Aussies welcome back key trio for Tri-Nations
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July 21, 2010, Wednesday
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AUSTRALIA will go into its Tri-Nations opener against South Africa buoyed by the return of scrumhalf Will Genia, lock Nathan Sharpe and prop Benn Robinson and will start Saturday's test.
Genia has recovered from a fractured hand picked up in last month's one-point loss to England in Sydney and he returns at the expense of Luke Burgess in the team named by coach Robbie Deans yesterday.
Western Force second rower Sharpe rejoins the Wallabies pack after a back injury ruled him out of Australia's last outing, a 22-15 victory over Ireland.
"It's really good to have a few of the troops back who have been unavailable to us," Deans said ahead of Saturday's match in Brisbane.
The Wallabies also brought back first-choice prop Robinson and switched Adam Ashley-Cooper to fullback to allow James O'Connor to move out to the right wing.
Queensland Reds hooker Saia Faingaa remains in the starting lineup as regular Stephen Moore is named on the replacements bench as he works his way back to full fitness after a two-month absence with a broken jaw.
"Benn has had a little bit more background than Stephen, in terms of having been able to get underway a little bit earlier after his injury, which is why he's ready to start while we are easing Stephen back in off the bench," Deans said.
Saturday's match is Australia's first of this year's tournament and they will look to take advantage of a road-weary South African side which suffered back-to-back defeats in New Zealand.
South Africa made four changes to inject pace in the squad. Coach Peter de Villiers recalled scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar ahead of Ricky Januarie and flanker Ryan Kankowski in place of Francois Louw in the back row.
"We have to bring some speed into our team," De Villiers said yesterday. "Statistics show that (Brisbane) has the fastest playing surface in the ... Super 14 and we have to be prepared for a faster game."
Elsewhere, Stormers' winger Gio Aplon has replaced the suspended Jean de Villiers, while Ulster prop BJ Botha comes in for CJ van der Linde, who drops to the bench.
Genia has recovered from a fractured hand picked up in last month's one-point loss to England in Sydney and he returns at the expense of Luke Burgess in the team named by coach Robbie Deans yesterday.
Western Force second rower Sharpe rejoins the Wallabies pack after a back injury ruled him out of Australia's last outing, a 22-15 victory over Ireland.
"It's really good to have a few of the troops back who have been unavailable to us," Deans said ahead of Saturday's match in Brisbane.
The Wallabies also brought back first-choice prop Robinson and switched Adam Ashley-Cooper to fullback to allow James O'Connor to move out to the right wing.
Queensland Reds hooker Saia Faingaa remains in the starting lineup as regular Stephen Moore is named on the replacements bench as he works his way back to full fitness after a two-month absence with a broken jaw.
"Benn has had a little bit more background than Stephen, in terms of having been able to get underway a little bit earlier after his injury, which is why he's ready to start while we are easing Stephen back in off the bench," Deans said.
Saturday's match is Australia's first of this year's tournament and they will look to take advantage of a road-weary South African side which suffered back-to-back defeats in New Zealand.
South Africa made four changes to inject pace in the squad. Coach Peter de Villiers recalled scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar ahead of Ricky Januarie and flanker Ryan Kankowski in place of Francois Louw in the back row.
"We have to bring some speed into our team," De Villiers said yesterday. "Statistics show that (Brisbane) has the fastest playing surface in the ... Super 14 and we have to be prepared for a faster game."
Elsewhere, Stormers' winger Gio Aplon has replaced the suspended Jean de Villiers, while Ulster prop BJ Botha comes in for CJ van der Linde, who drops to the bench.
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