Two of the Force’s Wallabies contenders say they owe their representative chance to an extra, overseas, preseason.

Luke Morahan and Dane Haylett-Petty spent a month in EXOS in Phoenix, Arizona working on power and speed before going back to Australia for preseason proper.

“It’s a high performance facility over there that American athletes from the NFL, NBA, golf, baseball, all athletes all sorts of athletes over there and they just go there,” Morahan said.

“So we went over there for a month and trained and learned a few things over there in the off-season last October, November.

“We pushed each other daily, training together, setting goals this (Wallabies squad selection) being one of them.”

For Morahan it was about building strength and endurance, while Haylett-Petty was tweaking his speed, something that could be particularly handy with the opportunity available in the Wallabies’ wing ranks this season.