Club v country compromise reached in Australia

The Australian Rugby Union has acted quickly to alleviate tension between Wallabies staff and Super 14 clubs by allowing selected players to play the last 40 minutes of their final trial games.

The ARU had originally flagged a group of 22 Wallabies, who are the core team for the 2007 World Cup, to be rested from the trial games leading into this year’s Super 14 in an attempt to limit player burn-out in the national squad.