Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt is once again ready to back Australian-based talent as they embark on the Spring Tour.
Schmidt and the Wallabies will begin their tour in Japan next week, setting up their first match with ex-coach Eddie Jones since he took the Brave Blossoms job.
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With that game falling outside World Rugby's international period, it means the likes of Will Skelton, James O'Connor, Len Ikitau and Tom Hooper are unavailable, who were all not named in Schmidt's original squad.
This continues into the following week's clash with England despite the latter trio playing in the English club competition.
However, Schmidt is unfazed by this, pointing to their success in last year's fixture at Twickenham.
"We didn't use any overseas based players last year against England and toughed it out and I do feel like the players who are based in Australia and playing well in Australia deserve the opportunity to keep their noses in front of guys who have chosen to go offshore and that is still our bias," he said.
"If we get shorter players up there or someone's playing outstandingly well and we feel that adds value, then that's an option for us."
It comes as Schmidt hinted at potential rotation for next week's match in Japan amid the start of five straight games.
The Wallabies are coming off a brutal home and Rugby Championship schedule that tested them against the best in the world.
"I think next week is an opportunity for a few guys who've clocked up some pretty big miles, just to be able to keep breathing, and to build their way into...I don't see anyone playing five tests in five weeks, not after having played three Lions tests, six TRC," Schmidt suggested.
"We're talking about the best teams in the world, in terms of the Lions, a compilation of the best of the four nations, and then on top of that, the best of the TRC, two of the top three ranked teams in the world, and the one ranked directly above us. So for us, we're going to have to use the squad.
"We're going to have to mix and match a little bit, and that's going to be part of a challenge for the squad, that we're trying to use these two days to shuffle a few guys around and build some maybe alternative combinations to what we've got used to.
"One obvious one is that Len Ikitau and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, who have been very consistent in the midfield, and so just trialing a few midfield combinations will probably form part of it."
