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Ben Alexander shoots to Wallabies bench
AAP - June 26, 2008, 8:23 pm
Ben Alexander's fairytale rise from rugby obscurity continued when the unheralded prop gained a surprise call-up for Australia's Test against France at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.
Alexander - who has yet to even start a Super 14 match - was in camp in Brisbane with the Australia A side when he received an SOS call on Wednesday to join the Wallabies in Sydney to be on standby for injured tighthead Matt Dunning.
Still not expecting to play, the 23-year-old said he was still coming to terms with how Wallabies coach Robbie Deans broke the big news to him that he had actually been elevated to the bench following Dunning's withdrawal with a corked calf.
"This morning, just when we were warming up, Robbie grabbed us and let everyone know what was going on and that Al (Baxter) is starting and that I'm on the bench," Alexander said.
"I didn't get any prior warning. It was just at training and 'boom': they said 'you're on the bench'.
Ben Alexander shoots to Wallabies bench - Yahoo!7 Sport
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