Fiji-born winger Eto Nabuli, the one-time porter identified by rugby league legends Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler, will make his Wallabies debut on Saturday after being named in Michael Cheika’s starting XV to face Scotland at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium.

Fellow rugby league convert Karmichael Hunt has retained his place at inside centre after a promising debut in last Saturday’s win over Fiji, but regular captain and hooker Stephen Moore has again been overlooked.

Nabuli’s inclusion, at the expense of two-try star and fellow Fijian flyer Henry Speight, is the only change to the run-on side.

Cheika is treating the fifth-ranked Scots with full respect, retaining 14 of the 15 starters who combined to notch five tries in the opening Test of the year.

Tatafu Polota-Nau retains the No.2 jumper, with Moore again expected to be picked on the bench when Cheika reveals his reserves on Friday.

Nabuli bagged seven tries in 13 games while playing for St George Illawarra in the NRL in 2013, after a chance meeting with Johns and Fittler in 2012 led to his code switch last year.

He has played 16 games for the Queensland Reds, with Cheika first picking the 28-year-old in a Wallabies training squad last season before the England series without using him in a Test.

Wallabies: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Tevita Kuridrani, Karmichael Hunt, Eto Nabuli, Bernard Foley, Will Genia, Scott Higginbotham, Michael Hooper (capt), Ned Hanigan, Adam Coleman, Sam Carter, Allan Alaalatoa, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Tom Roberston. Reserves to be named on Friday.