MICHAEL HOOPER IS set to make his sevens debut for Australia at the prestigious Hong Kong tournament as the Wallabies Test veteran bids for a place at the Paris Olympics.
Hooper, who played 125 Tests for Australia, has switched to sevens after the loose forward was axed from the Wallabies squad before last year’s 15-a-side Rugby World Cup.Advertisement “For the first time we’ll get to see Michael Hooper in an Australian sevens jersey,” head coach John Manenti said in a statement.“‘Hoops’ has worked hard to make his way into the squad, and we’re all delighted to welcome the ‘rookie’ into the mix,” Manetti added of the Test veteran.
Australia have been drawn in the same pool in Hong Kong as Olympic champions Fiji and France, who won the Los Angeles tournament in early March, as well as Canada.
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