Tuqiri handed Aussie call-up

Rugby league import Lote Tuqiri is the shock selection in Australia’s side to face Scotland in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final at Suncorp Stadium.

Tuqiri has impressed in a brief number of international appearances since switching codes last year but had been expecting a replacements’ berth at best this weekend when the Wallabies appear at the ground he used to call home as a Brisbane Bronco.