Wallabies v England Third Test team: Toomua returns to starting line-up

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Matt Toomua has been catapulted into the Wallabies side to replace Samu Kerevi at 12.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has called in Will Skelton and Matt Toomua for their first appearances of the year as he rejigs his second row and centres for the final Test against England in Sydney on Saturday.

With the Wallabies facing the prospect of a 3-0 series whitewash, locks Sam Carter and Rory Arnold have made way for Rob Simmons, who returns after being dropped for the second Test, and Skelton, who has not played for Australia since being injured early in last year’s World Cup.

Toomua replaces Samu Kerevi at inside centre as Cheika looks to add more playmaking and guile to his midfield for the Allianz Stadium Test after a lack of penetration in Melbourne last weekend.

Wallabies team: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Toomua, Rob Horne (vc), Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps, Sean McMahon, Michael Hooper (vc), Scott Fardy, Rob Simmons, Will Skelton, Sekope Kepu, Stephen Moore (c), James Slipper.

AAP