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Wallabies to train at University of Notre Dame

Aug 25, 2015 at 8:37p ET

Aug 25, 2015 at 8:37p ET

SYDNEY (AP) Australia will use the University of Notre Dame as a training base ahead of the Rugby World Cup.

The Australian Rugby Union said Wednesday that an extended Wallabies squad will arrive in South Bend, Indiana, on Aug. 29 and train until Sept. 3 before traveling to Chicago's Soldier Field to play the USA Eagles on Sept. 5.

The Wallabies will return to Notre Dame following the match to continue their preparations. The 31-man World Cup squad departs Indiana for its final camp in Bath, England on Sept.