has named a 26-man squad, including 10 players with Super 12 experience, for June's Under 21 World Cup in England.
The second-seeded young Wallabies are in a tough pool, having to come up against England and New Zealand, with the semi-finals to be held on June 25 and the final on June 29, in Oxfordshire.
Brumbies assistant coach Laurie Fisher has been named as the head coach of the squad, and is not only delighted with the Super 12 experience of some of his charges, but also hopeful some of them will graduate to the senior Wallabies.
Australian Under-21 World Cup squad:
Richard Brown (QLD), Will Caldwell (NSW), Marco Cecere (ACT), Mitchell Chapman (QLD), Nicholas Churven (QLD), Luke Doherty (QLD), Rocky Elsom (NSW), Gene Fairbanks (QLD), Mark Gerrard (ACT), Daniel Halangahu (NSW), Nick Haydon (NSW), Peter Hynes (QLD), Mafi Kefu (QLD), Alan Manning (NSW), Lachlan McKay (NSW), Drew Mitchell (QLD), Steve Moore (QLD), Cameron Shepherd (NSW), Chris Siale (NSW), Guy Shepherdson (ACT), Jone Tawake (NSW), Lei Tomiki (NSW), Elia Tuqiri (NSW), Josh Valentine (QLD), Peter Waring (NSW), Martin Wilson (NSW)