{"id":13797,"date":"2012-08-23T03:05:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/rugby-cooper-returns-to-australia-team-to-face-all-blacks\/"},"modified":"2012-08-23T03:05:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:05:39","slug":"rugby-cooper-returns-to-australia-team-to-face-all-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-cooper-returns-to-australia-team-to-face-all-blacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Cooper returns to Australia team to face All Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">AUCKLAND<\/span> Aug 23 (Reuters) &#8211; Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper<br \/>\nhas returned to the Wallabies lineup for their Rugby<br \/>\nChampionship clash with New Zealand on Saturday after he<br \/>\nsustained a serious knee injury on the same Eden Park pitch at<br \/>\nlast year&#8217;s World Cup.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand-born Cooper suffered the injury in the<br \/>\nglobal tournament&#8217;s bronze medal playoff and although he played<br \/>\nfor his Queensland Reds side towards the end of the Super Rugby<br \/>\ncompetition, he missed the Wallabies&#8217; one-off test against<br \/>\nScotland and the three-match series against Wales in June.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flyhalf Cooper will link with Queensland team mate Will<br \/>\nGenia, who will captain the side after openside flanker David<br \/>\nPocock was ruled out following knee surgery after the Wallabies&#8217;<br \/>\n27-19 loss to the All Blacks in Sydney last week.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cooper&#8217;s inclusion means that Berrick Barnes will move back<br \/>\nto inside centre, while fullback Kurtley Beale, who had a poor<br \/>\nmatch against the All Blacks last week, was dropped from the<br \/>\nstarting lineup. Adam Ashley-Cooper moves into Beale&#8217;s place at<br \/>\nfullback, allowing Drew Mitchell to come in on the wing.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies have held off naming their replacements due to<br \/>\nan unspecified injury concern.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>15-Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14-Drew Mitchell, 13-Rob Horne,<br \/>\n12-Berrick Barnes, 11-Digby Ioane, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Will Genia<br \/>\n(captain), 8-Scott Higginbotham, 7-Michael Hooper, 6-Dave<br \/>\nDennis, 5-Nathan Sharpe, 4-Sitaleki Timani, 3-Ben Alexander,<br \/>\n2-Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1-Benn Robinson<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replacements: to be confirmed later<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Ian Ransom)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUCKLAND Aug 23 (Reuters) &#8211; Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper has returned to the Wallabies lineup for their Rugby Championship clash with New Zealand on Saturday after he sustained a serious knee injury on the same Eden Park pitch at last year&#8217;s World Cup. 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