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Frustrating ... Henry Speight faces anxious wait to become a Wallaby. Source: Lukas Coch / AAP
Red-hot Brumbies winger Henry Speight says he can't afford to dwell on the thought he will miss a once-in-a-career chance to play for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions by just a few months.
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It's a frustrating scenario for both Speight and the Australian Rugby Union, who will have to wait until the end of October for the IRB to allow the Fijian-born Australian resident to represent the Wallabies.
Wallabies great Stephen Larkham has no doubt Speight's form would warrant an Australian jumper but he will miss qualifying for the British and Irish Lions tour in June and July by just four months.
Currently the leading try scorer in Super Rugby, Speight's case has been set back as he played for Waikato in the New Zealand Provincial Championship (NPC).
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"It's a little bit (frustrating) but it is something beyond my control. So to dwell on it would only cause more frustration,'' Speight said.
"But it's been over two and a half years and if I have to wait a few more months it won't kill me.
"The thing I'm happy about is that the Brumbies are still playing the Lions so I can still say I've played them.''
It will be Speight's only crack at the Lions, as the next time they grace Australia's shores will be in 2025 when he is 37.
"All I know is that I'm not eligible for the Lions or for the Rugby Championship too,'' he said.
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"I don't want to dwell on it too much because if I think about it too much then it might probably affect the way I'm playing for the Brumbies.''
Speight took his 2013 try tally to seven on the weekend when he scored a double in the Brumbies' 41-19 thumping of the Force.
He split the defence in the middle of the park wide open for his first try and then raked in a wild George Smith pass with a one hand juggle to dot down in the corner for his second.
"Someone of (Smith's) calibre and experience, you wouldn't want to drop a ball that's coming from him because he'd probably get into you after,'' Speight joked on Tuesday.
Handling is an area of Speight's game that backs coach Stephen Larkham said he's really tried to develop over the past year.
"First year at the Brumbies he probably dropped a little bit more ball than we would have liked, but since then he has really worked on it,'' Larkham said.
"What we've seen over the past twelve months is a real improvement in his attacking game.
"He is really deserving of an Australian position at this stage.''
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