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The Brumbies' Tevita Kuridrani will be taking part in his first Wallabies camp. Source:AP
EWEN McKenzie's reputation as an unflappable character was put to the test of day one as Wallabies coach on Monday, with travel problems forcing the cancellation of his very first training session.
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With less than two weeks to prepare for the opening Bledisloe Cup game at ANZ Stadium, McKenzie had intended to get down to action with a light run on Monday afternoon.
But plans had to be altered on the run at the weekend after the Brumbies' post-final flight home from New Zealand on Sunday was taken off the runway and cancelled, and the players and staff were stuck in Auckland another night.
The Brumbies only arrived home in Canberra at lunchtime Monday, and their 12 Wallabies players were back on planes to Sydney a few hours later to join up with other arriving squad members, who also flew in Monday night.
The squad will still only be fully completed this morning, however, with six NSW players - Dave Dennis, Peter Betham, Bernard Foley, Paddy Ryan, Tatafu Polota-Nau and Sekope Kepu - returning from Argentina, where they played the Pumas at the weekend.
"It's been complicated. (The Brumbies) got caught in Auckland, their plane broke down so they had to stay overnight," McKenzie said.
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"That's something we're in constant communications about. I have just got off the phone to Jake (White). That's the way the calendar is. It's complicated. The reward for being in the final is you don't have much of a break, and that's what happened.
"We have tweaked today a bit around the fact they were there. We recognise and reward them. We don't want to penalise them for being in the final but at the same time we have business to attend to."
McKenzie said he'd spoken with NSW coach Michael Cheika about taking away the Waratahs players, and in spirit of co-operation, agreed to let several Wallabies squad members tour in order to get game-time and develop skills.
The Wallabies coach said he would assess all players at the camp this week before finalising a 30-man squad for The Rugby Championship on Friday.
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