Town pair Cameron Burgess and Massimo Luongo have been named in the Australia squad for their World Cup second round Asian qualifiers against Bangladesh and Palestine during the international break.

The Socceroos face the Bangladeshis in Melbourne on Thursday 16th November, then the Palestinians in Kuwait on Tuesday 21st November.

Burgess broke into the full Australia side for the first time in August when they drew 2-2 with Mexico in the US and has now won two caps, having also featured in the 1-0 loss to England at Wembley during the October international break.

Luongo won his first cap in more than four years last month when he featured in the 2-0 victory over New Zealand at Brentford last month, taking his total to 44. The Sydney-born schemer has also scored six international goals

The World Cup second round doubles as the qualification stage for the AFC Asian Cup 2027 in Saudi Arabia.

The Socceroos play Bangladesh, Lebanon and Palestine home and away in a round robin format between now and June 2024.

The group winners and runners-up qualify for the next stage of World Cup qualification and for the AFC Asian Cup finals.

Burgess and Luongo’s call into the squad increases the likelihood that they will be named in the Australia party for next year’s AFC Asian Cup, which takes place in Qatar from January 12th to February 10th and would see them miss a number of Town matches depending on their side’s progress.

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heavyweight added 10:17 - Nov 9 ooooof - That's a load of travelling for the pair.
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pegasus added 15:21 - Nov 9 Agree with heavyweight. The NUMBER of Town players now featuring in different international squads, travelling, training, playing, suffering injuries, disappointments, during the international breaks is something new. Could this be leading to the hints of staleness, exhaustion (including mental exhaustion) that we've seen in the last couple of games?
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churchmans added 16:58 - Nov 9 No pegasus
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bobble added 18:56 - Nov 9 poor palestine, how can they play a game with the criminal war that has been happening to their people..
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Linkboy13 added 21:28 - Nov 9 Must have impressed during last international break as their current form has dipped a bit. Burgess is a steady player but can look clumsy on the ground at times. One of Wolfenden or Burgess will have to make way for Axel when he's fully fit which will upset many fans who get so attached to their favourites .
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Gforce added 22:53 - Nov 9 Could seriously hamper our season, if they both miss several games in Jan/Feb along with possibly Morsy in the African nations cup.
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carsey added 05:37 - Nov 10 The price of a bit of success. Hopefully Mr Ashton & co have some plans in progress for the January transfer window and Leicester & Leeds lose a few to international duty.
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Carberry added 08:12 - Nov 10 Not pleasant seeing them in yellow and green.
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HappyKitten added 18:45 - Nov 10 BOBBLE, I assume you are talking about Hamas? A teroiste group that targets civilians, stops citizens from leaving targeted areas and stores weapons in hospital's and schools. That said LEAVE POLITICS OUT of football posts.
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HappyKitten added 18:48 - Nov 10 *terrorist
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