Rugby Championship
Mann-Rea replaces Fainga'a on Wallabies bench
September 6, 2014
The Reds' Saia Faingaa is all smiles in training, Reds training session, Ballymore Stadium, Queesland, Australia, July 7, 2011
Saia Fainga'a is the latest Test player to miss a match for the birth of a child © Getty Images
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The Wallabies have made one change to the bench for their Rugby Championship Test against South Africa in Perth later Saturday with hooker Josh Mann-Rea replacing Saia Fainga'a.

Faingaa has returned to Brisbane for the birth of his first child, a team spokesman said. Mann-Rea, 33, from the ACT Brumbies, has been on standby throughout the week and is now in line to make his Test debut for Australia against the Springboks.

Australia: Israel Folau; Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Toomua, Rob Horne; Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps; Wycliff Palu, Michael Hooper (captain), Scott Fardy; Rob Simmons, Sam Carter; Sekope Kepu, James Hanson, James Slipper. Replacements: Josh Mann-Rea, Pek Cowan, Ben Alexander, James Horwill, Scott Higginbotham, Matt Hodgson, Nic White, Kurtley Beale

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