Michael Cheika has included six uncapped players in the Wallabies’ 36-man squad for their Rugby Championship opener against the All Blacks on 18 August.
The fixture in Sydney will double up as the first of this year’s three Bledisloe Cup Tests.

The uncapped players are split four to two in favour of the backs.

Brumbies hooker Folau Fainga’a and Rebels prop Jermaine Ainsley are the new forwards in the group, while Jack Maddocks, Billy Meakes (both Rebels), Tom Banks (Brumbies) and Jordan Petaia (Reds) are the new additions among the backs.

Meanwhile, Leicester Tigers duo Matt Toomua and Tatafu Polota-Nau have been recalled to the squad after missing the mid-year Test series against Ireland.

Wallabies squad — Jermaine Ainsley, Allan Alaalatoa, Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman, Folau Faingaa, Ned Hanigan, Michael Hooper (c), Sekope Kepu, Tolu Latu, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, David Pocock, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Tom Robertson, Izack Rodda, Pete Samu, Rob Simmons, Scott Sio, Caleb Timu, Lukhan Tui, Taniela Tupou, Tom Banks, Kurtley Beale, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Will Genia, Dane Haylett-Petty, Reece Hodge, Marika Koroibete, Jack Maddocks, Billy Meakes, Sefa Naivalu, Jordan Petaia, Nick Phipps, Joe Powell, Curtis Rona, Matt Toomua.

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