 The group meets with Wallabies coaching and managerial staff to discuss team strategy, planning and off-field logistics.He began this role during the 2012 Rugby Championship, where he played in just 3 matches out of the possible 6.He continued on with this role during the 2012 European tour, where he suffered a premature end to the year, due to a cervical fracture in his neck, sustained during the opening Test of the Spring Tour against France in Paris.