SAVVY England boss Eddie Jones has laughed off Michael Cheika’s selection smokescreens by picking the Wallaby coach’s team for him.

Jones wound up Cheika by saying he could stop throwing decoys with supposed shock selections for the titanic first Test brewing at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.

“Mate, it’s all smoke from Cheik at the moment,” Jones said at England’s Gold Coast base.

media_camera Israel Folau’s a lock for the fullback spot, says Eddie Jones. Picture: Lachie Milllard

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“He’s boxing clever but I know there’ll be no shock selections coming.”

The rise of versatile backline bolter Reece Hodge, training prominence for towering lock Rory Arnold, prop Sekope Kepu’s late return from his French club, centre switches and Christian Lealiifano’s week in Canberra as an expectant dad have spun up multiple selection theories.

But Jones simply shrugged.

He cheekily named the Wallabies likely backline and put a single question mark over the pack in a classic Jones move towards the Cheik-mate he’s aiming for with his fired-up England team.

Jones was planting red herrings on Test selections more than a decade before good mate Cheika first picked up his Wallabies clipboard in late 2014.

“Is he going to throw a young uncapped lock (Arnold) into the first Test of a series like this ... no,” Jones said.

“Karmichael Hunt will be on the bench at best, but I see why because he’s the good, tough, no nonsense player that Cheik likes.

“Israel Folau will be in his normal spot at fullback not in the centres.

“Lealiifano will be the starter at inside centre and he’ll play the big Fijian (Taqele Naiyaravoro) on the wing or maybe (Dane) Haylett-Petty.

“The only big decision the Wallabies have is at left lock with James Horwill or Sam Carter to partner Rob Simmons.

“Given it’s Suncorp Stadium, the home town guy Horwill will likely get the nod.”

If Jones’s intuition is right, Cheika would simply be backing the players that delivered brilliantly at the World Cup plus replacements where necessary.

The Wallabies were still assembling their full squad late yesterday with jet-lagged scrum anchor Kepu and rugby’s 123kg monster truck Naiyaravoro due to train with the team on Monday.

media_camera James Horwill (L) will partner Rob Simmons in the scrum.

Lealiifano had not made it to Brisbane by the time yesterday’s strong turnout dissipated after the Wallabies Fan Day and autograph-signing flurry in the Queen Street Mall.

Backs coach Steve Larkham is an avid backer of Lealiifano’s range of skills and he’s also the second playmaker that the backline needs to take heat off Bernard Foley doing it solo.

Veteran Horwill’s first discussions with Cheika suggested he was a chance of a call-up in August for The Rugby Championship squad.

Cheika advanced those plans significantly to the point Horwill delayed his honeymoon in Greece to be available for this England series.

It is some insight into how highly his set piece reliability is valued but Cheika has made this call before and went with Carter over Horwill when needing a lock replacement at the World Cup.

ENGLAND’S EDDIE PICKS OUR WALLABIES STARTING XV:

Israel Folau, Rob Horne, Tevita Kuridrani, Christian Lealiifano, Taqele Naiyaravoro/Dane Haylett-Petty, Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps, David Pocock, Michael Hooper, Scott Fardy, Rob Simmons, James Horwill, Sekope Kepu, Stephen Moore (c), Scott Sio.