Tapuai tapped to rebuild Wallabies' injury-plagued backline Warren Gatland says that Robbie Deans has a number of players at his disposal amid an injury crisis gripping his back line, among them maligned star Quade Cooper. Kurtley gets the support of his Wallabie team mates after his penalty miss cost the side victory in the first test against the Lions. Ben Tapuai of the Queensland Reds Tapuai has been drafted into the Wallabies squad for the second test against the British and Irish Lions in Melbourne. Picture: Darren England Source: News Limited QUEENSLAND Reds centre Ben Tapuai has been drafted into the Wallabies squad for the Second Test against the British and Irish Lions in Melbourne on Saturday as Australian coach Robbie Deans looks to rebuild his injury-ravaged backline. Injuries to Christian Lealiifano, Pat McCabe, Berrick Barnes and Adam Ashley-Cooper still have to be properly assessed by there is no question the Wallabies backline for the Melbourne Test will bear little resemblance to the one that started against the Lions at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium last night. Tapuai started at inside centre in three Tests on the Wallabies spring tour last year and showed in the Reds match against the Lioons a fortnight ago that he has returned to peak form after going into a mid-season slump. If he does resume duty in the 12 jersey, he would give the Wallabies the second playmaker option they lost when Lealiifano was knocked out making his first tackle in Test rugby barely 50 seconds after the kick-off. The injuries aside, Deans still must be looking seriously at a reshuffle of his backline after James O'Connor turned in an ineffectual display in only his second Test start at five-eighth. It is almost a given that he will not now turn to Quade Cooper so the next best solution would be to switch Kurtley Beale to 10, move O'Connor to the right wing and drop Israel Folau back to fullback where he should feel more at home. The other crisis for the Wallabies is the citing of their captain James Horwill for allegedly stamping on rival lock Alun Wyn Jones.