Father Fainga'a pulls out
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The Wallabies have made one changed to their bench for their clash with the Springboks with Brumbies hooker Josh Mann-Rea replacing Saia Fainga'a.
Fainga'a returned to Brisbane this morning for the birth of his first child.
The 33-year-old Mann-Rea has been on stand-by throughout the week and is now in line to make his Test debut for Australia in the Rugby Championship and Mandela Plate clash.
Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Toomua, 11 Rob Horne, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Sam Carter, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 James Hanson, 1 James Slipper.
Replacements: 16 Josh Mann-Rea, 17 Pek Cowan, 18 Ben Alexander, 19 James Horwill, 20 Scott Higginbotham, 21 Matt Hodgson, 22 Nic White, 23 Kurtley Beale.
Date: Saturday, September 6
Kick-off: 18.05 (12.05 SAST, 10.05 GMT)
Venue: Patersons Stadium, Perth
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
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