Wallaby selectors have named winger Ben Tune in an unchanged team for this weekend's Tri-Nations rugby Test with South Africa despite controversy over the player's use of a banned drug.
Tune's selection came a day after the IRB asked the Australian Rugby Union to give an explanation for his use of the banned drug probenecid while recovering from a serious knee infection 18 months ago.
Tune subsequently played two Super 12 games with traces of the drug in his system.
And Wallaby coach Eddie Jones has questioned his South African counterpart Rudolf Straeuli's agenda over his call for drug-testing both teams prior to Saturday's Tri-Nations rugby Test here.
Straeuli said he wants both teams drug-tested in response to the Australian Rugby Union's confession on Tuesday that it concealed winger Ben Tune's use of probenecid 16 months ago.
"Their coach has been making statements on a number of issues and you wonder where it's going to stop," Jones said.
"Firstly, they want to set up a whole new regime of drug-testing, then they've accused our forwards of lacking courage, then they've had a go at our recruitment policy.
"Straeuli seems to have a statement for every position in Australian rugby.
"Straeuli might be trying to deflect the pressure away from his own team and on to the Australian team and the statements he has been making would reflect those issues."
The Springbok coach said yesterday that he would feel more comfortable if both teams were drug-tested ahead of Saturday's Test to remove any suspicions of foul play.
ARU managing director John O'Neill and Jones said on Tuesday Tune had been an innocent victim, admitting officials should have come clean about his use of the banned drug to treat a serious knee infection.
Straeuli doesn't expect the Tune drama to trouble the Wallabies this weekend.
While insisting he had "great respect" for Jones, Straeuli was careful not to provide the Australians with any more motivational ammunition for a match they are expected to win.
"If you want to be a top coach or top player you have to look at your track record, and as a coach someone like (former Wallaby coach) Rod Macqueen with an 81 percent record speaks for a really great coach," Straeuli said.
"The rest of us are trying to achieve it and every coach has to look at his own pressures.
"We're playing away and we're trdo our best."
Australia:Chris Latham, Ben Tune, Matthew Burke, Daniel Herbert, Stirling Mortlock, Stephen Larkham, George Gregan (capt), Toutai Kefu, George Smith, Owen Finegan, Justin Harrison, Nathan Sharpe, Patricio Noriega, Jeremy Paul, Bill Young.
Reserves: Brendan Cannon, Ben Darwin, Matt Cockbain, David Lyons, Chris Whitaker, Elton Flatley, Mat Rogers, David Croft (one to be omitted)
South Africa:(squad) - Werner Greeff, Brent Russell, Stefan Terblanche, Breyton Paulse, Marius Joubert, Adrian Jacobs, De Wet Barry, Andre Pretorius, Johannes Conradie, Neil de Kock, Bobby Skinstad, Joe van Kiekerk, Hendro Scholtz, Corne Krige (capt), AJ Venter, Victor Matfield, Jannes Labuschagne, Faan Rautenbach, Ollie le Roux, Lawrence Sephaka, James Dalton, Delaray du Preez.