Henry Speight named in Wallabies squad

Former Veiuto Primary School and Queen Victoria student Henry Speight has made it to the Wallabies squad.

Speight is the only new name in the Wallabies squad to play in the Rugby Championship next month.

The Fijian-born will not be eligible to help break Australia’s 12-year Bledisloe Cup drought and will have to wait until the Wallabies Test against Argentina on the Gold Coast in September before he can pull on a gold jersey.

But Speight’s inclusion alongside 10 other Brumbies players in the 32-man squad caps a drawn-out process of delicate negotiations with the International Rugby Board over the winger’s eligibility.

The 26-years-old short stint playing for Waikato in New Zealand’s ITM Cup disrupted his four-season stint with the Brumbies and delayed his Test eligibility.

He will have reached the IRB’s 36-month threshold on September 11, in time for the back end of the Rugby Championship and the Wallabies' third Test against the All Blacks in October.

Speight will now join center Tevita Kuridrani in the Wallabies back-lines.

The Brumbies will play the Waratahs in the Super Rugby semifinals at 9.40pm Saturday while the Crusaders will host the Sharks at 7.35pm.