Rugby - No room for Cooper in Wallabies training squad


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 19 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: Russia's Artem Fatakhov (L) and Andrey Kuzin (R) tackle Australia Wallabies' Scott Higginbotham during their Rugby World Cup Pool C match at Trafalgar Park in Nelson October 1, 2011. REUTERS/Brandon Malone/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Quade Cooper needs to rediscover his enjoyment of the game before he will be considered for a return to test rugby, Wallabies coach Michael Cheika said after omitting the mercurial flyhalf from his bumper training squad on Wednesday.

Cheika selected a 38-man squad to prepare for the Rugby Championship opener against New Zealand but even without any players from the ACT Brumbies, who are involved in the Super Rugby playoffs, there was no room for the veteran of 70 tests.

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