'Bad luck': Eddie confirms Wallaby out of World Cup

Wallabies fastener Izack Rodda has been ruled retired of the Rugby World Cup with a ft injury, manager Eddie Jones told reporters connected Friday.

"Yeah, that's atrocious luck for him. He's had those mates of ft injuries. He's conscionable reaggravated it. Unfortunately, helium won't enactment successful the World Cup," Jones said.

Rodda, 26, has played 25 Tests for Australia since 2017.

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Izack Rodda of the Wallabies looks connected during the Rugby Championship. (Getty)

Jones volition sanction his Rugby Championship squad connected Sunday earlier the opening Test against the satellite champion Springboks successful Pretoria connected July 9 (AEST).

He said prop Angus Bell, who is recovering from his ain ft injury, "probably won't beryllium disposable for the archetypal game."

But prima prop Taniela Tupou (Achilles) and centre Samu Kerevi (hamstring) remained successful the enactment mix.

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Wallabies prop Taniela Tupou astatine Coogee Oval. Photo: Steven Siewert (Sydney Morning Herald)

"We'll conscionable person to hold and see. He's progressing nicely," Jones said of Tupou.

"He's done a batch much grooming this week than helium did the erstwhile week. We've got a program for him and astatine the infinitesimal the plan's going beauteous well."

As for Kerevi, who strained his hamstring playing nether Jones with the Barbarians: "He's flying today, mate. He should beryllium backmost into afloat grooming adjacent week."

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Jones said helium was pleased with what helium saw from an extended bid connected squad successful Coogee this week.

There were plentifulness of invited enactment headaches.

"Well, it's ever a hard process. You've got astir apt 45 players competing for 33 spots, truthful that's ever hard but that's the occupation ahead," Jones said.

"We'll beryllium down aft we've finished present and enactment retired who the 33 are... immoderate radical emergence supra the h2o level and immoderate radical driblet down and we'll marque an assessment."

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