Waratahs back-row Jed Holloway is a surprise inclusion in the Wallabies squad for the third Bledisloe Test in Yokohama later this month.
Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika named Holloway, Waratahs scrum-half Jake Gordon and Melbourne Rebels flanker Angus Cottrell as the only other uncapped players in a 31-man party while Samu Kerevi and Jack Dempsey return to the national fold after being sidelined through injury.
Holloway was part of the Wallabies pre-Bledisloe trial in August but has not been involved in any official camps before after some injury-riddled seasons.
Dempsey will return to the squad for the first time since injuring his hamstring in the Wallabies-Barbarians match in Sydney almost a year ago.
Dempsey made his return to rugby through the National Rugby Championship (NRC) and has shown promising form through the competition, earning himself a squad recall.
Reds centre Kerevi will also make his squad comeback after a bicep injury ruled him out for close to four months, though fellow outside centre contender Tevita Kuridrani has run out of time to be included as he recovers from a pec injury.
Gordon and Cottrell were retained from the Wallabies’ recent South Africa-Argentina tour.
Pete Samu, who has been named to take on the Drua in the NRC this weekend, missed out on inclusion as he works his way back from a knee injury.
Leicester duo Matt Toomua and Tatafu Polota-Nau are both ineligible for the Test due to World Rugby’s regulation nine with Tolu Latu kept on after coming in as an injury replacement Polota-Nau in South Africa.
Wallabies squad:
Forwards: Jermaine Ainsley, Allan Alaalatoa, Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman, Angus Cottrell, Jack Dempsey, Folau Fainga’a, Ned Hanigan, Jed Holloway, Michael Hooper (c), Sekope Kepu, Tolu Latu, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, David Pocock, Izack Rodda, Rob Simmons, Scott Sio, Taniela Tupou
Backs: Tom Banks, Kurtley Beale, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Will Genia, Jake Gordon, Dane Haylett-Petty, Reece Hodge, Samu Kerevi, Marika Koroibete, Jack Maddocks, Sefa Naivalu, Nick Phipps