Australia captain Michael Hooper will join Japan Rugby Top League side Toyota Verblitz next season, his Super Rugby coach Rob Penney confirmed Wednesday.The 28-year-old Wallabies skipper, who also captains Super Rugby's Waratahs, is leaving Australia on a six-month release, Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Rugby Union confirmed.At Verblitz, Hooper will line up with former All Blacks captain Kieran Read and Japan star Kazuki Himeno in the back row -- described by many already as a world class unit."Quality man, unbelievably robust player with the toughness of a forward and the skill s…READ FULL ARTICLE