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Greg Davis (50)
"This shit just got real."
You whooshed me!
"This shit just got real."
Is Timani signed to play Super Rugby next year? It seems odd that they can select a player from the Japan club comp to play for the Wallabies.
Timani has just completed a full season with the Tah's, which makes him eligible for the Wobs. Where he plays after his commitment with the Wobs is finished is completely irrelevant. If Matt Giteau is allowed to play for Australia, why not Timani?
:edit: Apologies about the condescending tone. :-[
Bit unrelated, but who are the Wallabies' sponsors this season? I remember sitting through millions of Wolf Blass and Bundaberg Rum ads not to long ago, do we have to do it all again this year?
He also plays a little like a flanker at the breakdown and can pilfer us the ball, and I don't think there is another centre in Aus that does this.
Australia have suffered a blow ahead of Sunday's season-opening rugby Test against Manu Samoa with prop Benn Robinson injuring his right knee at training in Sydney.
Robinson injured his knee while setting off for a run and looked to be in some pain when he limped from the field late in the training session.
He immediately iced the injury and will be further assessed by the side's doctor on Tuesday night.
Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom was restricted to light duties and trained away from the main group, but officials say he has overcome his ankle injury and will be available for selection.
David Pocock was another missing from the main opposed session, with the Wallabies wary of a troublesome foot injury he sustained in the Super Rugby season.
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans said in the lead-up to the Super Rugby final he would look at resting some of Queensland's players for the Samoa clash, depending on their workload throughout the finals.
Deans appears to be acting on his word, with Reds playmakers Quade Cooper and Will Genia both sitting out the training session after joining the squad on Tuesday.
Reds captain James Horwill, Scott Higginbotham and the Fainga'a twins were also kept on the sidelines.
The Wallabies' first Tri-Nations encounter against South Africa comes just six days after the opening Test of the season.
Australia will name their squad for the clash with Samoa on Wednesday.
Much of the interest will surround the team's fullback, with Mark Gerrard training in the position despite the fact Kurtley Beale was fit and also completed the session.
If Gerrard trained at 15, where did Beale train?
Bloody Deans. He said he had no intentions of resting the Reds at the squad announcement.