Feauai-Sautia could be called on

DUBLIN, IRELAND - NOVEMBER 15: Chris Feauai-Sautia of the Wallabies during the Australian Wallabies captain's run at Aviva Stadium on November 15, 2013 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images) Source: Ian Walton / Getty Images

ROOKIE Chris Feauai-Sautia has emerged as a possible shock candidate to play Scotland next Saturday after the red card to centre Tevita Kuridrani against Ireland.

Kuridrani was sent off for a tip-tackle on Irish backrower Peter O'Mahony in the 73rd minute of Australia's win, and could be suspended for the remainder of the spring tour.

Ordinarily Adam Ashley-Cooper, who has been playing on the wing, would come straight in to the No.13 jersey but he is nursing an injured shoulder from the win in Dublin.

The "stinger" injury to Ashley-Cooper will be monitored this week in Edinburgh, and if he fails to come through Feauai-Sautia would be an option for coach Ewen McKenzie.

No other player in the squad specialises in the outside centre position, which Feauai-Sautia - the youngest member of Australia's touring squad - has played at the Queensland Reds under McKenzie.

McKenzie is hoping Kuridrani, a revelation over the last month, will be cleared but history suggests the IRB will be unsympathetic.

"We've got other guys who can play there," McKenzie said.

"That's life.

"It will be disappointing but if that's what it is, that's what it is."

Meanwhile, the Wallabies could be forced to hold their training sessions indoors this week as Edinburgh shivers under ice-cold temperatures.

Parts of the city have already seen snow.

"All of the coaches have coached in that environment before, we will work our way through," McKenzie said.

"We've got enough skills in the team to cope with whatever turns up.

"Being cold is not such issue, I think a lot of these grounds are heated so the snow doesn't even appear on the field.

"But in training, it's not so much about snow as it is about ice, you get sharp edges, there's a few hazards.

"We might have to go indoors."

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