Dave Rennie’s men face a huge task against a South Africa team featuring some world-leading players.
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has overhauled his line-up to cope with a barrage of high balls and a star-studded Springboks front row.
The huge kicking power of Reece Hodge has earned him a recall to the Wallabies starting side to take on the Springboks in Adelaide.
Two weeks into a nine-month recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon,Quade Cooper says he is actually feeling lucky.
Australia’s success rate at home against the Springboks is astounding,especially when you compare both teams’ records against the All Blacks.
James Slipper will lead the Wallabies into battle against South Africa,with Australia’s pride on the line in Adelaide.
Dave Rennie has some tough selection calls to make ahead of a clash with South Africa in Adelaide and he’ll need to start with changes in the back three.
The axing of James O’Connor for the Springboks Tests seems to be an extraordinary overreaction,particularly as Wallabies selectors clearly don’t trust Noah Lolesio
After an injury-plagued winter,eight sidelined players will return for the first Test against South Africa in Adelaide.
There were extenuating circumstances but the Wallabies have serious issues to address after their thumping loss to Argentina.
The story of the Test was Michael Hooper’s absence - and how the Wallabies would cope. The answer was that players in numbers No.1 to No.23 contributed to a very worthy win.