Rookie Kimlin joins Wallabies squad
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Peter Kimlin has been picked to join the Wallabies squad (file photo). (Getty Images: Brendon Thorne)
Uncapped lock Peter Kimlin has been called into the Wallabies squad for their northern hemisphere tour to replace the injured James Horwill, who was ruled out last week with a foot injury.
Coach Robbie Deans said the 23-year-old ACT Brumbies player, who had been training with the Wallabies squad in Sydney, had been in contention for national consideration since earlier in the year.
"The opportunity for Peter has come a little bit earlier than we had perhaps anticipated, but he is certainly a player that we were looking to promote," Deans said in a statement.
"He was already in the development tube as it were, having been a part of the Australia A program earlier in the year where he did very well.
"His performance there told us that he was a player who had the capability to step up to the next level."
Kimlin played every Super 14 match for the Brumbies this year, mostly off the bench.
- Reuters
