Head coach Eddie Jones backs youth to earn Wallabies a third title in France
Australia, world champions in 1991 and 1999, are languishing in eighth place in the world rankings and have yet to win a Test in four attempts since the return of Jones as coach in January.
Uncapped teenager Max Jorgensen was also named in the squad as an outside back despite having played only a handful of Super Rugby matches before his season was cut short by a knee injury sustained in late May. Tom Hooper and Fraser McReight, Hooper’s replacements in the backrow for Australia’s last three Tests, were included, as was three-cap loose forward Langi Gleeson.
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