Cooper starts road back to Wallabies

Flyhalf Quade Cooper will play his first game in four months this weekend, after recovering from shoulder surgery as he aims for Wallabies' selection.


Cooper will start his first game since May in the National Rugby Championship for Brisbane City against Queensland Country on Sunday - in a match he hopes will lead to consideration for the Bledisloe Cup Test against the All Blacks in Brisbane on October 18.


He said he was confident his shoulder would cope in his first official hit-out.


"Going through it with the physios and the trainer and making some tackles, it does do wonders for…