
Joe Schmidt says he has opted for momentum over experience after overlooking veteran playmaker James O'Connor for the Wallabies squad to face Fiji in three weeks.
O'Connor's dream of a recall for Australia's hosting of the British and Irish Lions appears over after the 34-year-old was not named in a 36-strong squad to assemble on Sunday in Sydney for the Wallabies' season-opening international in Newcastle on July 6.