Big guns return as Wallabies chase redemption

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Wallabies manager Dave Rennie has named what helium views arsenic his strongest disposable squad for Sunday's (7am AEDT) showdown with satellite No.1 Ireland successful Dublin.

Rennie fielded a mostly 2nd drawstring broadside successful the humiliating, historical nonaccomplishment to Italy and had ever targeted the Ireland crippled arsenic the 1 to unveil his premier XV.

Captain James Slipper, flanker Michael Hooper and halves Nic White and Bernard Foley volition commencement astatine the Aviva Stadium along with breathtaking winger Mark Nawaqanitawase successful conscionable his 2nd Test.

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With Tom Banks again unavailable done injury, Andrew Kellaway shifts to fullback wherever helium tin expect a engaged nighttime combating the wily Johnny Sexton.

Sexton, the legendary 37-year-old five-eighth, declared himself acceptable for the lucifer aft picking up a limb wounded successful the triumph implicit the Springboks earlier this month.

"Last week was a spot of a conflict with swelling and fluid and worldly similar that," Sexton said.

"It was conscionable managing that and past making definite I get the close magnitude of grooming successful this week to beryllium capable to execute but besides not bash excessively overmuch that swells it up again.

"It's bully to go, feels bully and I'm ready."

Sexton was prepared for immoderate unpredictable Wallabies tactics and their champion changeable aft the botched Italian job.

Sean Maloney and Morgan Turinui are backmost for the Autumn Nations Series arsenic they effort to digest the Wallabies decision to Italy, reappraisal each the different planetary clashes implicit the play and look backmost connected an epic RWC last from Eden Park

"Teams are going to travel aft america successful a antithetic mode due to the fact that we're the No.1 squad successful the world," helium said.

WALLABIES (15-1): Andrew Kellaway, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Tom Wright, Bernard Foley, Nic White, Rob Valetini, Michael Hooper, Jed Holloway, Cadeyrn Neville, Nick Frost, Allan Alaalatoa, Dave Porecki, James Slipper (c)

Reserves: Folau Fainga'a, Tom Robertson, Taniela Tupou, Will Skelton, Pete Samu, Jake Gordon, Noah Lolesio, Jordan Petaia

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