'Wild' Wallabies call up for forgotten Aussie prop

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The Wallabies person drafted uncapped London Irish prop Ollie Hoskins into their outpouring circuit squad arsenic screen for injured superstar Taniela Tupou.

Hoskins, 28, is simply a Perth merchandise who played for the Western Force betwixt 2014-16 earlier taking up a declaration successful London.

The tighthead has go a pillar of the Irish battalion with 123 appearances and provides invaluable acquisition pursuing Tupou's sickening caput clash in the 15-13 nonaccomplishment to Scotland successful Edinburgh connected Monday (AEDT).

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Tupou failed a HIA during the lucifer and portion helium is yet to beryllium officially ruled retired for Sunday's (4.30am AEDT) Test the indications are that helium will.

"It's beauteous wild, it's hard to enactment into words however I feel," Hoskins told his club's website.

"It's surreal, it's thing that I thought was disconnected the array for maine erstwhile I moved implicit present and acceptable up my beingness here.

"They've evidently precocious changed the laws, truthful erstwhile I got that telephone telephone past night, it was an unthinkable moment.

"Obviously thing is guaranteed successful presumption of playing time, but conscionable to person the call-up and beryllium considered is simply a immense privilege, and confirmation that I'm connected the close way and doing the close things.

"I'm conscionable going to thigh up the acquisition and hopefully travel backmost a amended antheral and a amended player."

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The Wallabies are besides sweating connected the fittingness of winger Jordan Petaia, who injured his hamstring astatine Murrayfield and is not expected to beryllium acceptable to play England, who person their ain enactment headaches.

Prop Joe Marler tested affirmative for COVID-19 and has been ruled retired of the lucifer arsenic helium present isolates for 10 days.

However, skipper Owen Farrell has been cleared aft his COVID-19 lawsuit was confirmed arsenic a mendacious positive.

"At the weekend, we showed we were capable to grip that, disruption, if you privation to telephone it that," England defence manager Anthony Seibold said, referring to the COVID-19 scare earlier quality of Marler's results broke.

"I've been truly impressed with the mode the radical handled this morning.

"Yesterday precocious evening, we got immoderate quality that we had to spell backmost to our rooms.

"I deliberation we've handled it successful the close manner.

"We had a spot of a delayed commencement to the greeting due to the fact that we're waiting for immoderate results, but it's been concern arsenic usual.

"The radical has handled that distraction, oregon disruption truthful to speak, and I thought we had a truly affirmative grooming session."