The NSW Waratahs' hopes of an Auckland upset have received a boost with a Wallabies quartet cleared of injury ahead of their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Blues.
Michael Hooper is struggling to find form in Super Rugby Pacific.
One of Eddie Jones' first tasks will be righting the Wallabies lineout.
The Waratahs have been beaten in a thriller against Australian rivals the Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park, losing 34-27.
The Waratahs responded by marching up the field, and Will Harris barged through the Highlanders defence for a short range try.Â
Here's how the Waratahs rated in their 20-16 Super Rugby Pacific defeat at the hands of the Reds in Sydney on Friday.
The Rebels, who could have upset Queensland with a last-ditch Matt To'omua penalty kick after full-time, have kept their line-up mostly intact, with blindside flanker Josh Kemeny and lock Ross Haylett-Petty new faces.
It was his youthful side's second-straight record defeat to start their 2021 campaign, after a 41-7 surrender to the Queensland Reds in round one, leaving Penney to claim he would be happy to go gracefully if no longer deemed the coach to take
Despite only playing one match this year, Waratahs coach Rob Penney is rolling the dice with league convert Tepai Moeroa at inside centre on Saturday night.
Melbourne feel the Brumbies may have revealed a road-map to Super Rugby AU success over the NSW Waratahs that they can follow in Saturday's crunch match.