Wednesday’s rugby news has the Wallabies running against the Roosters, Dan McKellar fined, Melbourne Rebels sign U20’s hooker and England squad announced.
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Cross-Code Training
The Wallabies have taken part in a cross-code training session, running an opposed session against the Sydney Roosters on Tuesday.
Broncos fan Nick Frisby revealed it was an exciting training session.
“I’m a massive rugby league fan, I am a Broncos supporter but it was a huge thrill to see some of those guys up close and then to actually train with them and against them was awesome,” he said.
“I just tried to stay away from the big boys.
“I think there was a good respect for both games there today and we ran a bit of a hybrid game, attacking in union and defending in league and vice versa.
“It was interesting to see how the different skills transfer across the different games.”
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McKellar Fined
Brumbies assistant coach Dan McKellar has been fined after being found guilty of misconduct towards referee Angus Gardner following the Brumbies quarter-final loss to the Highlanders.
McKellar has been fined $10,000, with $5,000 of that suspended for the next 12 months for using “crude and insulting language toward the Match Referee”.
McKellar is understood to have confronted Gardner after the match with a number of people witnessing the incident.
Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham was also left frustrated after the match as it appeared Lausi Taliauli had scored in the 74th minute to potentially put the Brumbies in front however, the try was disallowed.
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Rebels Sign U20’s Hooker
The Melbourne Rebels have announced the signing of U20s hooker Jordan Uelese for 2017.
Uelese will join Rob Leota and Sione Tuipulotu as the third local addition to the Rebels in recent years.
“Rob and Sione gave me a genuine insight and drive to become a professional footballer,” Uelese said.
“They’ve set the standard and showed all the Victorians that it is possible to be a professional player in your home town.
“The Melbourne Rebels have definitely shown that belief in us.”
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England Squad Announced
England coach Eddie Jones has announced a 45-man provisional pre-season training squad with some notable exclusions.
The squad will come together from August 6-8 to prepare for test matches against South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia later this year.
Fly-half Danny Cipriani, centre Luther Burrell and winger Chris Ashton have not been included in the squad.
“This camp sets the scene for November,” Jones told the English RFU website.
“It’s important to catch up with the players prior to the start of the season and continue to put our plans in place.”
England squad: Josh Beaumont, Dan Cole, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Clifford, Will Evans, Charlie Ewels, Jamie George, Ellis Genge, Teimana Harrison, Dylan Hartley, James Haskell, Paul Hill, Nathan Hughes, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Joe Marler, Matt Mullan, Chris Robshaw, Kyle Sinckler, Billy Vunipola, Mako Vunipola, Mike Williams, Tom Youngs, Mike Brown, Danny Care, Elliot Daly, Owen Farrell, George Ford, Alex Goode, Mike Haley, Jonathan Joseph, Joe Marchant, Jonny May, Jack Nowell, Dan Robson, Semesa Rokoduguni, Joe Simpson, Henry Slade, Ben Te’o, Manu Tuilagi, Anthony Watson, Marland Yarde, Ben Youngs.
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