Kangaroos call up Cooper
By staff writers with wires
October 18, 2005
ST George Illawarra centre Matt Cooper has replaced Timana Tahu in the Australia side to play New Zealand in the second rugby league Tri-Nations Test in Auckland on Friday night.
Centres ... Cooper will partner fellow Dragon Mark Gasnier.
Pic: Phil Hillyard
Tahu, who started on the wing in the first Test in Sydney last weekend, misses the reverse fixture with a hamstring injury.
Brent Tate, who started the first Test in the centres, takes Tahu's position on the flank, with Cooper named to partner Dragons team-mate Mark Gasnier in the centres.
Kangaroos selectors made only two more changes to the squad embarrassed 38-28 at Telstra Stadium, with both new faces called onto the interchange bench.
Dragons five-eighth Trent Barrett and Parramatta second rower Nathan Hindmarsh have been called up, replacing Penrith halfback Craig Gower and Bulldogs captain Andrew Ryan.
Team: Anthony Minichiello, Matt King, Mark Gasnier, Matt Cooper, Brent Tate, Darren Lockyer (c), Andrew Johns, Ben Kennedy, Craig Fitzgibbon, Luke O'Donnell, Steve Price, Danny Buderus, Petero Civoniceva.
Interchange: Trent Barrett, Jason Ryles, Mark O'Meley, Trent Waterhouse
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