Wallaby Latu keen to fly with the Eagles

PERTH one week - Fiji the next. NSW Country Eagles hooker Tolu Latu has been released from the Wallabies squad for the Test against Argentina in Canberra this weekend. Latu was called into the wider Wallabies group last week when former skipper Stephen Moore stayed home in Brisbane for the birth of his third child. Moore rejoined the group along with Queensland Reds lock Lukhan Tui in Canberra. Tui gets his chance after two impressive performances for Brisbane City in the NRC. The rookie lock will join his Australian teammates on Monday with Kane Douglas set to return to Brisbane in search of game time. Eagles coach Darren Coleman will be keen to get Latu to Fiji and on the field after they lost their first game of the NRC in Week One. They went down 44-23 to the Greater Sydney Rams at TG Millner and will be keen to get some points on the competition log. Dane Haylett-Petty is the only other change to the squad, with the winger to miss the remainder of the season fol
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