Wallaby Giteau returns for Rugby Championship
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VETERAN playmaker Matt Giteau and four uncapped players have been named in a 36-man Australia squad for the Rugby Championship against New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
Giteau’s status had been in doubt because of his commitments to French club Toulon, but the 102-test veteran was named yesterday in the squad along with three other overseas-based backs in Will Genia, Drew Mitchell and Adam Ashley-Cooper, plus flyhalf Quade Cooper, who recently returned from Toulon. “All of our eligible European-based players expressed a desire to play for the Wallabies during the Rugby Championship, and that experience is invaluable,” Australia coach Michael Cheika said. The uncapped players are props Tom Robertson and Allan Alaalatoa, back Reece Hodge and back rower Lopeti Timani. The Wallabies, coming off three consecutive test losses to England in Australia, open the Rugby Championship on August 20 in Sydney against New Zealand. South Africa hosts Argentina on the same day in Nelspruit.
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