Injured veteran flyhalf Quade Cooper says the Wallabies could benefit from giving younger players opportunities in both his and centre Samu Kerevi’s absence.

Cooper started the Rugby Championship campaign as the Wallabies’ first-choice flyhalf, but suffered a season-ending injury in Argentina, joining Kerevi on the sidelines.

The Wallabies are also without regular captain Michael Hooper, who withdrew from the squad in Argentina and flew home for personal reasons.

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However, Cooper feels that in adversity, the Wallabies will be able to find hidden gems that can boost the team going forward.

“I feel like the team is in a great spot,” Cooper told foxsports.com.au from Melbourne.

“We’ve faced a lot of adversity with injuries, your captain, Samu, myself, there’s a lot of guys that have had some injuries and things not necessarily go the way that we wanted to on the field.

“But, again, those are just things we’ll learn to deal with and, if you look at it from my perspective, there’s a lot of players who are going to be getting a lot of game time that may not have got some game time if the circumstances were different.

“So, it’s a great thing for us moving into a World Cup, knowing that a lot of young guys are going to get opportunities.

“They might find something new that they didn’t even know they had by playing in Super Rugby, because until you get put in a position, in a situation, where something more is required of you then you start to figure that out for yourself as well.”

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