Israel Folau has been named at fullback for the Wallabies Rugby Championship game against South Africa in Brisbane on Saturday night.

And controversial playmaker Quade Cooper has been named at five-eighth for the first time in almost a year.

Folau has played all of his five Tests so far on the wing and new coach Ewen McKenzie had flagged the possibility of playing Folau at fullback to make the best use of his attacking potential.

Cooper fell out of favour under former Australia mentor Robbie Deans but is now well and truly back in the Wallabies mix with his former Queensland Reds mentor McKenzie in charge.

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