Wallabies sweat on fitness of full-back Burke

WALLABY coach Eddie Jones may have intended to experiment with his squad anyway, but the circumstances in which he is forced to shuffle the pack for Saturday's Lansdowne Road test against Ireland were not what he envisaged.
Tue, 05 Nov, 2002 - 00:00
Barry Coughlan

Jones wanted to try some new faces against Argentina and Ireland before putting his strongest side out against England on November 16.

Now he has to make key changes, especially in the backline, with his squad hard-hit by injuries from the

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