Wallabies go with Pocock-Hooper combination for World Cup opener

  • ‘Pooper’ combination to start against Fiji in Sapporo
  • Lukhan Salakai-Loto demoted to bench

Wallabies captain Michael Hooper will be reunited with David Pocock in the back row after coach Michael Cheika named the pair in Australia’s starting XV for their Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji on Saturday.

Pocock’s inclusion at flanker for the game at the Sapporo Dome is the only change to the side Cheika sent out in Perth last month when the Wallabies recorded a record defeat of New Zealand.

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