Giteau, Cooper and Genia to start for Wallabies

Matt Giteau, Quade Cooper and Will Genia have been named to start for the Wallabies in Saturday night's Rugby Championship opener against the Springboks in Brisbane.  Giteau will earn his 93rd Test cap in the number 12 jersey following a four-year absence from the Wallabies program. Playing inside Giteau will be the Queensland pairing of Genia and Cooper, who return to the run-on team together for the first time since November 2013. The returning trio make up three of the four total changes to the team which ran out against England at Twickenham in the final Test of the 2014 Spring Tour, with the other change being the return of Tevita Kuridrani at outside centre. Wallabies Head Coach Michael Chieka said: “I could not have been happier with the first two weeks of preparation here in Queensland. These players know they represent a squad of over 50 players who will have some involvement within the Wallabies program at different stages of the year.” “With new combinations com
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