Wallabies name Moore on bench for Fiji

Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore has been named on the bench for the Fiji Test while Joe Powell and Richard Hardwick are in line to win their first caps.

Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore has been included on the bench for the Test against Fiji in Melbourne on Saturday while Joe Powell and Richard Hardwick are in line to make their international debuts.

Moore was left out of the starting side with coach Michael Cheika preferring hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau and flanker Michael Hooper as the game-day captain.

Baby-faced Brumbies halfback Powell is the backup for Will Genia while Western Force backrower Hardwick in also in line to win his first cap.

Wallabies: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Tevita Kuridrani, Karmichael Hunt, Henry Speight, Bernard Foley, Will Genia, Scott Higginbotham, Michael Hooper, Ned Hanigan, Adam Coleman, Sam Carter, Alan Alaalatoa, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Tom Robertson. Res: Stephen Moore, Toby Smith, Sekope Kepu, Rory Arnold, Richard Hardwick, Joe Powell, Quade Cooper, Reece Hodge.


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