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Veteran back-rower omitted, Will Skelton named captain‘No one believes we can do it, but we believe,’ says Eddie Jones
Australia’s coach, Eddie Jones, has torn up the World Cup script, dumping Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper from his Wallabies squad for the tournament and gambling on youth for the tilt at a third world title.
The omission of the flanker Hooper, who has captained the Wallabies for the best part of the last decade, and 80-cap fly-half Cooper were only the headline surprises as Jones made a statement with his selection.