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Wallabies winger Nick Cummins’ hopes of landing a spot in the Australia squad for the Olympic Games rugby sevens tournament are in jeopardy after he was omitted from a key training camp in Darwin due to a knee injury.
Coach Andy Friend named a 16-man squad for the camp starting this weekend and is all but certain to pick his final 12 for Rio de Janeiro from that group.
“I’ve made it clear to the group that it’ll be tough to make the squad for Rio if they haven’t been selected for Darwin,” he said.
“However, I have had a commitment from the non-travelling players that they will continue to work hard back in Sydney and maintain the high standards that this programme has set.
“As we have found to our detriment this past week, injuries can happen at any time so we need the entire group to be ready to step into the breach at short notice.”

Apart from 15-test Cummins, a number of other capped Wallabies have tried out for Rio but have suffered injuries or failed to adapt to the format.
Fiji-born winger Henry Speight was in the frame despite fracturing a bone above his eye in May, but was ruled out by a serious knee injury last week after a mishap during a practice match.
World Cup winner Bryan Habana named in South Africa’s sevens squad for Rio Games
Wallabies fly-half Quade Cooper played world series events in Las Vegas and Vancouver earlier in the year, but was dumped from the squad in May.
Australia are among 12 nations to have qualified for the men’s sevens tournament at the August 5-21 Rio Olympic Games.


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Australia's Wallabies' Quade Cooper (L) is tackled by Argentina's Los Pumas' Juan Pablo Socino (R) during the Rugby Championship 2015 test match at Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, some 1050 km west of Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 25, 2015. AFP PHOTO / Andres Larrovere

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Australia's Nick Cummins is a late call-up for the Hong Kong Sevens. Photo: AP

Australia's Nick Cummins scores a try against Ireland during their Rugby International at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

(FILES) In this file picture taken on November 9, 2013 Australia's winger Nick Cummins reacts during the rugby Test match between Italy and Australia at the Olympic stadium in Torino. Australia coach Ewen McKenzie announced on November 18, 2013 that six members of his tour squad in Europe would receive one-match bans for "inappropriate" drinking. McKenzie said wingers Adam Ashley Cooper and Nick Cummins; front-rowers Tatafu Polota-Nau, Benn Robinson and Paddy Ryan; and back-rower Liam Gill had all drunk so much in the build-up to the Wallabies 32-15 win over Ireland on November 16, 2013 they deserved a one-match ban. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN

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Australia's Nick Cummins passes a ball during a captain's run in Sydney, Australia, Friday, June 20, 2014. Australia play France in the third test in Sydney, Saturday, June 21, 2014 with the Wallabies leading the series 2-0. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins’ Olympic dream in jeopardy as knee injury forces him to miss key training camp this weekend in Darwin


Wallabies winger Nick Cummins’ hopes of landing a spot in the Australia squad for the Olympic Games rugby sevens tournament are in jeopardy after he was omitted from a key training camp in Darwin due to a knee injury.


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Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins’ Olympic dream in jeopardy as knee injury forces him to miss key training camp this weekend in Darwin