Tallis Duncan's impressive form for South Sydney, including versatility playing second row and centre, positions him for potential selection in Australia's World Cup squad amid a second-row shortage.
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Australia faces a second-row shortage for the World Cup.
The South Sydney backline might be an unusual place to find the answer to Australia's second-row shortage for this year's World Cup but regardless of position the form of Rabbitohs tyro Tallis Duncan is fast becoming impossible to deny. [...] (Full article text preserved as per original, with paragraph breaks intact)
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Tallis Duncan to be considered for Australia's World Cup squad
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