{"id":50160,"date":"2021-03-26T21:06:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T22:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=50160"},"modified":"2021-03-26T23:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T23:58:35","slug":"exciting-bolters-tipped-for-first-wallabies-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=50160","title":{"rendered":"Exciting bolters tipped for first Wallabies squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uncapped forwards Seru Uru and Fergus Lee-Warner are being tipped as bolters when coach Dave Rennie unveils his first Wallabies squad of 2021 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Rennie will name 40 players for a three-day camp on the Gold Coast next month as he eyes the scheduled three-Test series against a resurgent France in July to kick off the Test season.<\/p>\n<p>Versatile Reds star Uru has been a revelation in his second season of Super Rugby, showcasing rare athleticism for a man of his size.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old from Fiji has played mostly at lock this season but intriguingly will start ahead of Test No.8 Harry Wilson in Saturday&#x27;s clash with the Waratahs in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SIGN UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/stan.com.au\/sport?utm_source=wwos&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=rugby_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The only place rugby fans can watch every match is Stan Sport. 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Get Stan Sport today!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"8a4119d6-20a2-45e8-ba71-12089c2c3a4f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8a4119d6-20a2-45e8-ba71-12089c2c3a4f\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3000\" data-height=\"1923\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former Wallaby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/rugby-union\/take-the-plunge-and-pick-these-four-bolters-in-the-wallabies-squad-20210325-p57e5g.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Morgan Turinui had Uru as a bolter in his Test squad in the Sydney Morning Herald \">Morgan Turinui had Uru as a bolter in his Test squad in the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> and dual international and Stan Sport colleague Allana Ferguson agreed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Seru Uru has been incredible for the Reds attack,&quot; Ferguson said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What a huge athlete, his line breaks are phenomenal, I love when he gets those offloads away for a forward. He just puts the defence in two minds, gets the team on the front foot.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s just so strong, he&#x27;s incredible. I don&#x27;t necessarily think he&#x27;ll be in the starting team but for him to be in that squad, be amongst the players, learn off them, soak that up for a year or two \u2013 he&#x27;s definitely a player that&#x27;s well and truly on his way.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Just to be in that environment and learn some qualities off the Wallabies players and previous players as well will be huge.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/super-rugby-2021-live-scores-aotearoa-highlanders-hurricanes-au-brumbies-western-force-start-time-results-news-video-highlights\/97dc92d5-b8ac-46cd-969e-935d7848d418\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Brumbies crush force to go top of the table\"><em><strong>Brumbies crush force to go top of the table<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/jordie-barrett-highlights-hurricanes-vs-highlanders-super-rugby-aotearoa\/4121f87c-d1ae-4c1a-af8e-1c7c3bb25f1d\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Hurricanes star&#x27;s incredible 30 point night\"><em><strong>Hurricanes star&#x27;s incredible 30 point night<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/marika-koroibete-suliasi-vunivalu-dave-rennie-australian-rugby-news-wallabies\/82ce6c12-65bd-4c69-9cf3-b2573d321a2a?ocid=Social-WWOS\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Beserk&#x27; contracts spell bad news for Wallabies\"><em><strong>&#x27;Beserk&#x27; contracts spell bad news for Wallabies<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"c0220493-6bca-42b1-ab3b-fb724c133d74\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c0220493-6bca-42b1-ab3b-fb724c133d74\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3744\" data-height=\"2496\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Force&#x27;s Lee-Warner has some similarities to Uru, breaking out in his second Super Rugby season and capable of covering multiple positions.<\/p>\n<p>A late bloomer at 27, the NSW product started the season in the second row before shifting to blindside flanker.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I like him at six, much better than lock,&quot; Wallabies legend Tim Horan said on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think he really adds that starch and physique in the backrow that the Force have been missing for the last couple of years. He&#x27;s got a bit of Lachie Swinton about him.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Turinui named Rebels prospect Josh Kemeny ahead of Lee-Warner in the SMH but had also been impressed with Lee-Warner&#x27;s claims.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6243009224001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/03\/350233\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Wallaby&#x27;s ill-fated boxing bout\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckmlvpgtu001i0hr1w6zc6axr\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s a frame that Australian rugby has been missing,&quot; Turinui said of a player listed by the Force at 1.94m and 112kg.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We discuss it when we talk about Wallaby squads \u2013 he&#x27;s been physical, he&#x27;s worked hard, exactly the kind of player that you can use and he&#x27;s quite adaptable for any type of rugby you want to play. He&#x27;s a really important cog for this Force team.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If I&#x27;m Dave Rennie I look at the athletic capabilities and I go &#x27;yes he can.&#x27; What he probably needs to do is add some deception and a short passing game to his game. What he brings are the things that sometimes you can&#x27;t teach.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Horan also stated that he would pick an all-Reds midfield axis at 10-12-13.<\/p>\n<p>James O&#x27;Connor, Hunter Paisami and Jordan Petaia featured heavily for the Wallabies last year and have carried on that form for the unbeaten Reds in 2021. <\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6239917711001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/03\/348150\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Petaia&#x27;s improbable game winner\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckm7lpzat000f0rqidvjyerop\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That would leave the in-form Rebels captain Matt To&#x27;omua on the bench as playmaking cover although Horan also likes the idea of trying Petaia at fullback.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think James O&#x27;Connor has come a long way and then you look at the way Hunter Paisami has been playing, you&#x27;ve got to pick him,&quot; Horan said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And that&#x27;s the way they ended last year, to try and get this centre combination going. But it&#x27;ll depend on where you choose to play one player (Petaia).&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6242212466001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/03\/349536\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Reds weapon too hot to handle\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckmhiua3l000h0ho7ol4it3ml\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turinui also encouraged Rennie to make the most of the reworked &#x27;Giteau Law&#x27; and pick overseas-based forwards Sean McMahon and Will Skelton for The Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Sean McMahon, don&#x27;t forget, in 2019, early 2020, he was training and playing some tournaments with the Aussie sevens team and absolutely killing it,&quot; Turinui said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He could fix the balance of our backrow. And Will Skelton, I&#x27;d love to see him come back and just see how he slots in. Can he do it at Test level?<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He has been irrepressible in England for Saracens, right the way through. I would love to see the profile of a Will Skelton.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6244671206001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/03\/350908\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Brumbies fan necks one from boot\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckmqpv38a002i0ht26slm65g3\" \/><\/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\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Uncapped forwards Seru Uru and Fergus Lee-Warner are being tipped as bolters when coach Dave Rennie unveils his first Wallabies squad of 2021 on Sunday. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=50160\" title=\"Exciting bolters tipped for first Wallabies squad\">[&#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\/50160"}],"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=50160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50162,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50160\/revisions\/50162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}