Robinson raring to go

Robinson (pictured) was forced to sit out the opening four Tests of the campaign after undergoing surgery to repair his fractured right forearm seven weeks ago.

The 25-year-old, who is hoping to play at least one game for his club side Eastwood in the coming weeks, said: "I'm at the seven-week mark now and the doc initially said six to eight weeks and I'll be playing again.

"It's feeling pretty good, I had an X-ray on it last week and the scan was good."

He added: "I'll be working pretty closely with [coach] Robbie [Deans] and the team doctors to get an understanding of what he wants to do with me.

"I'd like to definitely play one game at least for Eastwood. I think, for me, match fitness will be a big one so getting 80 minutes at club level would really benefit my game."

Australia have been without their entire first-choice front row for their recent internationals with England and Ireland.

The Wallabies struggled up front in the drawn Test series with England but produced a better scrummaging effort in their victory over Ireland last weekend.

Australia open their Tri-Nations campaign against the Springboks on July 24.