Centres Samu Kerevi and Jordan Petaia have been axed by Wallabies coach Eddie Jones as Australia makes an attempt to keep away from additional Rugby World Cup embarrassment in opposition to Portugal.
Following the Wallabies’ humiliating 40-6 loss to Wales, Kerevi and Petaia haven’t solely misplaced their locations in Australia’s beginning 15 for the conflict in opposition to the Portuguese on Monday morning in Saint-Étienne, they’ve additionally been dumped from the 23-man match-day squad.
Replacing them within the beginning workforce are Waratahs pair Lalakai Foketi and Izaia Perese.
In the opposite change to the facet that began in opposition to the Welsh, flanker Rob Leota has been dropped to the bench and changed by Queenslander Fraser McReight.
To have any likelihood of reaching the quarter-finals, the Australians should safe a bonus-point win over Portugal, and hope Fiji lose at the least one in every of its two remaining Pool C video games in opposition to Georgia and Portugal.
“This is an important game for this young team to attack from the first minute to the 80th,” Wallabies coach Jones mentioned.
“We need to empty the tank. We have a responsibility to put in a performance that makes supporters proud … those that have travelled to France and at home in Australia.”
Prop James Slipper will set a brand new report for probably the most World Cup matches by an Australian, with the sport to be his twenty first over 4 tournaments.
The Wallabies bench contains halfback Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, who comes into the 23 on the expense of Nic White.
Wallabies workforce: Angus Bell, David Porecki (c), James Slipper, Nick Frost, Richie Arnold, Tom Hooper, Fraser McReight, Rob Valetini, Tate McDermott, Ben Donaldson, Marika Koroibete, Lalakai Foketi, Izaia Perese, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Andrew Kellaway. Bench: Matt Faessler, Blake Schoupp, Pone Fa’amausili, Rob Leota, Josh Kemeny, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Carter Gordon, Suliasi Vunivalu.
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