Michael Cheika certainly keeps the opposition guessing with his selections, but the danger is his own players are now guessing too.

Did anyone see the selection of Bernard Foley at No.12 coming? Probably not. Or has anyone seen Tom Banks, full stop? By the end of Super Rugby the Brumbies fullback was the form Australian outside back but any momentum he might have carried into the test season is long gone. He can feel hard-done by. At the age of 34 it would be remarkable if Adam Ashley-Cooper, selected on the left wing, was getting any faster.

Shifted: Bernard Foley was a surprise selection at No.12. Credit:Rugby Australia

But it will be the selection of Foley at No. 12 that will get people talking. He has played there before, in 2016, but the experiment was not convincing and it did not last. Yet here we are again, the Wallabies one game away from the end of their season and apparently still undecided about the key No.10/No.12 positions.

Kurtley Beale, dropped to the bench in Italy, Matt To’omua and Bernard Foley have all played No.10 this year.

Beale, To’omua and Foley have also now been picked at No.12.