Ben Teo turned down an approach to play for Australia due to the financial lure of the Aviva Premiership, according to Michael Cheika.Uncapped Teo is part of Englands 32-man squad picked for the three-Test series Down Under and could start the Brisbane opener next Saturday - live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 10.30am on Saturday - if Eddie Jones deems his power is needed at inside centre.Two successful seasons at Leinster has seen the rugby league convert lured to Worcester for next season and he qualifies for Jones Grand Slam champions through an English mother. The 29-year-old played at junior level for New Zealand and represented Samoa in the international arena, but it is England who have succeeded in convincing him his union Test future lies at Twickenham.We would have loved to have Ben back here playing for Australia, Australia head coach Cheika said.I wouldnt hesitate to say that we tried to get him to come back and play in Super Rugby but as weve seen before, the English game has more money than we have. Mind games Eddie Jones set for Australian mentality test in first Test Theyve come in and have got a lot more resources to put in their game than we have. Sometimes you just cant compete with the pound, thats the way it is. Im sure hell do very well for England.Teo is competing with Owen Farrell, Luther Burrell and Henry Slade to start at inside centre at the Suncorp Stadium.Also See:Rugby on SkyFollow @SkySportsRugbyPunditsFixtures and resultsJustin Tucker Youth Jersey . 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In that time, hes recorded 17 goals and 17 assists with 36 penalty minutes.WASHINGTON -- A pair of 22-year-old rookies each making their third start will face off when the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves meet Saturday night in the second of three games.Right hander Rob Whalen (1-0, 5.73 ERA) will try to continue Atlantas impressive stretch while Washington counters with right hander Reynaldo Lopez (0-1, 9.35 ERA). Both will be facing their opponent for the first time.The Braves (44-72) snapped a 14-game losing streak at Nationals Park with an 8-5 win on Friday night, handing Stephen Strasburg just his third loss of the season.Atlanta has won 7 of its last 10 games and improved to 5-3 on their current road trip. Looking at a larger sample, the Braves are 26-26 in their past 52 games.Weve been playing good for I think the last 55, 60 games, first baseman Freddie Freeman said. Obviously we got off to a pretty rough start the first couple of months, but this team has really turned it around the last two months and were trying to end strong.With 12 games left against the Nationals, Freeman might have a lot to say about that.After struggling against them during the first weeks of the season, he resumed his history of success versus the Nationals on Friday, going 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, RBI double, a walk and a hit-by-pitch.It was too much Freddie Freeman, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.In 92 career games against the Nationals, hes hitting .327 with 26 doubles, 11 homers and 49 RBI.The Atlanta offense as a whole continued its recent surge with Anthony Recker adding a two-run homer and Jace Peterson a solo shot.Our offense is kind of spread out lateely, manager Brian Snitker said.dddddddddddd With Matt (Kemp in the lineup) and Erick (Aybar) hitting up at number 2, it kind of lengthens our offense and gives us a little more sock down at the bottom.Over their last 17 games, the Braves are hitting .286 with 54 extra-base hits (34 doubles, three triples and 17 home runs) and 80 runs scored.First-place Washington (67-47) fell to 1/3 without Bryce Harper, whose neck stiffness continues to keep him out of the lineup.Nationals GM Mike Rizzo told reporters that a story Friday by Sports Illustrateds Tom Verducci reporting that Harper has been playing through a right shoulder injury for the past two months is wrong and that Harper has a stiff neck.Jayson Werths RBI-double extended his on-base streak to 41 games Friday night, while Anthony Rendon (home run) and Trea Turner (three hits) stayed hot.Since July 16, Rendon is hitting .333 (26 for 78) with nine doubles, five homers, 17 RBI and 12 runs scored in 21 games. Meanwhile, the 23-year-old Turner has hit safely in 17 of 22 games since the All-Star break, raising his average to .301.On Friday as Washington was beginning a streak of 20 games in 20 days, Baker used four relievers after Strasburg threw 103 pitches in 5 1/3 innings while allowing six runs.You dont want to start a 20-in-a-row streak getting deep in your bullpen because that could domino effect tomorrow and the next day and the next day, Baker said. Thats why we tried to stick with him as long as we could. ' ' '