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images\" attribution=\"test\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8fcfc33b0898be6d7b348b060993abb3.jpeg\" \/>Harry Wilson will return from injury against Argentina. Picture: Cameron Spencer\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the backs, Andrew Kellaway will replace injured fullback Tom Wright, who suffered a serious knee injury in the Wallabies\u2019 loss in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players have reassembled after a few days break, following our two games in South Africa, and worked their way through a very warm week here in Townsville,\u201d Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cLos Pumas are a combative and skilled side, and they will be confident after their recent performances. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know we\u2019re going to need to be at our very best on Saturday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallabies team to play Argentina in Townsville on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>1. Tom Robertson<\/p>\n<p>2. Billy Pollard<\/p>\n<p>3. Taniela Tupou<\/p>\n<p>4. Nick Frost<\/p>\n<p>5. Tom Hooper<\/p>\n<p>6. Rob Valetini<\/p>\n<p>7. Fraser McReight<\/p>\n<p>8. Harry Wilson (captain)<\/p>\n<p>9. Nic White<\/p>\n<p>10. Tom Lynagh<\/p>\n<p>11. Corey Toole<\/p>\n<p>12. Len Ikitau<\/p>\n<p>13. Joseph-Aukuso Suaaliil<\/p>\n<p>14. Max Jorgensen<\/p>\n<p>15. Andrew Kellaway<\/p>\n<p>Bench:<\/p>\n<p>16. Brandon Paenga-Amosa<\/p>\n<p>17. Angus Bell<\/p>\n<p>18. Zane Nonggorr<\/p>\n<p>19. Jeremy Williams<\/p>\n<p>20. Carlo Tizzano<\/p>\n<p>21. Tate McDermott<\/p>\n<p>22. James O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n<p>23. Filipo Daugunu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallabies captain Harry Wilson will return from a knee injury in Saturday\u2019s Rugby Championship clash against Argentina in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,43961,760,85],"class_list":["post-117346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-newswire-sport","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}