Wallaby coach Michael Cheika has selected a new centre pairing for the Rugby Championship opener. Kurtley Beale and Samu Kerevi will team up for the first time when they take on the Allblacks on Saturday. Beale will make his first start for the Wallabies, since the World Cup Final in 2015.
Curtis-Rona will make his Wallabies debut, starting as a winger in place of Dane Haylett-Petty who was ruled out on Thursday with a bicep injury.
Wallaby Team:
- Scott Sio
- Stephen Moore
- Allan Alaalatoa
- Rory Arnold
- Adam Coleman
- Ned Hanigan
- Michael Hooper
- Sean McMahon
- Will Genia
- Bernard Foley
- Curtis Rona
- Kurtley Beale
- Samu Kerevi
- Henry Speight
- Israel Folau
- Tatafu Polota-Nau
- Tom Robertson
- Sekope Kepu
- Rob Simmons
- Lopeti Timani
- Nick Phibbs
- Reece Hodge
- Tevita Kuridrani
