'He's a Wallaby iconic player, he's a legend of our game in Australian rugby.'
Slipper has moved between the two prop positions throughout his career, with head coach Eddie Jones paying tribute to his “courage and resilience” when picking him to stand in for the injured Taniela Tupou against the flying Fijians.
Slipper added: “I didn’t come over here to break records, I really wanted to come here and win the World Cup.”Bell made his Wallabies debut as a 40th-minute replacement after Slipper was injured playing against New Zealand in November 2020.Bell’s father Mark, who won one cap for the Wallabies in 1996, used to coach Slipper at the Queensland Reds, before later coaching his own son at the Waratahs.“It was sort of like a mentorship role.
“We’re just lucky to have him in the squad still and for me personally, growing up he was someone I idolised and to rub shoulders every day and watching him going about his business is good enough for me.” “I don’t want to make him feel any older than he already is, but yeah I have mentioned it a couple of times,” quipped Schoupp,
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