McCalman setback for Aussies

McCalman setback for Aussies

26 Nov 2011

Ben McCalman has been ruled out of Australia’s clash with the Barbarians because of an eye irritation.

The Wallabies No 8 will be replaced by Dave Dennis, while Radike Samo will come onto the bench.

Wallabies – 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Ioane Digby, 10 James O’Connor, 9 Will Genia, 8 Dave Dennis, 7 David Pocock (c), 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Tatafu Polota Nau, 1 James Slipper
Subs: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 Ben Alexander, 18 James Horwill, 19 Radike Samo, 20 Matt Hodgson, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Ben Tapuai


3 Comments

  • 1.grant10: Reply to this comment
    26 Nov 2011, 11:02 am

    go babas

  • 2.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    26 Nov 2011, 11:14 am

    This probably strenghtens the Aussie team – Dennis is better than the overrated McCalman imo while the fast and free running Samo (off the bench) is ideally suited for this type of game.

  • 3.Yetirat: Reply to this comment
    26 Nov 2011, 14:06 pm

    Surprised Samo struggled to even secure a bench spot going into this? Thought he’d been playing well.

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