Six Brumbies have been selected as part of the latest Junior Wallabies squad for 2021 as they prepare for the upcoming Oceania U20s Championships, with a further two unavailable due to Super Rugby commitments.
Super Rugby contracted duo Lachie Albert (Wests) and Billy Pollard (Uni-Norths Owls), will be joined by Academy members Tony Alofipo (Queanbeyan Whites), Patrick Maka (Tuggeranong Vikings), Zeph Tuinona (Queanbeyan Whites) and Junior Tupou (Queanbeyan Whites) as the representatives from Canberra.
Fellow contracted players Tom Hooper and Reesjan Pasitoa were not available for the camp due to their commitments for the upcoming Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition.
The six selected players have all been playing regular minutes in the first three rounds of the Callida Consulting John I Dent Cup, with Albert's Wests undefeated so far in 2021.
Albert and Tuinona were also part of the 2019 Australian Schools & U18s, who went undefeated in their tour of New Zealand in 2019.
The wider Junior Wallabies group will assemble in Canberra next week as they continue to prepare for the Oceania U20s Championship, scheduled for July.
Brumbies Academy Head Coach, Dan Hooper said: "As a club we're really pleased for those who have been selected in the training squad."
"At the same time we're also delighted to have players who are still eligible for selection but already required at Super Rugby level with the main squad.
"All of those guys have spent time within our pathway system and also playing in the John I Dent Cup which continues to help develop and produce Brumbies and Junior Wallabies."
