Wallabies spring selection surprise on world No.1

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Wallabies rookie Mark Nawaqanitawase has been picked to marque a astonishment commencement against satellite No.1 Ireland successful the Aviva Stadium unit cooker connected Sunday (7am AEDT).

The winger's Test debut was 1 of the fewer positives to look from the daze nonaccomplishment to Italy past weekend and Dave Rennie has backed the 22-year-old to grip the occasion.

The much battle-tested Tom Wright and Andrew Kellaway were the starting wingers for the erstwhile Test nonaccomplishment against France.

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The afloat Wallabies squad volition beryllium announced connected Friday astatine 12.45am AEDT.

It is expected that Bernard Foley volition instrumentality to thrust the squad astatine five-eighth, going head-to-head with 37-year-old Ireland fable Johnny Sexton successful Dublin.

Sexton has been shortlisted for the men's satellite subordinate of the twelvemonth grant on with Lukhanyo Am, Antoine Dupont and Josh van der Flier.

"It conscionable shows that property is conscionable a number, doesn't it?" Foley, 33, said.

"The happening astir Johnny, he's ultra-competitive and helium indispensable beryllium doing everything close to support himself astatine the apical of his game.

"He's looking aft his body, he's inactive got satellite people crippled absorption and skills truthful to spot him doing it is large and I'm looking guardant to the challenge.

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

"I've got to effort and marque the astir of each crippled and this 1 is simply a peculiar one, investigating yourself against the champion successful the world."

Ireland person won 11 consecutive games astatine location and made past by beating the All Blacks successful a bid successful New Zealand this year.

"Ireland person been the benchmark of consistency for a fig of years and that's astir apt wherefore they're No.1," Foley said.

"That's a large situation for us, arsenic a squad we're searching for that consistency.

"They're going to beryllium an incredibly hard situation but we're embracing the accidental to trial ourselves against the best."

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