A week ago Dubbo junior Tom Robertson was playing for the NSW Country Eagles at Newcastle but on Saturday there is every chance he’ll run out in the green and gold of Australia against the most daunting side in world rugby.
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Robertson and the Wallabies departed for New Zealand on Thursday, with much debate surrounding the makeup of the final 15 which will play against the All Blacks in the Bledisloe finale at Auckland.
Coach Michael Cheika is weighing up the pros and cons of thrusting rookie locks Rory Arnold and Adam Coleman into the Eden Park cauldron or recalling the reliable second-row pairing of Kane Douglas and chief lineout caller Rob Simmons.
Cheika has shuffled his second row all year, mixing and matching Coleman and Arnold with Simmons, Douglas, Sam Carter and Will Skelton.
He worked Douglas and Simmons in tandem at Thursday's training session in Sydney, alternating the experienced duo with first-year internationals Coleman and Arnold.
Cheika is also believed to be weighing up whether to rush star loose forward David Pocock straight back into his starting line-up after a month out following hand surgery.
The coach has done plenty of rotation this year, with Robertson getting his chance to debut from the bench early in the Rugby Championship while he also got to start at prop against South Africa.
Either way, there is no doubt Robertson will be keen to see how his Eagles squad fared in the NRC decider when the All Blacks clash is over.