No Tri-Nations date for Tuqiri after two-match ban

AUSTRALIA winger Lote Tuqiri will not play again before the World Cup after being hit with a two-match suspension and £10,000 fine for another breach of team discipline.

Tuqiri, 27, will miss Australia’s Tri-Nations clash with South Africa this weekend and their bid to regain the Bledisloe Cup in New Zealand on July 21.

The dual international will not have played for eight weeks by the time Australia open their World Cup campaign against Japan on September 8 in Lyon. The Wallabies face Wales in Cardiff a week later.