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Wallabies legend and Stan Sport rugby expert Tim Horan says French scrumhalf Antoine Dupont deserves the title of World Rugby player of the year when the award is decided late Friday night (AEDT), but wants to see the process overhauled.

While Wallabies players have been nominated for the award on 13 separate occasions since its inception back in 2001, an Australian is yet to win the award. The nomination is Hooper's second after he was nominated back in 2015,

Quade Cooper's shock withdrawal from the Wallabies spring tour has forced Australia's selectors into a major backflip as Noah Lolesio prepares to board a plane to the United Kingdom after all.

Wallabies management knew their star Japanese trio, including Quade Cooper and Samu Kerevi, were considering whether they would tour to the United Kingdom well before withdrawing late on Monday night.

The inclusion of Samu Kerevi and Sean McMahon for the remainder of the Wallabies' spring tour appears increasingly unlikely, with the duo reportedly set to miss the U.K. leg of the tour and remain in Japan with club Suntory Sungoliath.

The Wallabies' confidence is growing following four straight wins, but an injury to one of their best players in the Rugby Championship may dampen their mood ahead of their overseas tour.

Explosive centre Samu Kerevi will make his Wallabies return in Sunday’s third Bledisloe Cup Test against the All Blacks in Perth. Kerevi will start for the Wallabies on Sunday, two years after his last appearance and a move to Japan he feared would end his Test career.

Just weeks after returning from the Tokyo Olympics, Samu Kerevi has been called into the Wallabies starting side for Bledisloe III slotting in at inside centre to replace Matt To'omua.

Samu Kerevi has earned a stunning Wallabies recall, with the former Queensland Reds captain to start at inside centre for Australia in Sunday’s Bledisloe Cup clash in Perth.

Are the Wallabies about to take a punt on Samu Kerevi and Quade Cooper? Doing so could be considered unfair to incumbents who've done little wrong, writes Brett McKay.