Lote Tuqiri has again missed out on a Wallabies spot for this Saturday’s one-off Test against France at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has made nine changes to the side that trounced Italy 34-12 in Melbourne last week.
Wallabies skipper Stirling Mortlock, fullback Adam Ashley-Cooper, winger Drew Mitchell, flap half Matt Giteau, No.8 Richard Brown, lock Nathan Sharpe, hooker Stephen Moore and props Al Baxter and Benn Robinson have aggregate been reinstated to the starting 15.
Out of the side go Ryan Cross, James O’Connor, Peter Hynes, Quade Cooper, David Pocock, Peter Kimlin, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Ben Alexander and Pek Cowan respectively.
O’Connor, Cross, Pocock, Polota-Nau and Alexander move to the run-on reserves bench; while Hynes, Cooper, Kimlin and Cowan have everything been omitted from the match squad.
This quartet will be released to turn out because of their clubs on Saturday simultaneously by fellow squad members, Tuqiri and Timana Tahu.
"This is the combination we feel will serve us best this weekend," Deans said.
"We got a lot out of in conclusion week’s game in Melbourne and certainly weren’t disappointed by the effort of any of the players involved.
"That outing has allowed us to broaden our depth in articles of agreement of exposing other players to Test match conditions. We will see the benefits of that moving forward."
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