Tonga were banging down the door for Lopeti Timani to play for them but the 124kg powerhouse will become a Wallaby instead after Australia coach Michael Cheika came calling in the nick of time.Timani will make his international debut from the bench in Saturday nights Rugby Championship clash with Argentina in Perth.It continues a proud rugby streak for his family.His older brothers Sitaleki and Sione also played Test rugby.Sitaleki notched 18 Tests for the Wallabies between 2011 and 2013, while Sione featured eight times for Tonga between 2008 and 2012.Wallabies great and current Tonga coach Toutai Kefu had been pushing hard to convince Timani to play for his country of berth.He was seriously weighing up the offer, with the chance to play for Tonga at the 2019 World Cup a huge attraction.But the 25-year-old is now intent on carving out a successful Wallabies career after finally being picked to play for his adopted nation.Kefu has been trying to talk to me the last five, six months or so, said Timani, who moved to Australia seven years ago.I was happy to play for Tonga.I was just waiting for this to see what happened with the Australian Rugby Union.If Im not part of the squad, Id try and play for Tonga at the end of the year and maybe move overseas at the end of next years season.Now Im a Wallaby, so its exciting.The Tongan-born behemoth, who can play lock or back row, admits feeling nervous ahead of his maiden Test.He wont be the only debutant on Saturday night, with prop Tom Robertson also to be unleashed off the bench.Winger Henry Speight was the unlucky player cut from the extended bench on Friday.If both Timani and Robertson take the field, it will bring the total number of Wallaby debutants this year to nine.Wallabies captain Stephen Moore said the squad needed fresh faces following last years World Cup and was excited to see Timani and Robertson in action.Lopetis been in the group now for a few months and hes really trained the house down and deserves his opportunity, Moore said.Tom had a great season with the Waratahs.Hes been juggling his medical studies as well. 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Bobby Petrino is supposedly a changed man.Sorry, not buying it.There are too many selfish missteps along the way to suddenly believe Petrino wont be thinking about himself -- and only himself -- the next time he reaches an ethical fork in the road.Rest assured, theres always a next time with this guy.During his first tenure at Louisville, he was constantly on the prowl for better jobs even while insisting how happy he was. Then he bailed on the Atlanta Falcons with three games to go in his lone season with the NFL team. Finally, he hired his mistress over better-qualified applicants at Arkansas, and then tried to cover up his horrific lapses in judgment after an infamous motorcycle crash.As with most people who arent bothered by their conscience, and taking advantage of a college athletics system thats always willing to sell its soul in pursuit of a championship, Petrino managed to slither his way back into the national spotlight with a Louisville redux.The Cardinals surged to No. 3 in the national rankings with a 63-20 drubbing of powerhouse Florida State a couple of weeks ago, and now theyre heading into a Saturday night showdown with fifth-ranked Clemson.Not surprisingly, Petrinos enablers insist hes finally learned from all his mistakes.History says otherwise.And theres a LOT of history.Lets go back to 2003, when a private jet landed at a small airport near Louisville, and Petrino climbed aboard to secretly interview for a head coaching job at Auburn that didnt actually exist, because the Tigers already had a coach. He didnt bother giving his employers the courtesy of a heads-up to his wandering eye, and didnt seem the least bit concerned that Auburn officials hadnt bothered to go through proper protocols, either.With Petrino, its always about me, me, me.When the sordid affair came to light, the coach and his Auburn suiters were forced to abandon their clandestine courtship. Well let Petrinos own words take it from here: Im going to stay here at the University of Louisville. Its the place I want to be and the job I want.Yeah, right.Petrino kept right on winning -- lets face it, the guy is a hell of a coach -- which led to an annual flirtation with better, higher-paying jobs. Louisville kept bending over backward to keep him happy and finally doled out a 10-year, $25.6 million contract in the summer of 2006. Again, well let Petrino speak for himself: This is where my family wants to be and where I want to be.Exactly 178 days later, Petrino left for the Falcons.He quickly made an impression on his new team -- and not the kind most people would want. He imposed absurd rules on his players, such as ordering ggrown men not to talk on flights or at team meals.dddddddddddd He treated other team employees with disdain, not even bothering to speak to them when they passed in the hall.Jimmy Cribb, the longtime official photographer of the Falcons, details it all in his new book, Youll Never Get In The Game.I dont think Ive ever seen another person like him, Cribb writes. Ive never had another coach treat me that way, and not just me, anybody.Petrinos brief tenure in Atlanta was a debacle, though in fairness it wasnt entirely his fault. Franchise quarterback Michael Vick went to prison for dogfighting and never took a snap for his new coach. The Falcons went 3-10 before Petrino bolted for the door again -- not long after assuring team owner Arthur Blank he wasnt going anywhere.Less than 24 hours after coaching the Falcons for the final time, he was in Fayetteville chanting, Woooo, Pig! Sooie!Well let his epitaph in Atlanta be a form letter to the players, left at each of their lockers after he was gone and containing all the warmth of a Wells Fargo salesman trying to sign you up for another credit card you dont need:This decision was not easy but was made in the best interest of me and my family. While my desire would have been to finish out what has been a difficult season for us all, circumstances did not allow me to do so. I appreciate your hard work and wish you the best.Yuk.Of course, Petrino would engineer an even greater flop in basic human decency as Arkansas coach.He had an affair with a woman half his age, got her a job on the staff and gave her $20,000. Then came a motorcycle crash that left him all beat up and wearing a neck brace. At first, Petrino said he was alone. Then, after dodging multiple chances to tell the truth, he admitted being with his mistress. He only came clean after being tipped off that his lies were going to be exposed in a police report.Petrino was fired after what athletic director Jeff Long described as a pattern of misleading and manipulative behavior designed to deceive me and members of the athletic staff, both before and after the motorcycle accident.Now, the coach is riding high again.Well, enjoy it while you can, Louisville.Chances are, another bump in the road is right around the corner.---Paul Newberry is a sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry(at)ap.org or at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry .---AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '