Deans calls on big guns
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has named a new 36-man training squad for the Rugby Championship which will gather in Sydney on Wednesday.
The group features a number of members of the Queensland Reds side from who were omitted from last week's first camp in order to rest after their exertions from that competition.
Wings Digby Ioane and Dominic Shipperley, midfielders Anthony Fainga’a and Mike Harris, scrumhalf Will Genia and loose forward Scott Higginbotham all join after being allowed to by-pass the first post-Super Rugby assembly.
Western Force lock Nathan Sharpe is also included after being allowed to miss the first training camp.
All seven additions were involved in the Wallabies squad during the June Tests.
The players involved in the first training camp who will not participate in the upcoming session are the Melbourne Rebels centre Mitch Inman, Waratahs wing Lachie Turner, Waratahs utility back Bernard Foley, Brumbies loose forward Ben Mowen, Rebels lock Hugh Pyle and Waratahs prop Paddy Ryan.
The training squad breaks again on Friday, with the 30-man Wallabies squad for the Rugby Championship to be named on Tuesday August 6.
Wallabies training squad: Kurtley Beale, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell, Digby Ioane, Cooper Vuna, Nick Cummins, Dominic Shipperley, Rob Horne, Anthony Fainga'a, Ben Tapuai, Pat McCabe, Mike Harris, Quade Cooper, Berrick Barnes, Will Genia , Nick Phipps, Nic White, Radike Samo, Scott Higginbotham, Jake Schatz, David Pocock, Michael Hooper, Liam Gill, Dave Dennis, Kane Douglas, Nathan Sharpe, Rob Simmons, Cadeyrn Neville, Sitaleki Timani, James Slipper, Sekope Kepu, Benn Robinson, Ben Alexander, James Hanson, Stephen Moore, Tatafu Polota-Nau.
* The players who were not considered because of injury are: Salesi Ma'afu, Dan Palmer, Saia Fainga'a, James Horwill , Ben McCalman, Wycliff Palu, Paddy Ryan, Christian Leali'ifano, James O'Connor, Joe Tomane.
