The new faces Cheika will give a Wallabies start to
Kyle Godwin has come from the clouds and will make his Wallabies debut at inside-centre with Michael Cheika announcing a plethora of changes for the match against France this weekend.
Tom Decent is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
Kyle Godwin has come from the clouds and will make his Wallabies debut at inside-centre with Michael Cheika announcing a plethora of changes for the match against France this weekend.
Michael Cheika has acknowledged Luke Morahan might not have agreed with his decision to pick NRL convert Marika Koroibete over the Western Force winger on the spring tour but says he deserves the chance start at fullback against France.Â
Wallabies winger Dane Haylett-Petty says he would take the opportunity to start at fullback against France this weekend with both hands – provided Michael Cheika does not rest him.
The Wallabies could field a completely new front row this weekend against France but regular tight-head prop Sekope Kepu believes Australia has the depth to match it with a French pack who pride themselves at scrum-time.
Liam Gill says he thinks about how he would have gone in a Wallabies jersey if he got more of an opportunity but is happy he made the decision to come to Toulon and try his luck there.
Michael Cheika says a number of the new players who recently arrived in Wallabies camp will feature against France as he mulls over how much to reconfigure his team for game three of the spring tour.
While Wallabies forwards Sean McMahon and Scott Sio are planning a man-date on top of the Eiffel Tower, they both have things to accomplish on the field this week against France.
Rob Simmons says he's ready to take over Wallabies lineout calling duties and believes he and the "angry guy" that is Rory Arnold can form a mean pairing in the second-row if required.
David Pocock has described the mood within the Wallabies camp as one of relief after their nail-biting 23-22 win over Scotland, but assures they won't let their guard down against France this weekend.
Eight fresh faces have joined the Wallabies touring party with Jono Lance, Toby Smith, Andrew Ready, Paddy Ryan, Sam Carter, Nic Stirzaker, Luke Morahan and Taqele Naiyaravoro all in Paris now after making their way from Barbarians duties.
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