A fearfulness tally of Wallabies injuries continued connected Wednesday erstwhile fastener Matt Philip was ruled retired of the outpouring circuit with a ruptured ACL.
Philip suffered the wounded during grooming successful Sydney erstwhile helium fell successful a lineout conscionable hours earlier the squad was owed to alert to Europe for Tests against Scotland, France, Italy, Ireland and Wales.
The Wallabies were already without suspended 2nd rower Darcy Swain and Dave Rennie's stocks person been heavy deed by wounded this year, including season-ending setbacks for Samu Kerevi and Quade Cooper.
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Rennie is yet to sanction a replacement for Philip but England-based duo Lukhan Salakaia-Loto and Rob Simmons could present travel into the enactment frame.
The different locking options successful the squad are Will Skelton, Jed Holloway, Nick Frost, Cadeyrn Neville and the recalled Ned Hanigan.
Skelton is not disposable for the opening crippled against Scotland connected October 30.
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Horan: Hooper's instrumentality should beryllium via bench
But erstwhile skipper Michael Hooper volition be, according to stand-in skipper James Slipper.
Hooper missed the Rugby Championship for intelligence wellness reasons.
"I deliberation he's moving successful the close direction," Slipper said.
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"He wouldn't enactment himself up for enactment if helium didn't consciousness similar helium was acceptable to lend and perform.
"Speaking to Hoops, he's happy. He's inactive moving connected things down closed doors and that's natural. A batch of america are doing that arsenic well. So it's a spot of a enactment of caller aerial for him. I'm definite helium feels similar the archetypal time of schoolhouse astatine the moment."
Hooper volition vie with Pete Samu and Fraser McReight for the No.7 jersey.
"He'll beryllium picked connected merit," Slipper said.
"Knowing Hoops good helium wants to combat for his position. He doesn't privation to rotation up and conscionable locomotion into the squad and connected the grooming paddock you've already seen it today.
"He volition get stuck successful and he's conscionable competitory naturally. It wouldn't astonishment maine if he's successful and astir the squad that archetypal game."
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