With the Melbourne Rebels, Queensland Reds and Western Force’s Asteron Life Super Rugby campaigns coming to end, Qantas Wallabies Head Coach Michael Chieka has named a preliminary train-on squad for the opening round of The Rugby Championship on July 18 against South Africa in Brisbane.
Selected players will assemble in Brisbane from Monday 22 June and train out of Ballymore, before their first official camp on July 5 in Caloundra on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Additional players from the Brumbies and NSW Waratahs will be confirmed at the end of their respective Super Rugby seasons.
The Preliminary Qantas Wallabies Train-on Squad* for The Rugby Championship is:
Melbourne Rebels
Paul Alo-Emile^
Scott Higginbotham
Luke Jones
Sean McMahon
Toby Smith^
Queensland Reds
Quade Cooper
Saia Fainga’a
Will Genia
Liam Gill
James Hanson
James Horwill
Greg Holmes
Karmichael Hunt^
Samu Kerevi^
James O’Connor
Rob Simmons
James Slipper
Western Force
Adam Coleman^
Nick Cummins
Tetera Faulkner
Ben McCalman
Matt Hodgson
*Brumbies and NSW Waratahs players excluded
^Uncapped
See the Qantas Wallabies take on the Springboks on 18 July at Suncorp Stadium.
