New Bloods: 10 Uncapped Players in McKenzie’s First Squad

by Paul Cook - New coach Ewen McKenzie has wasted no time in stamping his mark on the national team, naming ten uncapped players in his fledgling Wallaby training squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship.  As expected, Quade Cooper makes his return from the international wilderness under his former state coach but all the talk was of the new bloods who have been given the opportunity to push for their first taste of the international stage. Peter Betham, Chris Feauai-Sautia, Scott Fardy, Bernard Foley, Tevita Kuridrani, Hugh Pyle, Jake Schatz, Scott Sio, Matt Toomua and Nic White are the new men, while gun Western Force centre Kyle Godwin and Waratahs’ winger Cam Crawford were also under consideration but were ruled out through injury. McKenzie outlined th
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