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Desperate Deans turns to Toomua
Monday, November 23
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Teenage flyhalf Matt Toomua will make his senior debut for the Wallabies in the midweek match against Cardiff Blues on Tuesday.
19-year-old Toomua, who had a stint at Western Province in the Currie Cup, is one of three changes to the side that kicked off the tour on a winning note with a 36-5 victory over Gloucester on November 5.
The other changes see James O’Connor start at fullback with Kurtley Beale moving onto the wing in place of Drew Mitchell and Pekahou Cowan starting at loosehead with Sekope Kepu switching to tighthead, relegating Salesi Ma'afu to the bench.
The Cardiff Blues side, to be captained by All Black No 8 Xavier Rush, include internationals such as Sam Warburton, Gareth Cooper, Sam Norton-Knight, Gareth Thomas, Ben Blair, Rhys Thomas and Paul Tito.
Australia: 15 James O'Connor, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Tyrone Smith, 11 Kurtley Beale, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Richard Brown, 7 Matt Hodgson, 6 Mitchell Chapman, 5 Dean Mumm (captain), 4 Dave Dennis, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Pekahou Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Salesi Ma'afu, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Mark Chisholm, 19 George Smith, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Quade Cooper, 22 Luke Morahan.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Ben Blair, 14 Richard Mustoe, 13 Gareth Thomas, 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Chris Czekaj, 10 Sam Norton-Knight, 9 Gareth Cooper, 8 Xavier Rush (captain), 7 Ben White, 6 Sam Warburton, 5 Scott Morgan, 4 Deiniol Jones, 3 Gary Powell, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 Taufa'au Filise
Replacements: 16 T Rhys Thomas 17 Sam Hobbs 18 Paul Tito 19 Robin Sowden Taylor 20 Richie Rees 21 Ceri Sweeney 22 Gavin Evans
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