Wallabies snub Horwill, White
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VETERAN lock James Horwill and scrum-half Nic White were the big omissions yesterday as southern hemisphere champion Australia named its 31-man squad for next month’s Rugby World Cup.
Horwill captained the Wallabies at the last World Cup in New Zealand but was a high-profile casualty with Kane Douglas returning as one of four second-rowers in the line-up, alongside Dean Mumm, Rob Simmons and Will Skelton.
Coach Michael Cheika phoned Horwill on Thursday evening to break the news and have what he called “a very difficult conversation”.
Cheika also overlooked scrum-half White, despite his match-winning performance in the Wallabies’ Bledisloe Cup test victory against the All Blacks in Sydney this month. He instead went with just two specialist scrum-halves in Nick Phipps and Will Genia, with experienced utility Matt Giteau as back-up.
Prop Toby Smith and flanker Sean McMahon were surprise inclusions, despite not featuring during the 2015 international season so far, in a squad led by Stephen Moore and comprising 17 forwards and 14 backs for the September 18 to October 31 tournament in England.
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