Australia coach Robbie Deans dropped wingers Drew Mitchell and Lachie Turner on Thursday as he named his squad for the Tri-Nations that starts this weekend.
Sport24
Deans axed five players in total from his squad that played tests against Fiji, England and Ireland in June, with props Pek Cowan and Laurie Weeks and hooker Huia Edmonds also all dropped.
He named four uncapped players — centre Anthony Faingaa, loose forwards Scott Higginbotham and Ben McCalman and lock Rob Simmons — among the 28-man squad, which he will expand to 30 later.
“We still have some decisions to make,” said Deans. “(We) would like to see a little bit more club rugby before settling on the final two positions.
“Given the difficulties that we have experienced this year, in terms of our injury circumstance, we feel that it is prudent to allow ourselves a little bit more time.”
The omission of Turner, who was named in Australia’s sevens training squad to prepare for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, and Mitchell means Adam Ashley-Cooper is likely to cover wing rather than return to his preferred fullback spot.
Peter Hynes and Digby Ioane are the only specialist wingers selected, though the injured Ioane is struggling to be fit for the Wallabies’ Tri-Nations opener against South Africa on July 24 in Brisbane.
Australia:
Adam Ashley-Cooper, Berrick Barnes, Kurtley Beale, Richard Brown, Luke Burgess, Mark Chisholm, Quade Cooper, Ben Daley, Rocky Elsom (captain), Anthony Faingaa, Saia Faingaa, Will Genia, Matt Giteau, Scott Higginbotham, Matt Hodgson, Rob Horne, Peter Hynes, Digby Ioane, Ben McCalman, Salesi Ma’afu, Stephen Moore, Dean Mumm, James O’Connor, David Pocock, Benn Robinson, Nathan Sharpe, Rob Simmons, James Slipper
July 8th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Turner and Mitchell played well against the touring Euro teams.
Hell Mitchell looked like the only Aussie worth morre than a warm bucket of spit as a backline player.
July 9th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Mitchell was simply sublime this past weekend in the club champs…
Deans has gone ‘doolally’…
He’s out of his depth without the Canterbury structures behind him!
As Fitzpatrick says (about the Boks and their coach)…
“Any fool can drive a Lamborghini!”
July 9th, 2010 at 9:34 am
You just need a license
And judging from people on the road those seem to be given away in lucky packets these days
July 9th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Bryce you blasphemed
Morne will now slur drunkenly at you
JT will flash his
at you
Ollie will mete out the worst punishment… he’ll
and 
You’re screwed!
Repent your sinfulness
Repent now or face the terrible wrath of the praise singing lot.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 4:27 am:
You mean the same Fitzpatrick who commented as early as Monday this week on how the Boks scare him and how for the first time players of colour like De Jongh and Aplon deserve their place on merit and how the Boks have added a skill set second to none on top of their tradition conservative game?
That Fitzpatrick?
Surely not…
As far as Deans go, I agree, he is losing the plot but then I said he would about a month ago.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Reply to Morné @ 9:48 am:
See the predictable silence
July 9th, 2010 at 10:05 am
“Any fool can drive a Lamborghini!”
What does that even mean?
July 9th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Goodness, have you guys not figured it out yet …
Its the “white liberal illumanti” who imposes their will, by bribe or other, onto other white individuals and organisations to create praise for PdV
Freemasons are a Dan Brown relic
White liberals are the now
July 9th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Reply to farjan @ 10:11 am:
You have just given me the answer I have been looking for.
I knew it had to be something like that!
July 9th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Reply to Ollie @ 10:03 am:
Now where did those Brothers Gump run off to?
July 9th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Reply to Morné @ 9:48 am:
Actually it was a Rolls Royce he used and yes in the very same NZ Herald column where he was praising the Bok machine… and he’s spot on…
July 9th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Reply to Ollie @ 11:01 am:
Dumb question
Reply to Morné @ 9:48 am:
Stupid thoughtless remark brought on by DT’s
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 2:09 pm:
Appropriate response to bonobo-like stupidity
ps.
I was taking my kids out for the last day of their school holiday, but thanks for suggesting I was scared of a feminine little bonobo and short fat dronkgat…
Farjan.
maybe white English (brainless)liberals do not create the praise for PDV (he is quite good at doing it for himself – jakkals prys sy eie stert) but they are SURELY the loudest mindless squealers of “Racist! Racist!” when he gest criticised, whether justified or not…
July 9th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Bryce, please send a link to the arti? The Herald search function does
n’t seem to work
Davids,
Bryce, please send a link to the arti? The Herald search function does
Here have a banana
n’t seem to work
Davids,
Here have a banana
July 9th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Fook, phone messed that one up
July 9th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 4:36 pm:
Dawie has Rice Crispies
for breakfast.
They go Shit! Crackle! Fok!
July 9th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 4:36 pm:
Aaah, what a surprise!
Dawie responds to a rugby remark with an insult.
I sort of figured out why the Penis people only targeted you…
It is easy.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Reply to Morné @ 6:01 pm:
Have you seen the Rolls Royce remark from Fitzi? I haven’t and couldn’t find it either
Ah well, not important. 3 – 0 to the Boks last year is a good enough reply.
I ‘m outta here for a week.
Play nicely all.
Dawie, have a banana it’s the last for a week.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Well here is the link to the article
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sean-fitzpatrick/news/article.cfm?a_id=179&objectid=10656387
Scanned it very quickly.
Can’t see any talk of Toyota Tazz, Tata’s, Rolls Royce or whatever else
July 9th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 2:09 pm:
Have i posted the correct article?
Can’t seem to find mention of motor cars
Maybe getting Fizty mixed up with his guest appearance on Top Gear
July 9th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Reply to farjan @ 10:34 pm:
Seems the Brothers Gump have so indoctrinated themselves that they now read what isn’t there. Or maybe it’s between the lines somewhere
July 10th, 2010 at 12:07 am
Think may have figured it out. We can’t find anything because we looking for the wrong thing
Most likely Fitzy would have said that the Bok team is like a Kit Car (the black car in the Knight Rider 80′s series). The car drives itself!
Following Gump belief, PdV simply sits in the drivers seat, playing with the buttons & switches and makes the occasional remark out the window whilst the car drives itself: “Kyk djulle die kar ry homself, dis kwaai ek se!”
July 10th, 2010 at 12:07 am
Anywayz, good night to all.
Victory to PdV and his Boks tomorrow
July 10th, 2010 at 12:40 am
If not victory at least a damn good fight
