{"id":158503,"date":"2021-11-11T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=158503"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:58:45","slug":"beales-golden-opportunity-amid-wallabies-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=158503","title":{"rendered":"Beale&#039;s golden opportunity amid Wallabies crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kurtley Beale will start at fullback and OIlie Hoskins is in line for a shock Test debut as a season of unexpected Wallabies selections continues for Sunday&#x27;s clash with England (4.30am AEDT).<\/p>\n<p>Beale, who made an unlikely comeback via the bench in Monday&#x27;s loss to Scotland, will replace Andrew Kellaway in the No.15 jersey at Twickenham.<\/p>\n<p>The impressive Kellaway will revert to the right wing in place of the luckless Jordan Petaia who has succumbed to another hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch the England vs Australia rugby clash on Stan Sport &#8211; the home of the Wallabies, All Blacks and Springboks spring tours.<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/rugby?utm_source=wwos&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Start your 7-day free trial\u00a0here\"><strong><em>Start your seven day free trial here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"bd1251a5-a3e1-4758-9836-8be123a7b225\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/bd1251a5-a3e1-4758-9836-8be123a7b225\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"2897\" data-height=\"1630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But while Petaia&#x27;s latest setback is unfortunate, the Wallabies brains trust will be far more concerned with the significant setbacks in the engine room.<\/p>\n<p>Quality tighthead props Taniela Tupou and Allan Alaalatoa have both been ruled out with concussion symptoms after copping head knocks against Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>That means 112 Test veteran James Slipper, predominantly a loosehead, will start in the No.3 jersey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/wallabies-vs-scotland-rugby-scores-result-highlights-video-match-report\/0cd4661a-e32b-4a1f-bd04-d1b1da32bfe2?ocid=Social-WWOS\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wallabies winning streak snapped by Scotland\"><strong>Wallabies winning streak snapped by Scotland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/2021-live-scores-wallabies-scotland-latest-union-results-kick-off-time-news-video-highlights-spring-tour-autumn-nations-series\/3180f29b-edfd-49e3-9ef5-797602ce7b79?ocid=Social-WWOS\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Scots down Wallabies after Hooper&#x27;s ref spray\"><strong>Scots down Wallabies after Hooper&#x27;s ref spray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/pitch-invader-impacts-wales-against-south-africa-springboks-liam-williams\/f8866ba6-ee49-4550-8c38-5bfb88dfb74b\" title=\"&#x27;Disgusting&#x27; pitch invader costs Wales a try\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Disgusting&#x27; pitch invader costs Wales a try<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"bec89c34-df16-4141-b5f0-50685e9374ed\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/bec89c34-df16-4141-b5f0-50685e9374ed\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3691\" data-height=\"2076\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slipper last started a Test at tighthead in 2012 but does have more recent Super Rugby experience in the position.<\/p>\n<p>He&#x27;s as wily as they come but with youngster Angus Bell getting the nod at loosehead, England will undoubtedly target Australia&#x27;s understrength scrum.<\/p>\n<p>The propping crisis means a fairytale call up for 28-year-old Perth product Hoskins, who will almost certainly make his Test debut from the bench.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"96349f85-d191-40cb-b930-438721d1ab6d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/96349f85-d191-40cb-b930-438721d1ab6d\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"5281\" data-height=\"2971\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A specialist tighthead, Hoskins played for the Western Force between 2014-16 before taking up a contract with London Irish.<\/p>\n<p>The tighthead has become a pillar of the Irish pack with 123 appearances and provides valuable experience following Tupou&#x27;s sickening collision.<\/p>\n<p>France-based hooker Tolu Latu will make his return to the Wallabies for the first time since the 2019 Rugby World Cup while prop Tom Robertson also comes onto the bench.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RugbyOnNine\/status\/1458268297632301066?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RugbyOnNine\/status\/1458268297632301066?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under Eddie Jones, England peeled off seven straight victories against Michael Cheika&#x27;s Wallabies and now Dave Rennie gets his first crack at the 2019 Rugby World Cup runners-up.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Playing England at a packed Twickenham is one of the toughest assignments in Test rugby but we&#x27;re excited by that,&quot; Rennie said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;While it&#x27;s disappointing for Taniela and Allan who weren&#x27;t able to pass their protocols within the six day turnaround, it&#x27;s created an opportunity for Ollie to realise a lifelong dream.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6280811083001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/11\/391624\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Wallabies young guns carve up Scotland\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckvpnswb5007x0imzyvo7tihm\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s impressed us with his dedication and diligence to get up to speed quickly and we&#x27;re confident he&#x27;ll do a good job for us.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Iziaia Perese&#x27;s impressive Test debut off the bench led to Andrew Mehrtens calling for a promotion to the starting side on Stan Sport&#x27;s <em>Between Two Posts<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But Rennie has given Hunter Paisami and Len Ikitau another opportunity to grow their midfield partnership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportAU\/status\/1458649539062247427?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportAU\/status\/1458649539062247427?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noah Lolesio is also set to make an impact off the bench after taking Beale&#x27;s place among the reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Former Wallaby Morgan Turinui had argued for Will Skelton&#x27;s inclusion in the run-on side but he will again be used as a bench weapon behind starting locks Rory Arnold and Izack Rodda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WALLABIES (15-1): <\/strong>Kurtley Beale, Andrew Kellaway, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Tom Wright, James O&#x27;Connor, Nic White, Rob Valetini, Michael Hooper (c), Rob Leota, Izack Rodda, Rory Arnold, James Slipper, Folau Fainga&#x27;a, Angus Bell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserves:<\/strong> Tolu Latu, Tom Robertson, Oliver Hoskins, Will Skelton, Pete Samu, Tate McDermott, Noah Lolesio, Izaia Perese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kurtley Beale will start at fullback and OIlie Hoskins is in line for a shock Test debut as a season of unexpected Wallabies selections continues <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=158503\" title=\"Beale&#039;s golden opportunity amid Wallabies crisis\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158505,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158503\/revisions\/158505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}