Fast bowler Joe Mennie is almost certain to make his Test debut in Hobart after Peter Siddle was ruled out due to a back injury. Eden Hazard Chelsea Jersey .Australias selectors have also called on Jackson Bird as cover for the bowling unit but he is not officially part of the squad, which means Mennie is set to join Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc in the pace attack for the second Test against South Africa, starting on Saturday. Mennie was named 12th man for the WACA Test and was then released to play a Sheffield Shield match for South Australia.Siddle was preferred in Perth, where he was making his return to international cricket following a lay-off due to a stress fracture of the back, diagnosed following Australias Test tour of New Zealand earlier this year. Australias medical staff are hopeful that Siddle will recover quickly, but have taken a cautious approach due to his recent history.Peter Siddle had some lower back soreness at the conclusion of the first Test match in Perth, Australias team physio David Beakley said. Whilst we expect bowlers to be sore after Test matches, this was slightly worse than we expected and given that he was returning from a significant back injury, we organised some scans today.The scans demonstrated some low grade bone oedema around his old stress fracture that is likely to be a flare-up of his previous lower back injury. We are hopeful that this will resolve relatively quickly, but have withdrawn him from the squad for the second Test match in Hobart. We will monitor his recovery and have a better idea of when he will return to play in the next week or so.Siddles injury is yet another consequence to be drawn from Australias horrid batting collapse on day two of the WACA Test, sending Australias bowlers - Siddle and Starc with limited preparations - back into the field only 24 hours after they had bowled the Proteas out on day one. The coach Darren Lehmann said back-to-back Tests would stretch his men physically after they were made to work hard by JP Duminy and Dean Elgar in particular.They have bowled four days in a row, Lehmann said. They are pretty sore as I would imagine the South African boys would be, the two bowlers that bowled the whole game for them. All bowlers are going to be pretty sore and tight. Well just have to see how they pull up and make a call from there. They will have the same issues.Its a short turn-around. Thats the nature of cricket in Australia, back-to-back Test matches early on. The good thing, I thought we batted a lot better in the second innings. The disappointing thing is we were off to flyer, obviously 0 for 158, and we lost 10 for 86. Thats the thing that hurts you in a game, as you know. If we had the discipline and that in the first innings that we showed probably yesterday and today, we would have made a better score and a better fist of it in the first innings and had a lead.Thats the challenge, isnt it? First innings, they made us pay in the second, Duminy and Elgar batted really well. I thought our bowlers worked hard the whole game and then coming in, if we had batters in in the last session today, well, you never know, do you? We just lost batters at the wrong time.Asked about Australias limited preparation, one Sheffield Shield match, and moving the first Test of summer from Brisbane to Perth, Lehmann said his hands were tied: Cant do anything about it. Love to, but we cant.The selectors had already added Callum Ferguson and Joe Burns to the Test squad to replace the injured Shaun Marsh (broken finger) and also provide cover for Adam Voges (hamstring). Lehmann confirmed both batsmen would be under consideration even if Voges is passed fit, placing further pressure on the underperforming Mitchell Marsh.We have known about the broken finger for about three days, which has been very good from our boys not to get out to you guys, Lehmann said. We have known the squad is going to be changed in the last three days. I would say every spot is under pressure. Thats the nature of the beast if you dont have success. I thought he batted quite well and was a bit unlucky with the decision, but that is part of the game as well.Lehmann acknowledged that the national team were under a rare level of pressure, as four consecutive Test match losses have historically led to a change of the Australian captain or coach. [Well] Try to clear their minds, he said of the players. But everyone has pressure. Everyone has pressure when not playing well. But also as a player you always have pressure to perform at international level.If you have a few bad performances, there is always someone waiting in the wings. And thats been the case for 100 years, thats not going to change I wouldnt think. We try and pick and stick where we possibly can and encourage the guys and we get in trouble when we dont pick and stick, we get in trouble when do pick and stick with you guys. So then when we add someone, it all changes.So, there is pressure on players day in, day out for your country and thats part and parcel of whether you are playing for South Africa or Australia. John Terry Jersey . 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Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw was left to lament his sides lack of luck after suffering another painful late set-back against Australia.The Scots were hoping to reap some revenge after their controversial exit from last years World Cup at the hands of Michael Cheikas men. But once again Bernard Foley nailed a late kick to break Scottish hearts as his side claimed a 23-22 win.The hosts put out an inexperienced line-up yet their performance contained an encouraging mixture of maturity and verve. Prop Allan Dell and centre Huw Jones were making their first international appearances at Murrayfield, while tighthead Zander Fagerson and flanker Hamish Watson registered their first starts for their country.But Laidlaw admits they did not have the stroke of fortune they required to claim a third win over the Wallabies in seven years.As players we understand where we are, said the captain, who added seven points with his boot.We believe we are so much better and so much more organised. We know exactly what each other is doing and we feel that is starting to come though in our performances.Were pretty much in every single game we play now. Its just about getting that little bit of luck. Everybody needs that bit of luck. One of my kicks clipped the inside of the post. It was the thickness of a lick of paint away from going through. If it had we were probably home and hosed.But unfortunately we just coughed up a try at the end. We felt we were harshly penalised at the eend when John Barclay was on the ball near the end. Ramires Chelsea Jersey. e feel we are so close but were massively frustrated.The look of disgust on Laidlaws face after referee Craig Joubert wrongly handed Australia a decisive penalty at Twickenham was one of the enduring images of last years World Cup. But the Scots scrum-half preferred not to look back after another harsh loss.That quarter-final is gone. It was a while ago. The pleasing thing for us is that we played so much better than we did in Japan during the summer.Departing head coach Vern Cotter was denied a winning start to his farewell tour. He was frustrated with referee John Laceys display but with seven games left before his Scotland reign ends next summer, the Kiwi was remaining positive.We always come back to the old saying of fine margins. I wouldnt necessarily say the best team won.Im incredibly proud of the players and the way they played that game. There are things we can control and things we cant, so we focus on the things we can. The players played with immense courage and threw themselves at it. I think we didnt get the rub of the green at times.There were eight penalties against us in the second half but only two for us. But as I say that is something we cant focus on. The most important thing for us is to get back to improving performances. Thats what we will do.? 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