Skelton to captain Australia in final Rugby World Cup warm-up against France
La Rochelle lock Will Skelton will captain Australia for the first time in this weekend's Rugby World Cup warm-up with hosts France, Rugby Australia announced on Friday.
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La Rochelle lock Will Skelton will captain Australia for the first time in this weekend's Rugby World Cup warm-up with hosts France, Rugby Australia announced on Friday.
PARIS : France are back to near full strength for their final World Cup warm-up international against Australia as coach Fabien Galthie on Thursday announced his team for the weekend clash.
Ntamack, 24, was helped off the field after 55 minutes less than a month before the start of the World Cup after a collision with opposite number Finn Russell.
France flyhalf Romain Ntamack left the field with a suspected knee problem and Scotland winger Duhan van der Merwe also suffered an injury as the World Cup hosts won 30-27 in a warm-up match in Saint-Etienne on Saturday.
ST ETIENNE, France :Thomas Ramos kicked over a late penalty to hand France an unconvincing 30-27 win over Scotland in their warm-up test on Saturday that left more questions than answers for the World Cup hosts weeks away from the kick off of the tournament.
France have restored their team to full strength with coach Fabien Galthie announcing on Thursday a powerful starting line-up to face Scotland in Saint Etienne at the weekend.
Sam Costelow's late conversion sent the Scarlets into the Challenge Cup semi-finals in a breathless quarter-final win over Clermont in Llanelli.
Scarlets host Clermont Auvergne in the quarter-finals of the EPCR Challenge Cup on Friday night at Parc y Scarlets.