{"id":900837,"date":"2026-09-22T03:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900837\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T03:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:34:10","slug":"luckless-cale-set-for-extended-sideline-stint-as-wallabies-make-squad-change-for-springboks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900837\/","title":{"rendered":"Luckless Cale set for extended sideline stint as Wallabies make squad change for Springboks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Wallabies back-rower Charlie Cale is set to miss the rest of the year after suffering a shoulder injury in the build-up to Sunday&#8217;s Test against the Springboks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Cale is set to require surgery after a shoulder subluxation during training in Perth, with Nick Champion de Crespigny coming into the squad as a replacement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch every second of the Wallabies 2026 season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The 25-year-old has had a history of shoulder injuries, picking up a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/news\/brumbies-pleased-with-highlanders-bounceback-provide-cale-update-2026411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\"> knock in April<\/a> that ruled him out for close to two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Cale also spent time out with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/news\/charlie-cales-hidden-pain-as-injured-backrower-begins-road-to-reclaim-jersey-202523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">shoulder issue in 2024<\/a>, whilst a back injury the following year ruled him out for a significant period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;Charlie Cale has suffered a shoulder injury in Perth and will return to Canberra to begin his recovery,&#8221; a Wallabies statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;Nick Champion de Crespigny will join the squad in Perth to help prepare for Sunday&#8217;s Test against South Africa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Cale returned to the Test squad in Osaka against Japan, speaking of the emotion of his return after a frustrating period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;I think it matches the emotion around the first Test but it might even have a bit more just because of the last two years with injuries,&#8221; he said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/news\/second-time-just-as-nice-for-cale-as-battered-wallabies-prepares-for-test-return-202686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">last month<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve struggled with injury but finally I&#8217;m fit and able to get a couple of games at Super and then been fully training with Joe and Les.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;It sounds funny, but it probably means a little bit more than my first one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">One-time Wallabies skipper Champion de Crespigny is pushing for his first appearance of the year after playing for the Western Force in Super Rugby AUS last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a great mix of healthy competition in this squad and I think anyone&#8217;s ready to step up,&#8221; flanker Carlo Tizzano said on the squad on Sunday, before Cale&#8217;s injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Wallabies will continue their preparation in Perth, set to name their team on Friday to face the Springboks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The South Africans will confirm their side on Tuesday night, with star duo Pieter-Steph Du Toit and Damian de Allende returning home after a physical four-match tour against New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallabies back-rower Charlie Cale is set to miss the rest of the year after suffering a shoulder injury&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,2500],"class_list":["post-900837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-wallabies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900837","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=900837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}