Australia Wallabies' Scott Higginbotham reacts on the ground during their Rugby World Cup third place play-off match against Wales at Eden Park in Auckland October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia coach Ewen McKenzie has insisted that all positions in the matchday 23 have a crucial role to play in modern test rugby but it has given little comfort to back-row enforcer Scott Higginbotham.
The 28-year-old was kept out of the starting side in all three of the Wallabies' Rugby Championship matches, with number eight Wycliff Palu and blindside flanker Scott Fardy locking up the back row with captain Michael Hooper.
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