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UPDATE: Family trumps Wallabies duty as Moore to miss Boks clash
By Peter Thompson
Australia hooker Stephen Moore will miss the Rugby Championship clash with South Africa as his wife is due to give birth to their third child.
The former Wallabies captain started both Bledisloe Cup defeats to New Zealand, but will not feature against the Springboks in Perth on September 9.
A fit-again Tolu Latu has been called up to replace Moore, who will remain with his wife, Courtney, in Brisbane.
Moore is expected to be back in the fold to take on Argentina in Canberra on September 16.
Michael Cheika has not many any other changes after the Wallabies came agonisingly close to a shock victory over the All Blacks last weekend.
Resurgent South Africa will head to Australia with a spring in their step following back-to-back wins over Argentina.
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I'd rate the brothers Hendricks a point or two lower. Jaden has really not delivered on his early promise and Jordan's kicking at posts was quite erratic. Amongst other things.
I was really surprised that DuhDuh was replaced and not Jordan. DuhDuh had a great game and just underlined his class in a backline that was not firing on all cylinders.
Damian Willemse was missed. Hopefully he'll be back to full fitness and have an injury free 2025 (and '26 and '27 and so on until he decides to retire to spend time with his grandchildren).
RG was great. What an athlete.
Very happy that Hanekom made his debut at last. He gave a good account of himself and will hopefully grow into his role on the international stage.
All things considered, this was another frustrating Bok performance. Even though it was a comfortable win, it wasn't a commanding win. This Welsh team should've been put away by a far larger margin.
But I have faith in Dr Rassie. He knows more than I do. Bring on 2027 😁
Go to commentsGo the AB's .. Probs win by about 30 I reckon ... Cheers ..
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