Wallaby line up:
Jesse Mogg, Israel Folau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Christian Leali'ifano, James O'Connor, Matt Toomua, Will Genia, Ben Mowen, Michael Hooper, Hugh McMeniman, James Horwill, Rob Simmons, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, James Slipper.
Reserves: Saia Fainga'a, Scott Sio, Sekope Kepu, Scott Fardy, Liam Gill, Nic White, Quade Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani.
Blow me down. Link picked the backline I wanted. Great to see Toomua get a chance, particularly inside Lealiifano. They know each other inside out from the Brumbies. Toomua isn't spectacular, gets the job done with good all-round skills. Plus he tackles like a flanker. Link has opted to give LH Scott Sio his debut from the bench. Fair enough. The front row bothers me, as always, and Simmons doesn't work hard enough at lock. Nice to see Hugh McMeniman back at 6. Injuries and a sojourn in Japan halted a very promising career. He's big, strong, and ferocious. Ben Mowen has to fill in at 8. Out of position, very much a case of Tom Wood at 8 for England. Odd backs coverage on the bench, though. White is a 9, fair enough, Quade can probably cover FB, but Tevita Kuridrani - a young monster of a 13 on debut - is strictly a 13.
Jesse Mogg, Israel Folau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Christian Leali'ifano, James O'Connor, Matt Toomua, Will Genia, Ben Mowen, Michael Hooper, Hugh McMeniman, James Horwill, Rob Simmons, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, James Slipper.
Reserves: Saia Fainga'a, Scott Sio, Sekope Kepu, Scott Fardy, Liam Gill, Nic White, Quade Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani.
Blow me down. Link picked the backline I wanted. Great to see Toomua get a chance, particularly inside Lealiifano. They know each other inside out from the Brumbies. Toomua isn't spectacular, gets the job done with good all-round skills. Plus he tackles like a flanker. Link has opted to give LH Scott Sio his debut from the bench. Fair enough. The front row bothers me, as always, and Simmons doesn't work hard enough at lock. Nice to see Hugh McMeniman back at 6. Injuries and a sojourn in Japan halted a very promising career. He's big, strong, and ferocious. Ben Mowen has to fill in at 8. Out of position, very much a case of Tom Wood at 8 for England. Odd backs coverage on the bench, though. White is a 9, fair enough, Quade can probably cover FB, but Tevita Kuridrani - a young monster of a 13 on debut - is strictly a 13.
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