Wallabies name Bledisloe Cup squad

Inside centre Karmichael Hunt has been recalled to the Wallabies’ 34-man squad for the final Bledisloe Cup test against the All Blacks in Brisbane next week.

The dual code international missed the entire Rugby Championship due to an ankle injury but proved his fitness for Brisbane City in the domestic National Rugby Championship last weekend, the team said in a media release on Saturday.

Queensland Red Hunt made an impression during the June internationals against Fiji, Scotland and Italy, his first Wallabies

appearances, but will have stiffer competition for a spot in the match day 23 against the All Blacks.

Kurtley Beale will be expected

to retain the starting No 12 jersey for the dead rubber test at Lang Park on October 21 where New Zealand will bid to sweep the three-match series.

‘‘We’ll see how Hunt goes at training, how he plays this weekend in NRC and then how he goes in training,’’ Wallabies coach Michael Cheika said.

Lock Rory Arnold, loose forward Lopeti Timani and the uncapped Queensland duo of flanker Adam Korczyk and winger Izaia Perese, have also been recalled.

Australia, who won their last start away to Argentina, will bid to snap a seven-match losing streak to the All Blacks dating back to 2015.