Samo's double date

The playing future of tearaway Brumbies lock Radike Samo has become even more clouded after he was yesterday named in Eddie Jones' Wallabies squad. Earlier, he was named in the Fiji squad coached by Wayne Pivac and also announced he had signed a two-year deal with English club Newcastle.

Asked at the squad announcement whether it was difficult to choose Australia over his native land, those capable of lip reading deciphered a perspiring Samo whisper: "It was very tough." The situation remains murky, with no one, least of all the man himself, able to articulate exactly what was going on. "I can't say anything about it," he said.

The squad: Alastair Baxter, Matthew Burke, Brendan Cannon, Mark Chisholm, Matt Dunning, Elton Flatley, Mark Gerrard, Matt Giteau, George Gregan (capt), Justin Harrison, Nic Henderson, Stephen Larkham, Chris Latham, David Lyons, Jeremy Paul, Clyde Rathbone, John Roe, Joe Roff, Wendell Sailor, Radike Samo, Nathan Sharpe, George Smith, Lote Tuqiri, Morgan Turinui, Daniel Vickerman, Phil Waugh, Bill Young.