Rugby-Wallabies bring back Cooper to face Springboks


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 10 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby player Quade Cooper of the Melbourne Rebels poses for a photo during an interview in Melbourne, Australia February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ian Ransom

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Quade Cooper will play his first test for more than four years on Sunday after being named as Wallabies flyhalf for the Rugby Championship test against South Africa on Australia's Gold Coast.

The 33-year-old playmaker, whose last international start was against Argentina in October 2016, comes in for youngster Noah Lolesio, who has worn the number 10 shirt for Australia's six tests this year.

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