Watch Australia A take on Japan XV LIVE on Stan Sport on October 18<\/a><\/p>\nDonaldson continues his return from injury after coming off the bench in all three British & Irish Lions games, with Samu recently joining the Bledisloe Cup squad as cover for Rob Valetini.<\/p>\n
Reds trio Josh Canham, Seru Uru and Matt Faessler have also been included, with the likes of Matt Philip, Darcy Swain, Luke Reimer, Isaac Kailea and Hamish Stewart all pulling on the gold jersey before.<\/p>\n
Former Sevens and Australia U20s star Sid Harvey headlines the new faces in the Australia A program set for their first taste of a national XV program.<\/p>\n
Harvey was rewarded for strong form in the Super Rugby AUS competition as he helped the NSW Waratahs to the title, with fellow NSW teammates Ethan Dobbins, Joey Walton, Teddy Wilson and Dan Botha also included.<\/p>\n
Fellow Australia U20s standouts Tevita Alatini and Lington Ieli also earn selection, with Ieli continuing a breakout season after starting for First Nations Pasifika.<\/p>\n
Western Force duo Henry Robertson and Mac Grealy have been named, with Robertson emerging as the successor in waiting following Nic White’s retirement.<\/p>\n
The side will be led by their club coach Simon Cron, who will be supported by newly appointed Western Force assistant Brad Harris and Australia U20s coach Chris Whitaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing the success of the Super Rugby AUS competition, this match is another great opportunity for Australian players to test themselves against high-quality opposition,” Cron said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have ten Wallabies in the group shows the depth in Australian Rugby, while there\u2019s some young men here who will be keen to challenge themselves for the first time on the international stage.”<\/p>\n
Australia A squad to tour Japan (Super Rugby Pacific Club, First Australian Rugby club)<\/p>\n
Forwards (16)
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Tevita Alatani (ACT Brumbies \u2013 Penrith RSL Silverbacks)
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Dan Botha (NSW Waratahs \u2013 Mosman Juniors)
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Liam Bowron (ACT Brumbies \u2013 Marist College Canberra)
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Joe Brial (Queensland Reds – Easts (Sydney))
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Josh Canham (Queensland Reds – Harlequin Junior Rugby Club)
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Ethan Dobbins (NSW Waratahs \u2013 Wests Bulldogs)
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Matt Faessler (Queensland Reds \u2013 USQ Saints)
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Isaac Kailea (NSW Waratahs \u2013 Harlequin Junior Rugby Club)
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Lington Ieli (ACT Brumbies \u2013 Brisbane Boys\u2019 College)
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Matt Philip (NSW Waratahs \u2013 Newport Juniors)
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Luke Reimer (ACT Brumbies – Lindfield Junior Rugby Club)
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Pete Samu (NSW Waratahs \u2013 Moorabbin Rams)
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Rory Scott (ACT Brumbies – Canberra Royals)
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Darcy Swain (Western Force – Tuggeranong Vikings)
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Seru Uru (Queensland Reds \u2013 Wests Bulldogs)
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Rhys van Nek (ACT Brumbies – Easts Rugby (Brisbane))<\/p>\n
Backs (10)
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Ben Donaldson (Western Force \u2013 Clovelly Eagles)
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Mac Grealy (Western Force \u2013 Souths Kookaburras Toowoomba)
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Sid Harvey (NSW Waratahs \u2013 Narrabri Blue Boars)
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Harry McLaughlin-Phillips (Queensland Reds \u2013 Gunnedah Red Devils)
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Henry Robertson (Western Force \u2013 Scone Brumbies)
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Tim Ryan (Queensland Reds \u2013 Brothers Rugby)
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Ollie Sapsford (ACT Brumbies – Uni-Norths Owls)
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Hamish Stewart (Western Force – Toowoomba Bears)
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Joey Walton (NSW Waratahs – Warnervale Wildcats)
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Teddy Wilson (NSW Waratahs \u2013 Easts Rugby (Sydney))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australia A squad has been confirmed to play Japan XV in Osaka on October 18, featuring a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,124907,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-199681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-australia-a","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199681","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=199681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}