Seven Western Force players have been named in the squad for
\nthe upcoming Bledisloe Cup Tests in Auckland on Saturday 27 September. <\/p>\n
The second Bledisloe Cup Test will be played at Optus
\nStadium in Perth on Saturday 4 October, with tickets selling fast via
\nTicketmaster.<\/p>\n
Force players Nick Champion de Crespigny, Brandon
\nPaenga-Amosa, Tom Robertson, Carlo Tizzano, Jeremy Williams, Harry Potter and
\nHamish Stewart are all selected.<\/p>\n
Nick Frost (tight back) and Len Ikitau (knee laceration),
\nboth of whom missed the second Test versus Los Pumas, remain in the squad.<\/p>\n
All-time Australian Test appearance record holder James
\nSlipper is just one match away from becoming the first Wallaby to pull on the
\ngold jersey on 150 occasions \u2013 where he would join Wales\u2019s Alun-Wyn Jones and
\nNew Zealand\u2019s Sam Whitelock as the only players to reach the rare milestone. <\/p>\n
Queensland\u2019s Tate McDermott is potentially in line to bring
\nup his 50th cap for the Wallabies in Auckland, having made his Test debut in
\n2020, while Canberra\u2019s Ryan Lonergan is the only uncapped player in the group. <\/p>\n
The 34-man squad which comprised of 19 forwards and 15
\nbacks, will depart for Auckland on Sunday.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt said: \u201cAfter an intense period,
\nfrom the British and Irish Lions Series, playing in South Africa and then here
\nin Australia against Los Pumas, it\u2019s been ideal for players to take a breath
\nbefore heading to Auckland for the fifth match in the Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that the Championship has been incredibly
\ncompetitive and that we will need to be better than we were last time out to
\nhave any chance against a fired-up All Blacks side.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wallabies squad for Bledisloe Cup Series against New Zealand
\nas part of the Flight Centre Rugby Championship (Wallaby number, first
\nAustralian Rugby club, Super Rugby Pacific club, Test caps)<\/p>\n
Wallabies squad<\/p>\n
Forwards (19)<\/p>\n
Allan Alaalatoa (#896, West Harbour Juniors, ACT Brumbies,
\n83)<\/p>\n
Angus Bell (#940, Hunters Hill Rugby Club, NSW Waratahs, 43)<\/p>\n
Josh Canham (#987, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, Queensland
\nReds, 1)<\/p>\n
Nick Champion De Crespigny (#991, Canberra Grammar School,
\nWestern Force, 2)<\/p>\n
Nick Frost (#953, Hornsby Lions, ACT Brumbies, 32)<\/p>\n
Tom Hooper (#964, Bathurst Bulldogs, ACT Brumbies, 17)<\/p>\n
Fraser McReight (#937, Albany Creek Brumbies, Queensland
\nReds, 33)<\/p>\n
Josh Nasser (#979, Easts Rugby (Brisbane), Queensland Reds,
\n7)<\/p>\n
Zane Nonggorr (#966, Gold Coast Eagles, Queensland Reds, 16)<\/p>\n
Brandon Paenga-Amosa (#918, Southern Districts, Western
\nForce, 24)<\/p>\n
Billy Pollard (#958, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club, ACT
\nBrumbies, 14)<\/p>\n
Tom Robertson (#898, Dubbo Kangaroos, Western Force, 35)<\/p>\n
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (#914, Randwick, Queensland Reds, 42)<\/p>\n
James Slipper (#843, Bond Pirates, ACT Brumbies, 149)<\/p>\n
Carlo Tizzano (#982, University of Western Australia,
\nWestern Force, 10)<\/p>\n
Taniela Tupou (#917, Brothers Rugby (Brisbane), NSW
\nWaratahs, 63)<\/p>\n
Rob Valetini (#929, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, ACT
\nBrumbies, 56)<\/p>\n
Jeremy Williams (#973, Wahroonga Tigers, Western Force, 18)<\/p>\n
Harry Wilson (#933, Gunnedah Red Devils, Queensland Reds,
\n29)<\/p>\n
Backs (15)<\/p>\n
Filipo Daugunu (#931, Wests Bulldogs, Queensland Reds, 13)<\/p>\n
Tane Edmed (#990, West Harbour Juniors, NSW Waratahs, 3)<\/p>\n
Jake Gordon (#925, Canterbury Juniors, NSW Waratahs, 31)<\/p>\n
Len Ikitau (#944, Tuggeranong Vikings, ACT Brumbies, 46)<\/p>\n
Max Jorgensen (#984, Balmain Wolves, NSW Waratahs, 15)<\/p>\n
Andrew Kellaway (#943, Hunters Hill Rugby Club, NSW
\nWaratahs, 45)<\/p>\n
Ryan Lonergan (uncapped, Tuggeranong Vikings, ACT Brumbies,
\n0)<\/p>\n
Tom Lynagh (#977, University of Queensland, Queensland Reds,
\n7)<\/p>\n
Tate McDermott (#936, Flinders Rugby Club, Queensland Reds,
\n49)<\/p>\n
James O\u2019Connor (#832, St Joseph\u2019s College, Nudgee, Leicester
\n(England), 68)<\/p>\n
Hunter Paisami (#932, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club,
\nQueensland Reds, 32)<\/p>\n
Harry Potter (#989, Moorabbin Rams, Western Force, 5)<\/p>\n
Hamish Stewart (#986, Toowoomba Bears, Western Force, 2)<\/p>\n
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (#988, The Kings School, NSW Waratahs,
\n12)<\/p>\n
Corey Toole (#992, Wagga Waratahs, ACT Brumbies, 3)<\/p>\n
Unavailable for selection due to injury<\/p>\n
Charlie Cale<\/p>\n
Langi Gleeson<\/p>\n
Noah Lolesio<\/p>\n
Dylan Pietsch<\/p>\n
Tom Wright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven Western Force players have been named in the squad for the upcoming Bledisloe Cup Tests in Auckland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,11229],"class_list":["post-151336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-western-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151336","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=151336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}