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Rona to debut for Wallabies in Bledisloe Cup

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Rugby League convert Curtis Rona will make his debut for the Wallabies in their Bledisloe Cup opener against the All Blacks as Kurtley Beale returns.

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Australia head coach Michael Cheika named former NRL star Curtis Rona in his squad for Saturday’s clash against New Zealand in Sydney after Dane Haylett-Petty succumbed to a bicep injury. Rona’s nickname during his NRL days was “The Finisher, and here’s why:

https://youtu.be/kf_H464cQYU?t=53

Rona impressed during his first full season in Super Rugby, starring for the Western Force, who have since been culled by SANZAAR as the competition is scaled back from 18 to 15 teams.

The 25-year-old New Zealand-born player will now line up on the left wing against the world champions at ANZ Stadium.

The weekend’s Rugby Championship opener will also see the return of Beale.

Beale – who will partner Samu Kerevi in the centres – is set to play for the Wallabies for the first time since the 2015 Rugby World Cup final, wearing the number 12 jersey.

Australia’s backline will feature Beale, Bernard Foley and Israel Folau.

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Sean McMahan gets the nod ahead of Lopeti Timani, while Henry Speight will start on the right wing in the absence of the injured Sefa Naivalu, who was hurt in June’s Test against Italy.

Australia team to face New Zealand: Israel Folau, Henry Speight, Samu Kerevi, Kurtley Beale, Curtis Rona, Bernard Foley, Will Genia; Scott Sio, Stephen Moore, Allan Alaalatoa, Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman, Ned Hanigan, Michael Hooper, Sean McMahon.

Replacements: Tatafu Polota-Nau, Tom Robertson, Sekope Kepu, Rob Simmons, Lopeti Timani, Nick Phipps, Reece Hodge, Tevita Kuridrani.

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KB 1 hour ago
France outwrestle All Blacks in titanic Test for one-point win

Im guessing you never lived in NZ under r dern and red commie labour

We were forced and in some cases mandated to take the V - I know of 7 people who D taking it and many with untold injuries - Minimium 12 K D in NZ taking it - it was never safe never effective never worked just Maimed and K'd qe were close to being thrown into quarantine camps C was only a rebranded Flu


Oz Govt MOH have completed their c commission - they admit they never had the proveable data to make justify their statements and decisions & that the public will never accept it ever happening again - they fired rubber B into peaceful protestors Ardern is hated here ( 1 M patriots forced her out ) - bloomfield her side kick 2IC dr D excempted 11k from taking it - we (not u) know who they were the Pol and Public servants who knew they were fatal - A zeneca pulled it off the market due 2 excess D's - Japan banned them - called them stupid poison -

P M Shinzo Abe opposed the v and sent over a million doses back - because of that he was murdered - So were the heads of several African nations who also opposed the fake v they were k'd and their replacements allowed their countries to be swamped with them - C was V wasnt bought in fo C - C was bought in for the V

Im not here to talk politics but if u want to I can all day especially to a RED neck commie like you - whats it going to be Rugby or Politics or mud slinging give me something to think about - surprise me with something meaty - just not word salad


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