Australia coach Robbie Deans has rung the changes for Saturday's clash against England at Twickenham.
Deans makes eight personnel changes for Twickenham clash
Australia coach Robbie Deans has rung the changes from the side which beat Italy 30-20 for Saturday's clash against England at Twickenham.
After blooding several youngsters in Padova, Deans has reverted to the powerful line-up which started against New Zealand two weeks ago in Hong Kong - with the exception of one change in the back row.
Having fully recovered from an ankle injury, Hugh McMeniman takes his place at blindside flanker in favour of Dean Mumm.
Elsewhere, Matt Giteau returns to start at fly-half in place of Berrick Barnes (knee), with Stirling Mortlock and Ryan Cross forging a powerful midfield unit.
Sharp back
Other changes from the Italy triumph see Peter Hynes and Drew Mitchell come in on the wings with Benn Robinson taking over at prop and Nathan Sharp regaining the No.5 jersey.
Deans also includes rookie fly-half Quade Cooper amongst the replacements after the 20-year-old came off the bench to seal the Wallabies' victory over Italy with a late try.
With Timana Tahu (hamstring) also unavailable, there was a vacant place on the bench. However, Deans has once again overlooked star winger Lote Tuqiri, instead selecting Digby Ioane.
Australia have lost on four of their last five visits to Twickenham and the Wallabies were also beaten the last time they faced England, in the 2007 World Cup quarter-final.
Only six players who played in the 20-10 defeat in Marseille will feature on Saturday, including just three survivors from a pack left battered and bruised by their opposing forwards.
The last time Australia were at Twickenham, in 2005, the match ended in uncontested scrums after England's powerful loose-head prop Andrew Sheridan first saw off Al Baxter and then Matt Dunning.
Baxter will go up against Sheridan once again in what promises to be another gargantuan battle in the pack.
Great occasion
Speaking ahead of Saturday's showdown, Deans insisted Twickenham "holds no baggage" for the Wallabies despite their poor recent record at rugby HQ.
Deans said: "There's great history in the sporting rivalry between Australia and England and Twickenham is a great stadium and a special ground to play on.
"We're looking forward to what we anticipate will be a great occasion.
"This is a new group carving out its own way. We won't be distracted by what has gone before. Many of our players have never experienced playing at Twickenham before so it holds no baggage for them.
"The history has no real relevance for what is to come aside, perhaps, from highlighting the scale of the opportunity that is ahead of us."
Australia: 15 A Ashley-Cooper, 14 P Hynes, 13 R Cross, 12 S Mortlock (capt), 11 D Mitchell, 10 M Giteau, 9 L Burgess; 1 B Robinson, 2 S Moore, 3 A Baxter, 4 M Chisholm, 5 N Sharpe, 6 H McMeniman, 7 G Smith, 8 R Brown.
Replacements: 16 T Polota-Nau, 17 M Dunning, 18 D Mumm, 19 W Palu, 20 S Cordingley, 21 Q Cooper, 22 D Ioane.
