Wallabies coach Dave Rennie is expected to name a squad in mid-October for the five Tests against Scotland, France, Italy, Ireland and Wales.<\/p>\n
Watch Australia A's three match tour of Japan on the home of rugby, Stan Sport.<\/strong><\/em> All matches streaming ad-free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1574629959468953600?s=20&t=ZOcC2BnzfHVb7auRX-zRig<\/a><\/p>\n The selectors will keep a close eye on Australia A's three-match tour of Japan, starting on Saturday, while incumbent Test players – plus Hooper – will keep fit in \ufeffstate-based training hubs over the next fortnight.<\/p>\n While \ufeffHooper is expected to tour, it appears unlikely that he will return to the captaincy at this stage given the demands of the role.<\/p>\n Prop James Slipper led the team during the Rugby Championship and Hooper may well be eased back into the international arena with some initial cameos off the bench.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Awkward $1m cloud hanging over NRL grand final star<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Phil Mickelson's unexpected backflip in golf spat<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Dally M Awards 2022 Ultimate Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The versatile Pete Samu impressed at No.7 in two Bledisloe Cup losses while Fraser McReight's upside remains sky high.<\/p>\n Wallabies legend Tim Horan told Stan Sport that a bench role made sense for Hooper.<\/a><\/p>\n \ufeff"(There's been) a lot of talk about whether Hoops is going to come back and play the last five Test matches on the European tour," Horan said.<\/p>\n Sean Maloney and Morgan Turinui are joined by Nathan Grey to dissect the final round of the Rugby Championship and reminisce on some stories from their playing days<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/between-two-posts-1\/nathan-grey-playing-cards\/embed?style=Cover<\/a><\/p>\n "I reckon we've got the back row right now – big size, big bodies. I wouldn't be surprised if \u2013 Hoops, actually, if he does go on tour \u2013 if he captains from the bench potentially.<\/p>\n "Like Fraser McReight on the bench and he comes on in the last 30 [minutes]. Hopefully, we see Michael back."<\/p>\n "I think he's in a better space now, from what I've heard," Horan added.<\/p>\n "Hopefully, for Michael Hooper to be in a good space, he wants to be playing rugby again. If that's the case, he might play a couple of Test matches, but I'd like to see him come off the bench for the first couple and still have a big back row."<\/p>\n Rennie is yet to publicly commit to Hooper's return. <\/p>\n "He's a wait and see," Rennie said.<\/p>\n "We're in constant communication with Hoops. We'll let everyone know what the plan is over the next couple of weeks."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael\ufeff Hooper is firming as a starter for Australia's northern hemisphere tour next month although whether he will resume Wallabies captaincy duties is far less […]<\/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\/241190"}],"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=241190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241193,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241190\/revisions\/241193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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