{"id":7150,"date":"2023-08-11T04:56:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:56:47","slug":"two-wallabies-veterans-have-been-axed-from-australias-rugby-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=7150","title":{"rendered":"Two Wallabies veterans have been axed from Australia\u2019s rugby World Cup squad."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Wallabies veterans have been axed from Australia\u2019s rugby World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>Long-serving captain Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper have been cut from Eddie Jones 33-member squad.<\/p>\n<p>Hooper\u2019s lingering calf injury has forced Jones to overlook Australia\u2019s longest-serving captain.<\/p>\n<p>Lock Will Skelton now takes the captaincy role while halfback Tate McDermott serves as vice-captain.<\/p>\n<p>A touch of Fijian influence is seen in the squad with six players with links to Fiji making the cut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbcnews.com.fj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0270-640x360.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>\n<em>From left: Rob Valetini, Marika Koroibete, Samu Kerevi, Mark Nawaqanitawase.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jones has included Suliasi Vunivalu, Marika Koroibete, Samu Kerevi, Rob Valetini, Mark Nawaqanitawase and Langi Gleeson in his squad.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 33, 25 will be attending their first ever World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FBC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Wallabies veterans have been axed from Australia\u2019s rugby World Cup squad. Long-serving captain Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper have been cut from Eddie Jones 33-member squad. Hooper\u2019s lingering calf injury has forced Jones to overlook Australia\u2019s longest-serving captain. Lock Will Skelton now takes the captaincy role while halfback Tate McDermott serves as vice-captain. A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7152,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150\/revisions\/7152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}