SYDNEY (AP) — James O’Connor’s plane ticket to England earlier this week to join his new club Leicester now has a return component — the 35-year-old flyhalf has been recruited again by the Wallabies for the last two Rugby Championship tests against New Zealand.

O’Connor , who will play this season in the England premiership with the Tigers, was one of 34 players selected Thursday in Joe Schmidt’s extended squad for the Bledisloe Cup tests against the All Blacks on Sept. 27 in Auckland and in Perth, Western Australia a week later.

The Wallabies are 2-2 in the Rugby Championship, as are the other three teams in the tournament — New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa. Australia lost 28-26 to Argentina last week in Sydney.

O’Connor played a pivotal role in Australia’s stunning upset wi

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