By MARK CASHMAN

Randwick have made two big selection calls as they prepare for their clash against Sydney Uni in the 7TWO TV match of the round on Saturday.

The Galloping Greens have brought in Melbourne Rebels prop Cabous Eloff and the big Aussie sevens star Jeral Skelton into their starting side for the game against the Students.

Eloff won’t be with the Wicks for long, but he will be a welcome addition as they try to stablise a number of areas of their game, first up being their scrum.

The big South African has been on the Randwick radar for a while and they will get a number of games out of him before he heads back to South Africa to spend time with family before the start of the Rebels’ pre-season for 2021.

Skelton has been another victim of the Super Rugby bubble and has played no footy since the start of the year and is itching to wake up sore on a Sunday morning.

Randwick have now lost three on the trot and need to get the express train back on the tracks before the finals come around in the middle of October.

I can’t see the Wicks missing out on the top six but they need to approach the end of season game with some sort of confidence and that has take a bit of a battering in the past month.

Locky Miller is another big in for the Wicks at fullback which means that Maurice Longbottom will move to the wing, a position where he may well get more broken field running opportunities.

Randwick didn’t work off much ball last Saturday against Norths and when they did have it there were a lot of red and black bodies in their way.

That meant that Ben Donaldson and Maurice Longbottom had uncomfortable afternoons and the only tries against Norths weren’t constructed in any way by the Wicks.

“Benny Donaldson will be much better for the run last week, an extra week with the team and getting comfortable with our plays and personnel so I expect to see him do a job this week,” McCormack said.

“Uni will be tough – there’s a heap of Super Rugby influence back for them particularly in the pack. It will be a good battle.”

Sydney Uni coach Michael Hodge said Randwick threatened right across the park.

“We will need to be disciplined, both with and without the ball,” he said.

“We’ve worked hard on a few specific areas this week so it should be a very entertaining afternoon.

“All the guys who have returned this week are former colts, and have all played plenty of footy for SUFC and they know what the expectations are.

“It’s also nice to have Matt Sandell, Nick Champion de Crespigny and Stu Dunbar returning from injury.”

Uni are more than capable of winning this one and they could do worse than run off the game plan used by Norths.

That being keep the ball off them and stay connected in defence. It will be an interesting battle.

SYDNEY UNI (1-15):

Matt Sandell, Declan Moore, Chris Talaki, Luke Porter, Oliver Atkins, Nick Champion de Crespigny, Josh Kemeny, Rohan O’Regan, Banjo Travers, Stu Dunbar, Angus Bell, Ben Hughes, Will McDonnell, Henry Clunies-Ross, Tim Clements.

RANDWICK (1-15):

Jake Turnbull, Dave Vea, Cabous Eloff, Nathan Den Hoedt, Tom Nowlan, Tom Piroddi, Christian Poidevin, Jeral Skleton, Mitch Short, Ben Donaldson, Brooklyn Hardaker, Dave Horwitz, Triston Reilly, Maurice Longbottom, Locky Miller.

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