Bernard Foley has reclaimed the Wallabies’ playmaking reins for Australia‘s final Rugby Championship Test of 2018 against Argentina in Salta.
Foley has been named to start at fly-half for the first time in more four Tests, winning the battle with Matt Toomua for the number 10 jersey.
The 29-year-old has shown strong form coming off the bench in recent weeks, earning him a starting recall.
As expected, Kurtley Beale moves to inside centre for the clash while Toomua is among the replacements for his last Test before returning to Premiership side Leicester.
Toomua will not be eligible to play in the final Bledisloe later this month under World Rugby’s regulation nine but is likely to return for the November tour.
The playmaking reshuffle is the only change to the starting side with head coach Michael Cheika opting on the whole to stick with the team that faced South Africa in Port Elizabeth.
Cheika has named an extended bench for the clash with one of Rory Arnold or Rob Simmons likely to drop out when the team is trimmed for this weekend’s Test against the Pumas.
Tolu Latu returns to the 23 after linking up with the squad in Argentina in place of injured hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau.
Polota-Nau returned to England with a hamstring injury, opening the door for Latu’s first Test appearance since the Sydney Bledisloe.
Folau Fainga’a will start for the second week in a row in Polota-Nau’s absence, with Brandon Paenga-Amosa left out of the squad.
Number eight Caleb Timu comes into the 23 for the first time since the third June Series Test against Ireland, pipping potential debutant Angus Cottrell for the spot.
Australia: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Israel Folau, 13 Reece Hodge, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia, 8 David Pocock, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 6 Ned Hanigan, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Folau Fainga’a, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Tolu Latu, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Rory Arnold, 21 Caleb Timu, 22 Nick Phipps, 23 Matt Toomua, 24 Tom Banks
*one to be omitted
Date: Saturday, October 6
Venue: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta
Kick-off: 19:40 local (23:40 BST, 22:40 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
TMO: David Grashoff (England)