Cheika cuts 6 from his Wallaby squad

Cheika cuts 6 from his Wallaby squad
Michael Cheika has cut 6 players from his initial Wallaby squad to face England in the June tests. James Hanson, Adam Coleman, Liam Gill, Eto Nabuli, Joe Powell and Leroy Houston have all not made the cut  for the 3 match series.

In a surprise though both Karmichael Hunt and Reece Hodge are both still in the mix to make their debut for the Wallabies this month

The 33 squad is as follows with Horwill being the only overseas based player with Kepu announcing a move back to the Waratahs yesterday:

Alan Alaalatoa* (Brumbies)

Rory Arnold* (Brumbies)

Sam Carter (Brumbies)

Scott Fardy (Brumbies)

Israel Folau (NSW Waratahs)


Bernard Foley (NSW Waratahs)

Nick Frisby* (Queensland Reds)


Dane Haylett-Petty* (Western Force)

Reece Hodge* (Melbourne Rebels)

Greg Holmes (Queensland Reds)

Michael Hooper (NSW Waratahs)

Rob Horne (NSW Waratahs)

James Horwill (Harlequins)

Karmichael Hunt* (Queensland Reds)

Sekope Kepu (NSW Waratahs)

Samu Kerevi* (Queensland Reds)

Tevita Kuridrani (Brumbies)

Christian Lealiifano (Brumbies)

Ben McCalman (Western Force)

Sean McMahon (Melbourne Rebels)

Stephen Moore (Brumbies)

Luke Morahan (Western Force)

Dean Mumm (NSW Waratahs)

Taqele Naiyaravoro (NSW Waratahs)

Wycliff Palu (NSW Waratahs)

Nick Phipps (NSW Waratahs)

David Pocock (Brumbies)

Tatafu Polota-Nau (NSW Waratahs)

Rob Simmons (Queensland Reds)

Scott Sio (Brumbies)

Will Skelton (NSW Waratahs)

James Slipper (Queensland Reds)

Toby Smith (Melbourne Rebels)


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