Wallabies pair Carter Gordon and Izack Rodda overlooked for new coach Joe Schmidt’s first squad after contract snubs

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Wallabies pair Carter Gordon and Izack Rodda overlooked for new coach Joe Schmidt’s first squad after contract snubs
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Veteran playmaker Kurtley Beale has been recalled to the Wallabies squad in Joe Schmidt’s much-anticipated first team-naming since replacing Eddie Jones as coach. Beale has been impressive since linking up with the Western Force in the Super Rugby Pacific competition in April after being cleared of sexual assault allegations. But the 35-year-old’s inclusion in Schmidt’s 38-man squad for Australia’s upcoming Tests against Wales and Georgia was one of the bigger surprises of Friday’s announcement.

Brumbies halfback Ryan Lonergan was another omission from Schmidt’s team, with the coach preferring to bring NSW Waratahs captain Jake Gordon back in from the cold. Queensland teammates Tom Lynagh and Josh Nasser have followed in their fathers’ footsteps, named in their first national squad. Michael Lynagh and Brendan Nasser pulled on the gold jersey during the 1980s and 1990s.

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