Wallabies woes deepen as Hooper withdraws

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An extraordinary Wallabies wounded curse has got adjacent worse with prima flanker Michael Hooper ruled retired of Sunday's (2.15am AEDT) clash with Wales due to the fact that of concussion.

The Wallabies said the erstwhile skipper presented with concussion symptoms pursuing the nonaccomplishment to Ireland and would alert location to Australia connected Thursday.

Fraser McReight is the evident replacement for Hooper astatine openside flanker.

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The Wallabies volition officially sanction their squad connected Friday astatine 1am (AEDT).

The Wallabies had already confirmed the nonaccomplishment of Taniela Tupou, Rob Valetini, Hunter Paisami, Dave Porecki, Andrew Kellaway and Nic White to wounded aft losing to Ireland.

"We cognize our aesculapian unit are doing everything that they tin to get the boys ready," Wallabies guardant Jed Holloway said.

"We've conscionable had a unsmooth trot. As a squad, we request to lick our wounds and spell again due to the fact that we've got different large Test lucifer this play astatine Principality (Stadium).

"What those injuries bring is simply a immense magnitude of accidental for guys coming successful and those guys request to instrumentality that accidental and we request to get a effect arsenic a team."

Both Australia and Wales are hopeless for a morale-boosting win.

The Wallabies are 1-3 connected circuit portion Wales are reeling aft a historical nonaccomplishment to Georgia.

"It's tough. I'm not going to lie. It is incredibly disappointing, which is astir apt putting it lightly," Wales adjunct manager and Test fable Neil Jenkins said.

"It's 1 of the darkest days. But you've got to spell again. We've got different Test lucifer connected Saturday (local time), and it is important that we crook up and beforehand up...

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"It's horrific. It's perfectly horrific. It ne'er gets easier, not that it should bash either. I'm a passionate Welshman.

"I'm hopeless for Wales to bash well. It could beryllium tiddlywinks, I privation Wales to triumph and beryllium successful.

"Whether I'm progressive successful that oregon not is irrelevant to me. I privation Wales to beryllium successful.

"I privation to triumph Test matches. That's what I'm present for, to beryllium palmy and win."

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