{"id":248541,"date":"2022-11-03T20:50:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=248541"},"modified":"2022-11-04T07:59:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T07:59:13","slug":"wallabies-ring-changes-for-daunting-france-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=248541","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies ring changes for daunting France Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wallabies fullback Jock Campbell will make his first Test start in the Paris pressure cooker against France on Sunday (7am kick-off AEDT).<\/p>\n<p>The late-blooming Reds star made his Wallabies debut off the bench in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/2022-wallabies-beat-scotland-at-murrayfield-as-blair-kinghorn-misses-late-penalty\/8907719e-90f5-4297-a52c-19decdcf3132\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"last weekend&#x27;s tense 16-15 win over Scotland\">last weekend&#x27;s tense 16-15 win over Scotland<\/a> and replaces Tom Banks in the No.15 jersey.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Banksy picked up a bit of an ankle injury last week quite early in the game,&quot; Wallabies coach Dave Rennie explained.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch every match of the Wallabies, All Blacks and Springboks tours on the home of rugby, Stan Sport.<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9.nine.com.au\/KRnrlm\"><em><strong>All matches streaming ad-free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7847e670-c554-45a2-a5a1-e10ed3dc6b2d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7847e670-c554-45a2-a5a1-e10ed3dc6b2d\" alt=\"Jock Campbell during a Wallabies training session at Royal Pines Resort.\" data-width=\"4278\" data-height=\"2852\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He wouldn&#x27;t have been able to train Tuesday, so we made a call to give Jock a start this week. He&#x27;s very excited&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;d come out of the Australia A program with good form and he&#x27;s had a really good year He&#x27;s trained with us for a number of weeks now and he&#x27;s really impressed us, he&#x27;s a really smart footballer, he&#x27;s got good feet and a good skill set.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s not a kid, he&#x27;s had to work hard for his opportunity and at 27 he&#x27;s pretty mature, so we reckon he&#x27;s ready to go.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/cameron-smith-the-open-championship-liv-golf-defection-could-crush-pga-tour\/ed73de65-8ccc-4dd7-acbe-dc14860a715d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Looming Smith bombshell to crush the PGA Tour\"><strong>Looming Smith bombshell to crush the PGA Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2022-five-minute-sin-bin-rule-state-of-origin-fights-foul-play\/6210c585-34d1-48de-9fc3-4d83dd72ab72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"NRL responds to stinging Fittler fight claim\"><strong>NRL responds to stinging Fittler fight claim<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/world-athletics-championships-2022-nina-kennedy-of-australia-wins-bronze-medal-in-pole-vault-video\/6ec8aac7-6036-4af5-bf6e-dfd726d439e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Aussie snares world medal with incredible feat\"><strong>Aussie snares world medal with incredible feat<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6312487717112\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/09\/455122\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Unseen footage of Wallaby spraying ref\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cl86m0w3w00110jqr7yhff3jq\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Campbell can expect a busy shift at the back with world No.2 France likely to favour a kick-h\ufeffeavy approach.<\/p>\n<p>Rennie had forecast changes for game two of the five match tour &#8211; and has been true to his word.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The other tweaks to the starting backline see Lalakai Foketi replace Hunter Paisami at inside centre and Nic White promoted ahead of Tate McDermott at halfback.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"09d374e5-fd6f-4703-8281-024576ed0d74\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/09d374e5-fd6f-4703-8281-024576ed0d74\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4524\" data-height=\"3008\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Up front, tighthead prop Taniela Tupou replaces Allan Alaalatoa (concussion) while giant lock Will Skelton is a new face on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We felt the two locks were excellent last week and so we want to reward them with no Al, and Taniela starting, we&#x27;ve got (Tom Robertson) on the bench and we think Will coming on behind him will also help,&quot; Rennie said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s a big part of Test footy nowadays, you&#x27;ve also got to look at what sort of team you&#x27;re going to finish with. We reckon he&#x27;ll add a lot to that and the plan will be to start him against Italy.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1587293372473016322?s=20&amp;t=kmnJjntvqrYCs0h0TduILA\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1587293372473016322?s=20&amp;t=kmnJjntvqrYCs0h0TduILA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, France is starting flyhalf Romain Ntamack and prop Cyril Baille despite them playing limited rugby this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ntamack hasn&#x27;t played in eight weeks because of an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>Baille made his first appearance of the season off the bench for Toulouse last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1587248167044743168?s=20&amp;t=kmnJjntvqrYCs0h0TduILA\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1587248167044743168?s=20&amp;t=kmnJjntvqrYCs0h0TduILA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But they have done enough in training to start at the Stade de France.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Willemse&#x27;s sore thigh has allowed Thibaud Flament to fill out the second row beside Cameron Woki, while Charles Ollivon retained the No.7 jersey after leading France in July in the two Test series win in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>He missed the Six Nations while injured.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Ramos is at fullback after Melvyn Jaminet was sidelined by an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <em><strong>with AP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FRANCE (15-1):<\/strong> Thomas Ramos, Damian Penaud, Gael Fickou, Jonathan Danty, Yoram Moefana, Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont (c), Gregory Alldritt, Charles Ollivon, Anthony Jelonch, Thibaud Flament, Cameron Woki, Uini Atonio, Julien Marchand, Cyril Baille<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserves:<\/strong> Peato Mauvaka, Dany Priso, Sipili Falatea, Romain Taofifenua, Killian Geraci, Sekou Macalou, Maxime Lucu, Mathieu Jalibert<\/p>\n<p><strong>WALLABIES (15-1):<\/strong> Jock Campbell, Andrew Kellaway, Len Ikitau, Lalakai Foketi, Tom Wright, Bernard Foley, Nic White, Rob Valetini, Michael Hooper, Jed Holloway, Cadeyrn Neville, Nick Frost, Taniela Tupou, David Poreck\ufeffi, James Slipper (c)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserves:<\/strong> Folau Fainga&#x27;a, Matt Gibbon, Tom Robertson, Will Skelton, Pete Samu, Jake Gordon, Hunter Paisami, Reece Hodge<\/p>\n<p><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<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wallabies fullback Jock Campbell will make his first Test start in the Paris pressure cooker against France on Sunday (7am kick-off AEDT). 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