Deans to adopt safe approach for Cooper

Australia coach Robbie Deans has backed Quade Cooper to make a full recovery from knee surgery, but concedes the enigmatic fly-half is unlikely to feature in the June Tests against Scotland and Wales.

Cooper ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in the first half of the third-place play-off against Wales in October, capping off a poor Rugby World Cup campaign for the New Zealand-born Wallaby.