Snubbed duo back

RUGBY: Wallabies duo Quade Cooper and Karmichael Hunt will play in Australia’s National Rugby Championship from next month after being overlooked for Super Rugby selection this season by the Queensland Reds. Cooper has recently played for the Souths club in Brisbane, while Hunt, who is contracted through 2019, was overlooked by Reds coach Brad Thorn after his arrest in late 2017 on drugs charges. Both Cooper and Hunt will play for Brisbane City in the NRC which runs from September 1 to October 27.