The Brumbies No.8 has made a habit of embarrassing backs with his extraordinary pace and now he’ll get the chance in a Wallabies jersey against Wales.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt says he’ll be happy for rookie No.8 Charlie Cale to add to an impressive try-scoring reel when he makes his starting debut against Wales on Saturday in Melbourne.
With new skipper Liam Wright ruled out with a shoulder injury, prop James Slipper assumed the captaincy and, after a Test debut last week, Cale came off the bench and into the starting back row.As they do at the Brumbies, the 23-year-old will play No.8 and Rob Valetini will start in the No.6 jersey. “I think Charlie brings that package,” Schmidt added. “That package can help destabilise a defensive system that Wales might have. But at the same time, what really impressed me with Charlie today, even at training, he worked really hard on the other side of the ball. Having that athleticism to connect and help on the edge when he’s defending that wide.
But even via a fairly poor performance, the Welsh weren’t far off taking the lead in the second half and had a try disallowed before Tom Wright put in a buffer with his solo five-pointer. “But we felt that there were times, particularly back into the game, I think we made 68 tackles in the last 10-12 minutes. We don’t want to be tackling that long against the Welsh side that are coming in waves and we’ve got to get a little bit more pressure on the ball.“If we don’t look after the ball ourselves, or we give it away too cheaply, then we’re going to get red waves coming at us and it’s going to be a hard night’s work if that’s the case.
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