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Four WA-based players have been selected to represent Australia in the U20 iRB Junior World Championships in June.
Dane Haylett-Petty, Tom Murday, David Pocock and Sam Wykes have been named in the 26-man squad that will travel to Wales.
Haylett-Petty, Pocock and Wykes are members of the Emirates Western Force squad, with 18-year old winger Haylett-Petty making his Super Rugby debut in the 22-21 win over the Chiefs at Subiaco Oval on Saturday.
Haylett-Petty also captained the WA Schools side in 2007, and was named in the Australia A Schools team that played the England U18s.
Pocock, a flanker originally from Zimbabwe, made his debut for the Emirates Western Force in the final round of the 2006 season and has 23 caps under his belt. He also represented Australia A during the 2007 Pacific Nations Cup.
Wykes, 20, was a member of the U19 Australian squad in both 2006 and 2007, and has registered seven Super Rugby caps in 2008.
Murday is a member of the Firepower RugbyWA Academy, having come to WA as a triallist at the start of 2007. Originally from Port Douglas in Queensland, Murday is a blindside flanker who can also play lock.
Teenage sensation James O’Connor is not eligible for inclusion in the U20s squad due to an iRB regulation that states players must not be born after December 31, 1989 to compete in the tournament. O’Connor was born in July 1990.
Australian Squad for iRB Junior World Championship in Wales
June 6-22
First Name
Surname
Position
State
Albert
Anae
Prop
QLD
Kurtley
Beale S14
Flyhalf
NSW
Peter
Betham
Fullback
NSW
Nathan
Charles
Hooker
NSW
Blair
Connor S14
Wing
QLD
Quade
Cooper S14
Flyhalf
QLD
Ben
Coridas
Flanker
NSW
Ben
Daley S14
Prop
QLD
Tetera
Faulkner
Prop
ACT
Will
Genia S14
Halfback
QLD
James
Hanson
Hooker
QLD
Dane
Haylett-Petty S14
Fullback
WA
Robert
Horne S14
Centre
NSW
Seilala
Lam
No.8
ACT
Richard
Kingi
Flyhalf
QLD
Alfi
Mafi S14
Centre/Wing
NSW
Ben
McCalman
No.8/Flanker
NSW
Tom
Murday
Flanker
WA
Ratu
Nasiganiyavi
Wing
NSW
Daniel
Palmer
Prop
NSW
David
Pocock S14
Flanker
WA
Andrew
Rossiter
Flanker
QLD
Robert
Simmons
Lock
QLD
Jeremy
Sua
Halfback
NSW
Ben
Tapuai
Inside Centre
QLD
Sam
Wykes S14
Lock
WA
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