{"id":12467,"date":"2012-07-16T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T10:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/rugby-wingers-mitchell-turner-return-to-wallabies-fold\/"},"modified":"2012-07-16T12:54:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T10:54:17","slug":"rugby-wingers-mitchell-turner-return-to-wallabies-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-wingers-mitchell-turner-return-to-wallabies-fold\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Wingers Mitchell, Turner return to Wallabies fold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SYDNEY, July 16<\/span> (Reuters) – Australia wingers Drew Mitchell
\nand Lachie Turner returned to the international fold on Monday
\nwhen they were included in the Wallabies’ initial training squad
\nfor the inaugural Rugby Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Australia open the new competition, which replaces the
\nTri-Nations with the addition of Argentina from this year, with
\na test against the world champion All Blacks in Sydney on Aug.
\n18.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Coach Robbie Deans named a 27-strong squad for a three-day
\ntraining camp in Sydney next week but did not include any
\nplayers from the Queensland Reds, who are still involved in the
\nSuper Rugby playoffs.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Mitchell, who has scored 29 tries in 58 tests, and Turner,
\none of the quickest backs in international rugby, both missed
\nthe June tests against Scotland and Wales through injury.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Fullback Kurtley Beale and flanker David Pocock, who is
\nlikely to captain Australia in the absence of the injured James
\nHorwill, were also included despite missing the end of the Super
\nRugby season with rib and groin injuries respectively.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

James O’Connor, one of Australia’s most dangerous attacking
\nthreats, remains a doubt for the Rugby Championship opener
\nbecause of a hamstring problem and was not named, while
\nexperienced lock Nathan Sharpe has been rested.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Hard-running Western Force winger Nick Cummins, former
\nAustralia sevens captain Bernard Foley, outside back Mitch Inman
\nand prop Paddy Ryan were among the uncapped players who will be
\npressing their cases at the camp.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Deans, who will name his final squad after a second camp in
\nearly August, said such gatherings were vital to expose as many
\nplayers as possible to the national team’s programme ahead of
\nwhat will be a long international season.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The camps provide us with an important opportunity for
\ntraining background,” he said in a news release.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“It gives us the chance to bring the whole group together
\nand familiarise them with the method: ‘tune’ them in to Wallaby
\ncontent if you like.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Squad – Kurtley Beale, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell,
\nLachie Turner, Nick Cummins, Cooper Vuna, Rob Horne, Mitch
\nInman, Pat McCabe, Bernard Foley, Berrick Barnes, Nick Phipps,
\nNic White, Ben Mowen, David Pocock, Michael Hooper, Dave Dennis,
\nKane Douglas, Cadeyrn Neville, Hugh Pyle, Sitaleki Timani,
\nSekope Kepu, Benn Robinson, Ben Alexander, Paddy Ryan, Stephen
\nMoore, Tatafu Polota-Nau.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Greg Stutchbury)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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