Hooper makes call on Wallabies captaincy future

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James Slipper looks acceptable to stay the Wallabies skipper for the foreseeable aboriginal if Michael Hooper's caller remarks are thing to spell by.

Hooper abruptly stepped distant from the nationalist broadside connected the eve of this year's Rugby Championship to absorption connected his intelligence health.

That subsequently prompted manager Dave Rennie to springiness Slipper the motion to pb the Wallabies.

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Hooper has since returned to the fold, starting the outpouring circuit matches against Scotland, France, and Ireland.

He was rested against Italy and missed the last Test against Wales aft suffering a concussion successful the Ireland match, resulting successful an aboriginal travel home.

Little has been said astir whether helium would yet instrumentality to the Wallabies captaincy, until now.

"Jimmy's doing a truly outstanding occupation astatine the infinitesimal and I'm truly blessed with however that's gone," Hooper told the Sydney Morning Herald.

"Whatever other happens, archetypal disconnected my biggest extremity is to play my champion footy for the team.

"It's a agelong play and that World Cup is 10 months away.

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"A batch tin happen, truthful we'll enactment that 1 retired later.

"Playing good is my biggest absorption for present and that's of the utmost importance."

The Wallabies person won 4 of their 11 matches with Slipper astatine the helm.

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