Deans: Injury crisis has forced me to be ‘creative’

AUSTRALIA coach Robbie Deans admits the Wallabies’ injury crisis has forced him to be “creative” in his team selection for tomorrow’s World Cup clash with Russia (3.30am Irish time).

Back row Radike Samo has been named on the right wing for their final Pool C match, the position where he finished the 67-5 victory over the United States.

The 35-year-old becomes the first player to start as a forward and a back in the same World Cup. A lengthy injury list means that Deans has been forced to pick all three of the squad’s hookers and all three scrum-halves in the matchday 22.