Pat McCabe’s 30 minute stint in Canberra’s first grade rugby union grand final has earned him an international recall with the ACT Brumbies centre selected in the Wallabies side to play on Saturday night.
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McCabe will return to the Test arena in the Wallabies clash with Argentina at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast.
Stress fractures in his leg kept him out of the first three Rugby Championship matches.
McCabe played for Wests in the John I Dent Cup grand final at Viking Park last weekend.
But he was only allowed to play 30 minutes in his injury comeback and Wests lost the title to the Tuggeranong Vikings.
Fellow Brumby Ben Alexander has retained his place in the starting front row while Stephen Moore will be added to the bench if he overcomes a hamstring injury which kept him out of the Wallabies’ win over the Springboks.
If Moore plays, he will become the most capped hooker in Wallabies history.
SATURDAY
Wallabies v Argentina at Skilled Park, 8pm.
Wallabies
15. Berrick Barnes (NSW Waratahs)
14. Dominic Shipperley (Queensland Reds)
13. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs)
12. Pat McCabe (Brumbies)
11. Digby Ioane (Queensland Reds)
10. Quade Cooper (Queensland Reds)
9. Nick Phipps (Melbourne Rebels)
8. Radike Samo (Queensland Reds)
7. Michael Hooper (Brumbies)
6. Dave Dennis (NSW Waratahs)
5. Nathan Sharpe (Western Force, captain)
4. Kane Douglas (NSW Waratahs)
3. Ben Alexander (Brumbies)
2. Tatafu Polota Nau (NSW Waratahs)
1. Benn Robinson (NSW Waratahs)
Reserves:
16. Stephen Moore (Brumbies) or Saia Fainga’a (Queensland Reds)
17. James Slipper (Queensland Reds)
18. Scott Higginbotham (Queensland Reds)
19. Liam Gill (Queensland Reds)
20. Brett Sheehan (Western Force)
21. Anthony Fainga’a (Queensland Reds)
22. Kurtley Beale (Melbourne Rebels)
